How can a family business reduce environmental uncertainty and dependence by developing its business model, changing the logic of creating and capturing value through its activities? We address this question by exploring the case of Cimber, a Denmark-based family-owned airline, which has...

This paper explores how an open approach to new venture creation — purposefully managing knowledge flows across the venture's organizational boundary — can be beneficial for start-up entrepreneurs. Our inductive case study, of both failure and success, identifies the key attributes of this...

The use of external knowledge for innovation (i.e., inbound or outside-in open innovation) has received substantial attention in the innovation literature. However, the “human side” of open innovation is still poorly understood. We consider the role of employee characteristics with respect...

Current research is increasingly relying on large data analysis to provide insights into trends and patterns across a variety of organizational and business contexts. Existing methods for large-scale data analysis do not fully capture some of the key challenges with data in large data sets, such...