This paper comprehensively explores the compelling framework encompassing Opportunity Econophysics, Opportunity Cones, Conscious Agents, and the Traces of the Conscious Dimension within the context of economic systems. The interdisciplinary nature of this framework integrates concepts from...

The international debate on addressing global climate change increasingly points at the role that companies can play by using their innovative capacity. However, up till now companies have been rather cautious in taking decisive steps in facilitating an innovation-based transition towards a...

Climate change is seen as the most pressing environmental problem of our time by many companies, policymakers and other stakeholders. It is currently also at the forefront of attention in view of attempts to conclude a successor to the Kyoto Protocol that expires in 2012. In bail-out plans and...

A long-standing question in the organizations literature is whether firms are better-off by using simple or complex representations of their task environment. We address this question by developing a formal model of how firm performance depends on the process by which firms learn and use...

Purpose: This paper examines the multiplicity of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) standards, explaining its nature, dynamics, and implications for Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) and International Business (IB), especially in the context of CSR and global value chain (GVC)...

Is top-down organization design worth attempting at all, or should organizations simply let their members learn which patterns of interaction are valuable by themselves, through a bottom-up process? Our analysis of an agent-based computational model shows that weak enforcement of even a randomly...

This paper examines the question of whether the initial stock of resources of new ventures that enter an industry differs based on the whether they enter before or after a technological discontinuity occurs. We draw on the theoretical foundations of the resource-based view of the firm, and those...

Technology incubators are university-based technology initiatives that should facilitate knowledge flows from the university to the incubator firms. We thus investigate the research question of how knowledge actually flows from universities to incubator firms. Moreover, we assess the effect of...

The pragmatic theory begins with clarity about the firm's purpose; asserts that knowledge-building proficiency is the primary determinant of a firm's long-term performance; stresses systems thinking; and connects firm performance to market valuation and shareholder returns via long-term, life-cycle...

The conventional Net Zero perspective with its emphasis on ESG metrics represents linear cause-and-effect thinking. That is, implementation of the metrics will then change company behavior with the eventual effect of a successful Net Zero transition. Different perspectives are presented rooted...