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Author-Name: Tarek Miloud
Author-X-Name-First: Tarek
Author-X-Name-Last: Miloud
Title: Corporate governance and initial public offerings
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The study aims to determine how different factors shape the size of boards of directors in private firms conducting an initial public offering (IPO) on the regulated Euronext Paris market. These factors include the presence of a venture capitalist, ownership structure, firm-specific characteristics and CEO characteristics. To study the determinants of board size, we used a sample of 568 firms that went public from 1995 to 2012 and found that the boards tend to become more independent shortly after going public, which indicates that firms are affected by monitoring in financial markets. The study found strong evidence that ownership variables, board structure variables, CEO characteristic variables and firm characteristic variables tend to affect board size. Our results also indicate that venture capitalists are a major catalyst for IPOs because they provide financing and strategic advice, act as an opposing force to the CEO and shape the governance structure.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 1-22
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: initial public offering; IPO; corporate governance; ownership structures; board structure; venture capital.
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Author-Name: Ayla Esen
Author-X-Name-First: Ayla
Author-X-Name-Last: Esen
Author-Name: Ceyda Maden-Eyiusta
Author-X-Name-First: Ceyda
Author-X-Name-Last: Maden-Eyiusta
Title: Delineating the concept of corporate social innovation: toward a multidimensional model
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Business organisations are facing increasing pressure over their role in society. Social innovation is a relatively new concept used to define efforts to develop novel and innovative solutions to social challenges. The aim of this study is to conceptualise a novel form of social innovation, namely, 'corporate social innovation', by focusing on social innovation efforts initiated by private sector organisations. This study also aims to provide insight into: 1) the definition of corporate social innovation; 2) the key dimensions underlying the social innovation capability of business organisations. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 20 experts who play an active role in various social innovation projects in their respective organisations and/or adopt social innovation as an academic field of interest. The interview results extend our conceptual understanding of the corporate social innovation phenomenon by providing a comprehensive definition of the concept and describing a six-factor model of corporate social innovation capability.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 23-45
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: corporate social innovation; CSI; social innovation; corporate social innovation capability.
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Author-Name: Fernanda Paula Arantes
Author-X-Name-First: Fernanda Paula
Author-X-Name-Last: Arantes
Author-Name: Mauro Caetano
Author-X-Name-First: Mauro
Author-X-Name-Last: Caetano
Author-Name: Verônica Angélica Freitas De Paula
Author-X-Name-First: Verônica Angélica Freitas De
Author-X-Name-Last: Paula
Author-Name: Maria Salete Batista Freitag
Author-X-Name-First: Maria Salete Batista
Author-X-Name-Last: Freitag
Title: New independent technology-based firms: differences from other NTBFs and future research agenda for technology innovation management
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New technology-based firms (NTBFs) are responsible for the dissemination of technological innovation and industrial boosting, and have become attractive topics of research in the scientific field. However, literature is not uniform in its understanding of the concepts and definitions involving these organisations. Starting from the assumption that clarifying this distinction may contribute to the scientific production of knowledge directed to NTBFs' specificities, this study first aims to suggest a new typology for NTBFs, differentiating between independent and dependent NTBFs. Second, this study presents an overview of recent innovation management studies on independent NTBFs among the top ten technology innovation management journals through a systematic literature review. Research results indicate various distinctive features between these organisations and the existence of several literature gaps to be exploited, such as the licensing of innovation and intra-industrial innovation architectures.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 46-71
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: technology-based; new enterprises; innovation management; technology intensive enterprises; systematic literature review; new independent technology-based firms; spin-offs; technological innovations; innovation management studies.
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Author-Name: Anton Danielsen
Author-X-Name-First: Anton
Author-X-Name-Last: Danielsen
Author-Name: Annaleena Parhankangas
Author-X-Name-First: Annaleena
Author-X-Name-Last: Parhankangas
Title: Learning and unlearning in firms commercialising product innovations: the short-term performance implications of business model changes
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In this paper, we analyse changes in the business model components of firms commercialising product innovations. We distinguish between three different types of business model changes based on their learning vs. unlearning content. Drawing on a study of 61 product innovation commercialisation projects, we suggest that business model expansion has positive short-term performance implications, while business model substitution is likely to hurt short-term performance. No statistically significant relationship between business model contraction and short-term performance was found.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 72-95
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: business model; learning; unlearning; product innovation.
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Author-Name: Antonio Lobosco
Author-X-Name-First: Antonio
Author-X-Name-Last: Lobosco
Author-Name: Emerson Antonio Maccari
Author-X-Name-First: Emerson Antonio
Author-X-Name-Last: Maccari
Author-Name: Priscila Rezende Da Costa
Author-X-Name-First: Priscila Rezende Da
Author-X-Name-Last: Costa
Author-Name: Martinho Isnard Ribeiro De Almeida
Author-X-Name-First: Martinho Isnard Ribeiro De
Author-X-Name-Last: Almeida
Title: Proposed business model for the sustainability of technology business incubators in Brazil and Portugal
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Technology business incubators (TBIs) can be used strategically as mechanisms for innovation and economic development processes in countries, states, municipalities, regions and companies. The study of their management model in terms of organisational efficiency and value creation is important. In this context, the general aim of this study was to evaluate the business models of incubators of technology-based Brazilian and Portuguese companies. With this specific aim, the study sought to: 1) map the resources that affect costs and/or generate revenue; 2) study the nature of partnerships; 3) analyse value propositions; 4) propose a business model for the sustainability of TBIs. The methodology employed was qualitative in nature and the multiple case study method was used at ten TBIs, six of which were Brazilian and four Portuguese. The result was the proposal of a business model for TBIs that includes good incubation practices for companies and helps incubators to achieve sustainability through organisational efficiency and value creation.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 97-141
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: company incubators; technological basis company; business model; business model incubators; business model TBIs; sustainability; Brazil; Portugal.
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Author-Name: Sara Fernández-López
Author-X-Name-First: Sara
Author-X-Name-Last: Fernández-López
Author-Name: David Rodeiro-Pazos
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Rodeiro-Pazos
Author-Name: Nuria Calvo
Author-X-Name-First: Nuria
Author-X-Name-Last: Calvo
Author-Name: Braulio Pérez
Author-X-Name-First: Braulio
Author-X-Name-Last: Pérez
Title: The death valley of the university-industry cooperation with universities: from intention to action
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Research transfer depends mostly on the firm's goodwill for cooperation. However, very few papers deal with the intentions and attitudes of firm's representatives when they decide to cooperate with universities. Following an outside/in approach, this paper explores firms' attitudes towards R%D cooperation by focusing on the determinants of both having an interest in engaging with universities and the decision to pursue it. Using a sample of 262 firms, we studied the process of the development of interest to the formal decision to collaborate and found that the type of innovative activities carried out by the firm could explain the firm's interest, but not the formal decision to cooperate with universities. In turn, the strategic focus of the firm explained the decision to cooperate with universities. These results reinforce the need to design policies that build relations between researchers and firms at an individual level based on the firm's needs, instead of focusing on the institutional level based on the university's needs.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 142-160
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: university-industry collaboration; strategy; research and development; innovation transfer.
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Author-Name: Sarra Berraies
Author-X-Name-First: Sarra
Author-X-Name-Last: Berraies
Author-Name: Wajdi Ben Rejeb
Author-X-Name-First: Wajdi Ben
Author-X-Name-Last: Rejeb
Title: Boards of directors' roles and size: what effects on exploitative and exploratory innovations? Case of listed Tunisian firms
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of the size and the roles of the board of directors (BD) on two types of innovation namely exploitative and exploratory innovations. These relationships have been little explored in the literature, particularly in developing economies. Using a quantitative approach, an empirical study was conducted on a sample of 51 Tunisian listed companies. It revealed that exploratory innovation is promoted by BDs service role. The results also highlight that exploitative innovation is positively related to the BD's strategy role but negatively associated with BD's control role. The findings do not show a significant effect of BD's size on the two types of innovation. This research provides insights to companies looking to improve their corporate governance practices and develop a sustainable competitive advantage based on innovation.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 161-179
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: corporate governance; board of directors; board size; service role; control role; strategy role; exploitative innovation; exploratory innovation; Tunisian firms; multiple regression analysis; Tunisia.
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Author-Name: José Moyano-Fuentes
Author-X-Name-First: José
Author-X-Name-Last: Moyano-Fuentes
Author-Name: Antonia Rodríguez-Martínez
Author-X-Name-First: Antonia
Author-X-Name-Last: Rodríguez-Martínez
Author-Name: Juan José Jiménez-Delgado
Author-X-Name-First: Juan José
Author-X-Name-Last: Jiménez-Delgado
Title: Territorial agglomerations and corporate social responsibility: the role of science and technology parks
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This paper is framed within the stream of research that investigates the factors that explain corporate social responsibility and analyses the role played by the immediate area in which a company operates. Its purpose is to examine the impact of science and technology parks on the social responsibility of companies physically located in territorial agglomerations. Using reasoning derived from institutional theory, the study examines the effects of the sense of belonging to a park, the involvement of institutions with links to a park, and the know-how that exists within a park. An analysis of a sample of 239 companies in high tech sectors in Spanish science and technology parks showed that all three aspects have a significant positive influence on the implementation of corporate social responsibility, although know-how was proved to be of secondary importance compared to a sense of belonging and the role played by institutions interrelating with parks.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 180-203
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: corporate social responsibility; CSR; territorial agglomerations; science and technology parks; sense of belonging; involvement of local institutions; know-how.
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Author-Name: Adele Parmentola
Author-X-Name-First: Adele
Author-X-Name-Last: Parmentola
Author-Name: Michele Simoni
Author-X-Name-First: Michele
Author-X-Name-Last: Simoni
Author-Name: Ilaria Tutore
Author-X-Name-First: Ilaria
Author-X-Name-Last: Tutore
Title: Policies supporting the diffusion of technology. The need for a systematic analysis
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Diffusion of innovation policies are aimed at spreading specific new technologies throughout the industrial structure of a country, facilitating its ongoing and incremental adaptation to change. Nevertheless, economic literature on technology policies has focused predominantly on policies of generation, underestimating the effects of policy interventions in the diffusion process. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to identify the policies able to support the diffusion of an innovation by analysing the studies that specifically rely on the topic and to provide a theoretical framework that links the policies to support the dissemination of an innovation to the barriers that hinder the diffusion of a new technology among a community of adopters. The framework gives a comprehensive view of diffusion of innovation policy and provides useful suggestions for policy makers.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 205-228
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: diffusion of technology; technology policies; barriers to diffusion.
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Author-Name: Barbara Bigliardi
Author-X-Name-First: Barbara
Author-X-Name-Last: Bigliardi
Author-Name: Francesco Galati
Author-X-Name-First: Francesco
Author-X-Name-Last: Galati
Author-Name: Filippo Pavesi
Author-X-Name-First: Filippo
Author-X-Name-Last: Pavesi
Title: How open is the food NPD process? Preliminary results from an explorative study
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The food industry is facing a large number of challenges and a new paradigm for the development, acquisition and implementation of the huge potential of scientific breakthroughs is needed. Traditionally, the food NPD process is a closed process, where the inputs for new ideas come mainly from internal sources and new products are developed within the company's boundaries. Recently, this process has been modified to accommodate the OI paradigm, that addresses these challenges and opportunities, but it is still gaining momentum in the food sector. The main objective of this exploratory study is to investigate which stages of the NPD process food companies use to open, as well as which types of collaborations are established during each (open) stage of the NPD process. Three food companies were analysed and results suggest that the NPD process is more open during the very first phases, during the so-called fuzzy front-end. As for the collaboration, in the first stages of the NPD process the role played by customers and consumers is highly relevant, conversely suppliers' centrality becomes higher when technical knowledge is required.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 229-245
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: new product development; open innovation; collaboration; food industry; case study.
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Author-Name: Thomas Wolfgang Thurner
Author-X-Name-First: Thomas Wolfgang
Author-X-Name-Last: Thurner
Author-Name: Melina Kristin Kroenert
Author-X-Name-First: Melina Kristin
Author-X-Name-Last: Kroenert
Author-Name: Adrian Goersch
Author-X-Name-First: Adrian
Author-X-Name-Last: Goersch
Title: Shifting business models in the electronic gaming industry - from publisher backing to co-creation and crowdfunding
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The electronic gaming industry is in a process of massive change from publisher-based to artist-led-distribution. Still, insights into how this shift of paradigm plays out are largely absent from the academic literature. This paper studies the changing business model in the electronic gaming industry on the example of the game Rouge Stormers by the German indie game developer Black Forest Games. The studio worked on their title from 2006 to the present day during a time of far-reaching changes in the electronic game industry. The move-over to the new business reality led through turbulent times as publishers struggled to commercialise their projects and many went bankrupt. Also the technological change led to fading interests in consoles and required adjustments. The crowdfunding platform kickstarter was an entry point, but a previously failed project scared off potential publishers. Also, funding for the entire development process is impossible to acquire as the required capital is too high. A combination of crowdfunding with early access, a platform that specialises on early commercialisation of games, proved successful. The paper demonstrates that the paradigm shift especially for small game developers is a messy trial-and-error process that threatens their very existence.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 246-260
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: electronic games; crowdfunding; co-creation; business model innovation; innovation.
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Author-Name: Luis Carlos Padrão
Author-X-Name-First: Luis Carlos
Author-X-Name-Last: Padrão
Author-Name: Tales Andreassi
Author-X-Name-First: Tales
Author-X-Name-Last: Andreassi
Author-Name: Luiz Artur Ledur Brito
Author-X-Name-First: Luiz Artur Ledur
Author-X-Name-Last: Brito
Title: Marketing capability, technical capability or degree of product innovation: what really matters in leveraging the sales of technology-based start-ups?
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The objective of this study was to analyse the influence of incubator marketing support on the product performance of incubated NTBFs. The study's theoretical contribution sheds new light on NPD in incubated NTBFs by analysing the effect of an important type of incubator support on NPD: incubator marketing support. A total of 512 target NTBFs were identified and 250 participated in the survey. We found that incubator marketing support positively influences marketing capability. Marketing capability is a key factor for promoting sales growth in both low and high turbulence environments, although the effect is more pronounced in low turbulence environments.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 281-300
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: product development; new product development; NPD; new technology-based firms; NTBFs; incubator; entrepreneurship.
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Author-Name: Fernanda De Carvalho Pereira
Author-X-Name-First: Fernanda De Carvalho
Author-X-Name-Last: Pereira
Author-Name: Helder Gomes Costa
Author-X-Name-First: Helder Gomes
Author-X-Name-Last: Costa
Author-Name: Valdecy Pereira
Author-X-Name-First: Valdecy
Author-X-Name-Last: Pereira
Title: Stimulating and inhibiting factors of patent filing with Brazilian universities
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One of the roles to be played by the university, besides the production of knowledge, is its contribution to technological innovation, which in some cases is manifested by the filing of patents. This characteristic becomes more important in countries that are in the development stage, as is the case of Brazil, one of the members of the BRICS. In this context, the following questions arise: what does the patent filing map in Brazil with the participation of Brazilian universities look like? And what are the factors that stimulate or inhibit the production of patents in this country? By identifying the main inhibiting and stimulating factors for the patenting in Brazilian universities from the perspective of innovation agencies, this unprecedented study may support policies to promote technological innovation and, in particular, to increase patent filing with the participation of universities.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 261-280
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: patents; Brazilian universities; inhibiting factors; stimulating factors; innovation agencies; Brazil; patent filing map.
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Author-Name: Luísa Carvalho
Author-X-Name-First: Luísa
Author-X-Name-Last: Carvalho
Author-Name: Ana Fernandes
Author-X-Name-First: Ana
Author-X-Name-Last: Fernandes
Title: Management style and innovation of females in gender-atypical businesses
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Research on female entrepreneurship has increased in recent years. Female entrepreneurship is understood as an additional opportunity to create jobs and contribute to economic growth. Female entrepreneurs play a plurality of roles in the family and professional environment. The goal of this research is to study the entrepreneurial profile and the management style of females in gender-atypical businesses. This is a contemporary topic but still with few empirical studies, particularly in Portugal when we observe it from the specific regional perspective of less developed regions, such as the interior of Portugal (region of Viseu). This study is based on a qualitative methodology, and presents 12 case studies of female entrepreneurship in SMEs from to a regional perspective. The main results suggest that women voluntarily create their own business and balance their private and professional life well. The managerial profiles seem to reveal no substantial differences between male and female entrepreneurs.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 383-398
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: case study; entrepreneurial profile; gender; women entrepreneurship.
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Author-Name: Elisa Baraibar-Diez
Author-X-Name-First: Elisa
Author-X-Name-Last: Baraibar-Diez
Author-Name: María D. Odriozola
Author-X-Name-First: María D.
Author-X-Name-Last: Odriozola
Author-Name: Emma Granel Prieto
Author-X-Name-First: Emma Granel
Author-X-Name-Last: Prieto
Title: Work integration social enterprises as symbols of sustainable entrepreneurship: evidence from Spanish case studies
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Work integration social enterprises (WISEs) are a type of social companies dedicated to help people at risk of social exclusion to join the ordinary labour market. <i>Koopera Santander</i> (second hand clothing sale) and <i>PLIS Servicios</i> (ecological car washing) are two WISEs in the Spanish region of Cantabria that are also examples of sustainable entrepreneurship due to the activity they carry out (sustainability of resources), the objective to which they are committed (labour sustainability) and the saving of public resources (sustainability of public administration). Despite the support of associations or cooperatives, both WISEs mention administrative barriers as the main obstacle to set up this type of social enterprise. The success of WISEs is due to more inclusive cultures and the deductions provided to private companies when hiring people who have passed through an itinerary of labour insertion.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 309-326
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: work integration social enterprises; WISE; work integration; labour integration; labour market; social inclusion companies; social entrepreneurship; sustainable entrepreneurship; case studies.
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Author-Name: Jelena Simon
Author-X-Name-First: Jelena
Author-X-Name-Last: Simon
Author-Name: Kerstin Ettl
Author-X-Name-First: Kerstin
Author-X-Name-Last: Ettl
Title: Entrepreneurs' views on corporate social responsibility communication in SMEs - insights from Germany
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Although the entrepreneur plays a crucial role in SME development, discussions about corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the reasons for a lack of CSR communication by companies are - paradoxically - usually held without listening to the entrepreneurs themselves. We address this gap and two questions from an entrepreneur's point of view: How, for what reasons and to whom do SMEs currently communicate their CSR activities? What do SMEs themselves regard as requirements for effective and manageable CSR communication? We refer to case studies developed through in-depth interviews with SME owners in Germany and aim to illustrate the motives and challenges that entrepreneurs face when they talk (or do not talk) about and publicise (or do not publicise) fulfilled social responsibility actions. Our results emphasise the great importance of the entrepreneurs' attitude towards and knowledge about corporate social responsibility in the method and intensity of CSR communication in SMEs.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 425-445
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: corporate social responsibility; CSR; sustainability; SMEs; entrepreneurs; communication; CSR communication; Germany; qualitative approach; case study; entrepreneurship; sustainable entrepreneurship; management.
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Author-Name: Elise Auke
Author-X-Name-First: Elise
Author-X-Name-Last: Auke
Author-Name: Ana Simaens
Author-X-Name-First: Ana
Author-X-Name-Last: Simaens
Title: Corporate responsibility in the fast fashion industry: how media pressure affected corporate disclosure following the collapse of Rana Plaza
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The concept behind fast fashion is that of quickly-produced, low-priced, fashion items and, for many, it constitutes the opposite of sustainability. The collapse of Rana Plaza factory in 2013 generated greater focus on CSR issues within the fast fashion industry and raised important questions about whether the industry can be sustainable. This research aims to explore the reasons for which companies engage in CSR initiatives and whether global news media attention has an effect on companies' CSR disclosure and initiatives. The study draws upon legitimacy and media agenda setting theory to explore the link between CSR disclosure and news coverage. The research shows that CSR disclosures varied according to the companies' CSR profiles, and that media coverage differed according to companies' CSR initiatives and proactivity. This paper contributes to the literature by qualitatively exploring the relationship between media attention and corporate disclosure in the ready-made garment industry after a disaster.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 356-382
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: corporate disclosure; corporate social responsibility; CSR; media pressure; Rana Plaza; ready-made garment industry; corporate social responsibility communication; legitimacy theory; media agenda setting theory; corporate social responsibility initiatives; sustainability reporting.
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Author-Name: Albulena Kadriu
Author-X-Name-First: Albulena
Author-X-Name-Last: Kadriu
Author-Name: Besnik A. Krasniqi
Author-X-Name-First: Besnik A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Krasniqi
Author-Name: Cristina Boari
Author-X-Name-First: Cristina
Author-X-Name-Last: Boari
Title: The impact of institutions on SMEs' innovation in transition economies
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This study aims to investigate the institutional impact on innovation of firms across 30 transition economies in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Building on the institutional theory literature, we hypothesise on the direct influence of formal and informal institutions on innovation, also taking into consideration the interaction effects between them, where the latter plays the role of moderator variable, and third, we examine the European Union (EU) membership as control variable. The study uses structural equation modelling (SEM) and data from Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys (BEEPSs) conducted by the World Bank/European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in 2012-2014 to understand the impact of institutional factors on innovation of SMEs in transition economies. Findings suggest that the perceived institutional obstacles to innovation are overcome by the use of bribery to compensate for government ineffectiveness, bureaucracy and inflexible legislation that inhibits smooth economic activities.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 399-424
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: structural equation modelling; SMEs; BEEPS; bribes; corruption; political instability; courts; informal sector; tax administration; tax rates; business license; customs.
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Author-Name: Elva Lizeth Ramos-Monge
Author-X-Name-First: Elva Lizeth
Author-X-Name-Last: Ramos-Monge
Author-Name: Xavier Llinàs-Audet
Author-X-Name-First: Xavier
Author-X-Name-Last: Llinàs-Audet
Author-Name: Jesús Barrena-Martínez
Author-X-Name-First: Jesús
Author-X-Name-Last: Barrena-Martínez
Title: Catalysts of university social responsibility into strategic planning by thematic analysis and deductive coding
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The relevance of higher education institutions (HEI) for social development is unquestionable because of their potential for contributing intellectual solutions for the social, economic, and environmental welfare of society. The current study aims to: 1) examine which are the main catalysts of university social responsibility (USR) from a strategic management perspective; 2) show the relations among those catalysts through semantic networks; 3) analyse the role of university promotion of entrepreneurship. The method uses a content analysis in a sample of 23 universities and examines the subject and codes to clarify the catalysts. The semantic networks are shown to reveal these connections. It was found that a high percentage of universities orient their efforts towards enhancing the employability of students, mainly through entrepreneurial projects intended to achieve social responsibility.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 327-355
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: strategic management; strategic planning; stakeholder theory; higher education institutes; university social responsibility; USR; sustainable entrepreneurship; student employability; university economic management; university cooperation; qualitative research; deductive method.
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Author-Name: Hanna Lehtimäki
Author-X-Name-First: Hanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Lehtimäki
Author-Name: Ilpo Helén
Author-X-Name-First: Ilpo
Author-X-Name-Last: Helén
Author-Name: Karoliina Snell
Author-X-Name-First: Karoliina
Author-X-Name-Last: Snell
Author-Name: Päivi Eriksson
Author-X-Name-First: Päivi
Author-X-Name-Last: Eriksson
Author-Name: Tero Montonen
Author-X-Name-First: Tero
Author-X-Name-Last: Montonen
Title: Sustainable value creation in the commercialisation of innovation: the case of Auria Biobank
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The purpose of this study is to examine how different logics of commercialisation are part of sustainable value creation in an emerging area of healthcare. This paper presents an inductive interpretative case study to examine the emerging field of personalised medicine from the perspective of a biobank seeking to create value on its depository of tissue samples, patient records, and digitised data. This study increases our understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by a company when developing innovations in healthcare. It contributes to the literature on the commercialisation of innovation by exploring how sustainable value creation in an emerging industry builds on both planned and emergent commercialisation activities and how different logics of commercialisation are a part of sustainable value creation in personalised medicine.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 451-465
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: healthcare; innovation; commercialisation; value creation; stakeholder; biobank; personalised medicine.
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Author-Name: Ville-Veikko Piispanen
Author-X-Name-First: Ville-Veikko
Author-X-Name-Last: Piispanen
Author-Name: Eeva Aromaa
Author-X-Name-First: Eeva
Author-X-Name-Last: Aromaa
Author-Name: Kaisa Henttonen
Author-X-Name-First: Kaisa
Author-X-Name-Last: Henttonen
Title: A case study of exploring the barriers of pro-environmental behaviour
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The research focuses on the barriers of pro-environmental behaviour in a circular economy. More specifically, the aim is to study how an entrepreneur makes sense of existing barriers when reflecting on the business. Previous studies on environmental awareness and behaviour have focused extensively on the individual and business level, yet barriers resulting from a circular economy have not been studied in small- and medium-sized businesses. In this single case study, the gap is explored by innovating a reflective circular economy diagnostics tool and interviewing one entrepreneur in an energy and resource-intensive industry, which has many established and deep-rooted historical industrial practices. Content analysis and sensemaking practices have been used to analyse the data. The findings show that the barriers are mostly related to economics, and they can be structural, cultural, and contextual. The analysis also shows that pro-environmental concerns do not always lead to pro-environmental behaviour.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 466-478
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: barriers; behaviour; circular economy; entrepreneurship; environment; sustainability; sensemaking; case study; SME.
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Author-Name: Kristine M. Brands
Author-X-Name-First: Kristine M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Brands
Author-Name: Debora A. Elam
Author-X-Name-First: Debora A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Elam
Title: A case study on accounting faculty's perceptions of technology in accounting classes
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The accounting profession is undergoing a transformation because of the explosion of the amount of financial data and information available to organisations, the demand for real-time access to information and the use of business analytics. The accountants of the future need to be qualified to address these challenges. This means that higher education accounting degree programs must adapt their curriculums and courses to leverage technology tools and practices to ensure that their accounting faculties are prepared to teach these courses. The purpose of this exploratory descriptive case study was to evaluate accounting instructors' perceptions and experiences with technology to identify best practices to develop their technological intelligence to enable them to implement technology into accounting programs and courses to meet the demands that technology is placing on the accounting profession.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 513-529
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: accounting faculty; accounting courses; information technology; technology integration; accounting curriculums; technological intelligence; technological readiness; best practices.
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Author-Name: Malla Mattila
Author-X-Name-First: Malla
Author-X-Name-Last: Mattila
Author-Name: Mika Yrjölä
Author-X-Name-First: Mika
Author-X-Name-Last: Yrjölä
Author-Name: Hanna Lehtimäki
Author-X-Name-First: Hanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Lehtimäki
Title: Drivers of and barriers to networked commercialisation: a business model perspective
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The purpose of this study is to adopt a business model lens to identify and analyse key drivers of and barriers to the networked commercialisation of technology (NCT). The study contributes to commercialisation literature by illustrating the usefulness of the business model lens for analysing networked commercialisation. The results of the empirical case study of a company developing disruptive nanotechnological solutions for mass production identify key drivers of and barriers to business model decisions in the NCT. The results show that the tasks and activities involved in the NCT and business model development are connected to others operating in the business network.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 479-495
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: technology commercialisation; network; business model; driver; barrier; resource; value proposition; value creation; value capture; venture; innovation management; qualitative case study.
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Author-Name: Päivi Eriksson
Author-X-Name-First: Päivi
Author-X-Name-Last: Eriksson
Author-Name: Tero Montonen
Author-X-Name-First: Tero
Author-X-Name-Last: Montonen
Author-Name: Juha Vilhunen
Author-X-Name-First: Juha
Author-X-Name-Last: Vilhunen
Author-Name: Kalevi Voutilainen
Author-X-Name-First: Kalevi
Author-X-Name-Last: Voutilainen
Title: The importance of being known: evaluating companies for growth-oriented incubation
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This article explores the early phases of the incubation process, in which small and medium-sized companies are evaluated for a project that aims to accelerate their growth. Guided by the justification theory approach, the objective was to analyse how different orders of worth (inspired, domestic, fame, civic, market and industrial) guided evaluation, selection and justifications thereof in a face-to-face meeting between project staff and business experts. Findings indicate that justifications for the companies having most potential for incubation were informed by the domestic order of worth in particular, emphasising evaluators' common history, mutual familiarity and personal relationships with the people and teams of the prospective companies. Concerning the industrial order of worth, professionalism, efficiency and a limited number of internal growth factors related to people were addressed.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 496-512
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: incubation; evaluation; selection; justification; growth-orientation; small and medium-sized enterprises; SME.
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Author-Name: Debora A. Elam
Author-X-Name-First: Debora A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Elam
Author-Name: Kristine M. Brands
Author-X-Name-First: Kristine M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Brands
Title: Appreciative inquiry - lessons learned from virtual teams
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Technology continues to expand research opportunities and access to information previously constrained by resource limitations. Without effectively utilising technology, researchers and practitioners could be limiting their potential to impact positive change. This paper describes some learnings from a review of the current literature regarding the use of technology in appreciative inquiry (AI), as well as learnings from other fields in which technology has been used to bring people together in a virtual environment, and how technology can be applied to improve the richness of data to effectively impact change. This paper then describes some recommendations for AI researchers and practitioners, and identifies some additional areas for continued research in virtual AI studies.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 530-537
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: appreciative inquiry; virtual research technique; virtual collaboration; virtual brainstorming; appreciative sharing of knowledge; ASK.
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Author-Name: Jan Brzozowski
Author-X-Name-First: Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: Brzozowski
Title: Entrepreneurship and economic integration of immigrants: a critical review of literature
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This study provides a critical investigation of the research on immigrant entrepreneurship and economic integration of immigrants. Based on a sample of 44 articles, the paper shows the main theoretical concepts, methodological approaches and findings. The results of the literature review show surprising shortages in the studies on immigrant entrepreneurship as the immigrant's self-employment status is usually perceived as a desired outcome of economic integration. Consequently, some important gaps in the knowledge on immigrant entrepreneurship are identified, and the most urgent directions for further studies are proposed.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 584-604
Issue: 6
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: entrepreneurship; immigrant; economic integration; economic adaptation; literature review.
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Author-Name: Steven Lucas
Author-X-Name-First: Steven
Author-X-Name-Last: Lucas
Title: Exploring the role of context in motivating entrepreneurial behaviours: the motivations of migrant entrepreneurs in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
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The personality traits approach is a popular way of understanding entrepreneurial motivation. This approach emphasises the importance of internal characteristics as drivers of entrepreneurial motivation. One of the central issues with the personality traits literature is therefore a tendency to overlook the importance of the actor's external context in facilitating entrepreneurial motivations. The purpose of the paper is to address this gap by making three exploratory arguments, each of which is demonstrated through an analysis of the motivations of 43 migrant entrepreneurs in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The arguments are: 1) that context is an active force influencing entrepreneurial motivation; 2) that external environments are experienced differentially by actors; 3) that context has both spatial and temporal elements.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 624-639
Issue: 6
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: migrant; return migrant; entrepreneurship; self-employment; business; agency; context; biographical embeddedness; mixed embeddedness; personality traits; Ireland.
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Author-Name: Cécile Fonrouge
Author-X-Name-First: Cécile
Author-X-Name-Last: Fonrouge
Author-Name: Daniela Bolzani
Author-X-Name-First: Daniela
Author-X-Name-Last: Bolzani
Title: Motivations and barriers to crowdlending as a tool for diasporic entrepreneurial finance
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The flow of money from members of diasporas and their descendants back to their homelands is significant. In fact, such investments, when made in the form of loans aimed at sustaining entrepreneurship, can contribute to the economic development of the diasporan's home country. Given the increasing relevance of crowdlending as a method of entrepreneurial finance in developing countries, what are the factors that motivate diasporans to invest through online crowdlending instead of through more traditional options, and what barriers hinder them from doing so? We present a theoretical analysis that draws on the existing literature on crowdfunding and transnational entrepreneurship combined with field interviews with three founders of online diasporic platforms. We discuss the variables that must be taken into account when explaining the motivations of diasporans and the barriers hindering their engagement in online microlending. Several areas are highlighted for future theoretical and empirical research to study this largely under-researched phenomenon.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 667-688
Issue: 6
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: crowdfunding; crowdlending; microlending; entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial finance; migration; diaspora; diasporan; diasporic investment; diasporic finance; transnational; developing countries.
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Author-Name: Diana Carolina Muñoz-Castro
Author-X-Name-First: Diana Carolina
Author-X-Name-Last: Muñoz-Castro
Author-Name: Sandra Milena Santamaría-Alvarez
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra Milena
Author-X-Name-Last: Santamaría-Alvarez
Author-Name: Sara Isabel Marín-Zapata
Author-X-Name-First: Sara Isabel
Author-X-Name-Last: Marín-Zapata
Title: Transnational entrepreneurship: a systematic review of the literature
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This article presents a systematic review of the research literature on transnational entrepreneurship, addressing perspectives on the topic from different academic fields and providing an overall assessment of the main theoretical and empirical advances made to date, including research trends and gaps. To achieve this, we identified and revised the most relevant literature on transnational entrepreneurship published between 1995 and 2016. The results suggest that although institutions play a vital role for transnational entrepreneurs, their networks, human capital and motivations are crucial, since these resources can help them overcome structural constraints. We also found that most articles reporting on qualitative case studies focused on particular communities, suggesting there is a need for more comparative studies. We conclude that it is imperative to establish a more developed theoretical framework for the study of transnational entrepreneurship that would broaden scientific knowledge by integrating diverse disciplinary perspectives covering multiple fields of study.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 559-583
Issue: 6
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: transnational; entrepreneur; diaspora; migrant; systematic review; institutions; networks; drivers; capital; entrepreneurship.
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Author-Name: Arnim Decker
Author-X-Name-First: Arnim
Author-X-Name-Last: Decker
Title: The impact of institutions and cognition on context: a case study approach in international entrepreneurship
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This paper suggests a framework for <i>context</i>. Departing from the perspective of structuration theory, we propose that cognitive processes enable agents to act within structures. Cognition is dependent on institutional configurations which range from stable to fast moving and dynamic. It is argued that the degree of the agents' embeddedness affects the cognition of the agent, which, in turn, enables the agents' abilities to act upon and influence structures in the understanding of structuration theory. Through this mechanism, <i>context</i> emerges. A case study to depict the way a firm engages in cross-border activities and navigates within different institutional environments is presented. We propose that cognition is the link which connects institutions to the structure/agent system. The discussion concludes that cognition affects the creation of structures that form the <i>context</i> in which the firm operates.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 605-623
Issue: 6
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: structuration theory; institutions; cognition; international entrepreneurship; transnational entrepreneurship; social media; Denmark; Lithuania.
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Author-Name: Cherry Cheung
Author-X-Name-First: Cherry
Author-X-Name-Last: Cheung
Author-Name: Caleb Kwong
Author-X-Name-First: Caleb
Author-X-Name-Last: Kwong
Author-Name: Charan Bhattarai
Author-X-Name-First: Charan
Author-X-Name-Last: Bhattarai
Title: The role of social media in the collaboration, interaction, co-creation and co-delivery of a social venture in an uncertain conflict environment
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This research case study examines the creation and development of a bottom-up social entrepreneurial venture (SEV) immediately after the outbreak of a civil war in an Arab country by a group of young patriots in the aftermath of the Arab Spring uprisings in the 2010s. Drawing on Linders' (2012) model of social action lifecycle, our study examines the co-creation of the SEV, and the subsequent processes of co-production and co-delivery of the social actions. We found the role of social media to be critical. In our case study, social media was not intended for mass-mobilisation, but for selected mobilisation amongst those within the network. This is due to the insecure environment and the fear of infiltration from opposing parties. We also examine how new actors were, over time, being carefully screened and selected, and potential harmful players being excluded, which in turn contributed to the evolving nature of the SEV.
Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Pages: 640-666
Issue: 6
Volume: 23
Year: 2019
Keywords: interaction; collaboration; uncertainty; war and conflict; social entrepreneurship; youth.
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