Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Fabio Blanco-Mesa Author-X-Name-First: Fabio Author-X-Name-Last: Blanco-Mesa Author-Name: Maribel Martinez-Montaña Author-X-Name-First: Maribel Author-X-Name-Last: Martinez-Montaña Author-Name: Isaura Rojas-Sánchez Author-X-Name-First: Isaura Author-X-Name-Last: Rojas-Sánchez Title: Organisational capacities for the strengthening of social innovation: case study in the Renacer Verde Association Abstract: The purpose of this research is to diagnose the organisational capacities for the strengthening of social innovation in the Renacer Verde Association, Serranía de las Quinchas Natural Park. The methodology used is based on a unique case study with a participatory action research strategy that interacts with and involves the sample as a transforming actor of its reality. The results show a low level of development of the strategic, operational and infrastructure capacities of knowledge management due to low investment in functional, productive and technological aspects, which prevents a proposal of sustainable value. It can be concluded that organisational capacities represent the possibilities of the optimisation and management of the resources that a company possesses, with differentiating factors originating in the processes of social innovation, related to collaborative action for the solution of social problems and oriented to the generation of value from the recognition of the environment and use of the population's potential. Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Pages: 132-151 Issue: 2/3 Volume: 25 Year: 2021 Keywords: organisational capabilities; value proposition; social innovation; technologies; tangible; intangible. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=115048 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:25:y:2021:i:2/3:p:132-151 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: S. Jimmy Gandhi Author-X-Name-First: S. Jimmy Author-X-Name-Last: Gandhi Author-Name: Colleen C. Robb Author-X-Name-First: Colleen C. Author-X-Name-Last: Robb Author-Name: Ana Lee Author-X-Name-First: Ana Author-X-Name-Last: Lee Title: The entrepreneurial intrapreneur: a managerial approach to building entrepreneurial competencies Abstract: This study explores managerial practices that could encourage the development of more intrapreneurs in the organisation based on existing research of entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial competencies and the current shortage of intrapreneurs in existing organisations. We base suggestions for these managerial practices around 13 previously established entrepreneurial competencies taken from earlier entrepreneurship research. For each of these entrepreneurial competencies, we propose specific recommendations for managers that would help shift people from the employee mindset to intrapreneurial competencies and thus creating more intrapreneurs, and as a result, benefiting the organisation. Our recommendations include garnering of resources by the intrapreneur, a greater assumption of risk by the intrapreneur, and the requirement of multiple iterations of the product development process. We suggest incorporating such practices as it could result in more intrapreneurs being created within existing organisations and thus making those organisations more customer centric and efficient. These practices could hence be the basis of firm renewal for existing firms. Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Pages: 211-232 Issue: 2/3 Volume: 25 Year: 2021 Keywords: intrapreneurship; entrepreneurial competencies; creation of intrapreneurs; entrepreneurship versus intrapreneurship; resources for entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=115049 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:25:y:2021:i:2/3:p:211-232 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Chukwuemeka Echebiri Author-X-Name-First: Chukwuemeka Author-X-Name-Last: Echebiri Author-Name: Marit Engen Author-X-Name-First: Marit Author-X-Name-Last: Engen Author-Name: Stein Amundsen Author-X-Name-First: Stein Author-X-Name-Last: Amundsen Title: Employee-driven innovation: conceptualisation, scale development and preliminary validation Abstract: Although there has been increasing interest in employee-driven innovation research, the literature is still fragmented. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the construct of employee-driven innovation (EDI) and to develop an instrument that can be used to measure it. We adopted an integrative approach to scale development by incorporating existing scales from concepts related to EDI. Based on a combined exploratory factor analysis (<i>N</i> = 144) and confirmatory factor analysis (<i>N</i> = 144) approach, we identified three dimensions of EDI, emergence and search for ideas, idea generation and idea development and implementation. The instrument showed sufficient reliability and validity (i.e., content, construct, convergent, and discriminant validity). Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Pages: 233-255 Issue: 2/3 Volume: 25 Year: 2021 Keywords: employee-driven innovation; conceptualisation; scale development; validation. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=115050 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:25:y:2021:i:2/3:p:233-255 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Gladys Yaneth Mariño Becerra Author-X-Name-First: Gladys Yaneth Mariño Author-X-Name-Last: Becerra Author-Name: Nely Pérez Martínez Author-X-Name-First: Nely Pérez Author-X-Name-Last: Martínez Title: Structuring of an information system for the entrepreneurship variables monitoring in Tunja-Colombia Abstract: The following investigation has the objective of structuring an information system for the entrepreneurship with the system general foundation theory, technological surveillance and competitive intelligence, SIOBET. It is based on the general theory of TGS systems, on technological surveillance and competitive intelligence. Qualitative study, case method, applied instruments of focal group and in-depth interview on entrepreneurs, experts, academics, government actors and entrepreneur's environment, and the analysis of the critical variables of entrepreneurship were used. SIOBET allows systematic information access to trends, behaviour and statistics of the entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship and surroundings that facilitate assertive decision making regarding the definition and evaluation of public politics and the concretion of business ideas with more viability. The obtained results may become a base of future investigation surrounding TGS, business creation opportunities, entrepreneurship statistics and entrepreneurship profile formation. Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Pages: 152-172 Issue: 2/3 Volume: 25 Year: 2021 Keywords: information systems; entrepreneurship; entrepreneur; business environment. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=115051 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:25:y:2021:i:2/3:p:152-172 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Martín Ezequiel Masci Author-X-Name-First: Martín Ezequiel Author-X-Name-Last: Masci Author-Name: Javier Ignacio García-Fronti Author-X-Name-First: Javier Ignacio Author-X-Name-Last: García-Fronti Title: Responsible financial innovation: a hybrid protocol for decision-making process Abstract: This paper proposes a hybrid management protocol that considers the interplay between market risk measurement and expert's opinions, in a framework of responsible governance. The main dimension of this work is deliberation, as a responsible practice. The configuration and dynamics of experts' panels are considered, as well as the way in which consensus is reached (or not), using sequential studies Delphi in several rounds. The result is a proposal for the creation of an expert committee that examines in a responsible, anticipatory, reflective and deliberative manner, market risk management in banks, incorporating the opinion of experts into the mathematical framework (through the choice of the consensus model among experts and the definition of its parameters). Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Pages: 173-183 Issue: 2/3 Volume: 25 Year: 2021 Keywords: finance; management; modelling; business and economic applications of innovations. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=115052 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:25:y:2021:i:2/3:p:173-183 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jorge Hernán Cifuentes Author-X-Name-First: Jorge Hernán Author-X-Name-Last: Cifuentes Author-Name: Edwin Leonardo Méndez Author-X-Name-First: Edwin Leonardo Author-X-Name-Last: Méndez Author-Name: Sylvia María Valenzuela Author-X-Name-First: Sylvia María Author-X-Name-Last: Valenzuela Title: Determining factors of innovation in the subsector of human healthcare related activities in Colombia for the 2014-2015 period Abstract: Healthcare is a determining factor for the well-being of a person, family, and community, as well as a requirement for equal human development. The third sustainable development goal of the 2030 Agenda is mainly to 'Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages'. The aim of this paper is to analyse the determining factors of innovation in human healthcare related activities in Colombia for the 2014-2015 period. The investigation methodology is a study using the ordered multinomial logit of the types of innovation from 1,061 companies, in accordance with the Survey of Technological Development and Innovation (EDIT V) from the National Administrative Department of Statistics. The results show that only 0.1% innovated strictly speaking, evidencing the pressing need to strengthen the alliance between the state and organisations with the purpose of promoting the innovative creation of products, services, and solutions for the sector. Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Pages: 110-131 Issue: 2/3 Volume: 25 Year: 2021 Keywords: innovation; human healthcare; service industry; multinomial logit. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=115053 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:25:y:2021:i:2/3:p:110-131 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Juan Carlos Leyva-López Author-X-Name-First: Juan Carlos Author-X-Name-Last: Leyva-López Author-Name: Jesús Jaime Solano-Noriega Author-X-Name-First: Jesús Jaime Author-X-Name-Last: Solano-Noriega Author-Name: Diego Alonso Gastélum-Chavira Author-X-Name-First: Diego Alonso Author-X-Name-Last: Gastélum-Chavira Title: A multiobjective evolutionary algorithm for deriving a final ranking from a medium-sized fuzzy outranking relation Abstract: The exploitation stage of a fuzzy outranking relation of the outranking methods aims to deal with the intransitivities in such a relation to consolidate and synthesise the decision maker's preferences between pairs of actions to obtain a ranking that is representative of his/her preferences over a given set of actions. In this paper, we propose this exploitation phase as a multiobjective optimisation problem and use a modified version of the multiobjective genetic algorithm (we refer to it as RP<SUP align="right"><SMALL>2</SMALL></SUP>-MOGA+H) to exploit a medium-sized fuzzy outranking relation to determining a partial pre-order of alternatives. To measure the performance of RP<SUP align="right"><SMALL>2</SMALL></SUP>-MOGA+H, we present an empirical study over a set of simulated ranking problems, which shows that RP<SUP align="right"><SMALL>2</SMALL></SUP>-MOGA+H can effectively exploit a medium-sized fuzzy outranking relation. Moreover, the RP<SUP align="right"><SMALL>2</SMALL></SUP>-MOGA+H outperforms other ranking procedures based on multiobjective evolutionary algorithms in the conducted experiments. Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Pages: 184-210 Issue: 2/3 Volume: 25 Year: 2021 Keywords: multicriteria decision analysis; MCDA; fuzzy outranking relations; multiobjective evolutionary algorithms; MOEA; ranking procedures. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=115055 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:25:y:2021:i:2/3:p:184-210 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Charbel Salloum Author-X-Name-First: Charbel Author-X-Name-Last: Salloum Author-Name: Jacques Digout Author-X-Name-First: Jacques Author-X-Name-Last: Digout Author-Name: Laura Salloum Author-X-Name-First: Laura Author-X-Name-Last: Salloum Author-Name: Catherine Mercier-Suissa Author-X-Name-First: Catherine Author-X-Name-Last: Mercier-Suissa Author-Name: Pamela Chahine Author-X-Name-First: Pamela Author-X-Name-Last: Chahine Title: Family business, strategic planning and corporate entrepreneurship Abstract: The aim of this paper is to examine whether generational involvement and perceived technological opportunities affect the corporate entrepreneurship of family firms in Lebanon. Using a sample of 85 Lebanese family firms, our results suggest that family-business-related characteristics and strategic planning have a positive relationship with corporate entrepreneurship. Our study provides important insights to regulators and practitioners interested in enhancing governance practices in family firms in Lebanon based on the impact of family-business-related characteristics and strategic planning on corporate entrepreneurship. More importantly, our paper helps us to understand how corporate entrepreneurship in a Middle Eastern country can be affected by willingness to change, generational involvement, perceived technological opportunities, and competitive aggressiveness. Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Pages: 52-71 Issue: 1 Volume: 25 Year: 2021 Keywords: family business; corporate entrepreneurship; performance; strategic planning. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=113798 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:25:y:2021:i:1:p:52-71 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Minh-Duc Le Author-X-Name-First: Minh-Duc Author-X-Name-Last: Le Title: User acceptance of enterprise resource planning systems: a study in small and medium enterprises in Vietnam Abstract: This study aims at investigating important antecedents affecting the user acceptance of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. The research model was developed based on the technology acceptance model (TAM). The model was empirically tested using data obtained from an online survey of ERP users in 63 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam. A total of 416 responses were gathered in which 14 uncompleted questionnaires were removed, leaving 402 usable questionnaires. The results revealed that the proposed factors almost positively influenced the user attitude toward using ERP systems directly and indirectly through the two TAM beliefs, except the paths from management support to perceived ease of use and from technical complexity to perceived usefulness, while perceived usefulness together with user attitude, in turn, enhanced behavioural intention to use ERP systems. Additionally, income, employees' position, and work nature were found to have moderating effects in the conceptual framework. Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Pages: 72-104 Issue: 1 Volume: 25 Year: 2021 Keywords: enterprise resource planning; ERP; user acceptance; technology acceptance model; TAM; small and medium-sized enterprises; SMEs; SEM; Vietnam. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=113799 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:25:y:2021:i:1:p:72-104 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Boris Urban Author-X-Name-First: Boris Author-X-Name-Last: Urban Title: Public sector entrepreneurial orientation in South Africa: a focus on organisational boundaries, strategy and resources Abstract: Recognising the gap in the literature on public sector entrepreneurship in emerging markets, hypotheses are formulated to explain the influence of specific organisational antecedents on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) at municipalities in South Africa. Correlational and regression analyses are used to test the hypotheses. Findings show that the organisational antecedents of organisational strategy, boundaries and resources explain a significant amount of variation in the EO dimensions of innovativeness, pro-activeness and risk taking. The findings provide a meaningful understanding of an important topic in entrepreneurship as they apply to the South African public sector context. The study adds to the literature by providing causal links between specific organisational antecedents and the EO dimensions. A systematic understanding of organisational antecedents and EO in the public sector context is important not only for academic purposes but also because the subject has salience for managers and policy makers. Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Pages: 1-19 Issue: 1 Volume: 25 Year: 2021 Keywords: entrepreneurship; innovativeness; risk taking; pro-activeness; organisational antecedents; strategy; resources; boundary conditions; public sector; South Africa. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=113800 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:25:y:2021:i:1:p:1-19 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Alipio Veiga Neto Author-X-Name-First: Alipio Veiga Author-X-Name-Last: Neto Author-Name: Rodrigo De Siqueira Christo Author-X-Name-First: Rodrigo De Siqueira Author-X-Name-Last: Christo Author-Name: Antonio Jorge Fernandes Author-X-Name-First: Antonio Jorge Author-X-Name-Last: Fernandes Author-Name: Cristine Hermann Nodari Author-X-Name-First: Cristine Hermann Author-X-Name-Last: Nodari Title: Reinforcement contingencies of innovative behaviour: antecedent and consequent factors Abstract: This study aimed at investigating the antecedent stimuli and consequent support that produce innovative behaviour. Based on Foxall (2009), this study proposes a model to analyse the contingencies of innovative behaviour (CIB), tested using multivariate data analysis through exploratory research. We identified 38 variables that encourage subjects to innovate and which may foster an avoidance of innovation. By using a sample of 224 entrepreneurs, business owners or company managers throughout Brazil, we find 'social interaction and learning' as the main factor encouraging innovative behaviour and, as a conclusion, innovative behaviour occurs in organisations, regardless of the difficulties or barriers that may minimise the occurrence of innovative practices. Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Pages: 257-278 Issue: 4/5 Volume: 25 Year: 2021 Keywords: innovative behaviour; antecedent stimulus; consequent support; contingencies; competitiveness; avoidance; utilitarian support; informative support; social interaction; learning. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=119176 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:25:y:2021:i:4/5:p:257-278 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: James Matthew Taylor Author-X-Name-First: James Matthew Author-X-Name-Last: Taylor Author-Name: Mohammad Saud Khan Author-X-Name-First: Mohammad Saud Author-X-Name-Last: Khan Title: Venture capital and innovation: tug of war Abstract: Although majority work within the field of innovation has revolved around the theme that venture capital supports innovation, a critical and convincing stream of literature has emerged; promoting a contrasting hypothesis. It is argued that venture capitalists do not promote innovation, but rather thwart it, presenting empirical evidence in support of their position. Therefore, a question remains unanswered: do venture capitalists support innovation, as prevailing literature argues, or do they thwart it? Therefore, the questions of how, why and if venture capital supports innovation, and the importance of the answers for policy, forms the basis of this article. Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Pages: 20-32 Issue: 1 Volume: 25 Year: 2021 Keywords: innovation; entrepreneurship; venture capital; finance. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=113801 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:25:y:2021:i:1:p:20-32 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Fernando Luís Almeida Author-X-Name-First: Fernando Luís Author-X-Name-Last: Almeida Author-Name: José Duarte Santos Author-X-Name-First: José Duarte Author-X-Name-Last: Santos Title: Perceptions and role of university spin-offs on the employment of young graduates Abstract: This study intends to characterise and analyse the role that university spin-offs play in the employability of recent graduates and their function in opposing youth unemployment. For that purpose, this study uses empirical data from Portugal to analyse the evolution of the population with higher education levels, the evolution of the unemployment rate and the geographical distribution of university spin-offs. Additionally, a survey was adopted to collect data from 117 Portuguese university spin-offs to identify the main advantages and difficulties in hiring young graduates. The results indicate that the number of young graduates in these companies is small, representing only 11.8% of their total employees. The main advantages of hiring young graduates include their learning ability and new knowledge brought from abroad. By contrast, the main difficulties are their low capacity in dealing with pressure, low autonomy, and difficulties in taking responsibilities. Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Pages: 279-302 Issue: 4/5 Volume: 25 Year: 2021 Keywords: university spin-off; employment; entrepreneurship; graduate employability; higher education. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=119177 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:25:y:2021:i:4/5:p:279-302 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ana Cristina Fachinelli Author-X-Name-First: Ana Cristina Author-X-Name-Last: Fachinelli Author-Name: Jairo Moran Carvalho Ribeiro Author-X-Name-First: Jairo Moran Carvalho Author-X-Name-Last: Ribeiro Author-Name: Fernanda D'Arrigo Author-X-Name-First: Fernanda Author-X-Name-Last: D'Arrigo Title: Knowledge for innovation: creative routines and weak signal processing Abstract: The monitoring of business environments allows companies to identify signals that, when processed, become external stimulation to the creative process and innovation sources. This study aimed to investigate the use of creative routines for signal processing and innovation performance in a corporate group. The research is based on a case study carried out in six companies which are part of a Brazilian corporate group. The methodology used was mixed methods with the concurrent embedded design. We collected qualitative and quantitative data in multiple units of analysis. The results indicate that companies that have developed creative routines perform better on innovation. They also reveal that innovation agents act locally and around their environment. Therefore, there is an endogenous potential for the use of creative routines to foster innovation. Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Pages: 33-51 Issue: 1 Volume: 25 Year: 2021 Keywords: knowledge; innovation; creative routines; weak signals. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=113802 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:25:y:2021:i:1:p:33-51 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ehsan Masoomi Author-X-Name-First: Ehsan Author-X-Name-Last: Masoomi Author-Name: Kurosh Rezaei-Moghaddam Author-X-Name-First: Kurosh Author-X-Name-Last: Rezaei-Moghaddam Title: Entrepreneurial opportunity recognition: an empirical study in Iranian agriculture sector Abstract: One of the central questions in the field of entrepreneurship is how are opportunities recognised? This question still needs to be answered in the agriculture sector. Recognising entrepreneurial opportunities by agricultural entrepreneurs is one of the most understudied topics in entrepreneurship research. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors related to entrepreneurial opportunity recognition in Iranian agricultural context. Different groups of factors including demographic and individual factors were considered. A simple random sampling of 205 awarded agricultural entrepreneurs at national level in Iran was selected (N = 440). The study was designed using survey research. The results indicated that entrepreneur's social networks, prior knowledge, self-efficacy, creativity and perception about agricultural environmental opportunities had positive effects on entrepreneurial opportunity recognition. The results also revealed the significant difference in opportunity recognition between different levels of agricultural entrepreneurs' place of residence, education, and work experience. Theoretical and practical implications for entrepreneurial opportunity recognition by agricultural entrepreneurs have been provided. Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Pages: 303-325 Issue: 4/5 Volume: 25 Year: 2021 Keywords: agricultural entrepreneurship; opportunity recognition; agriculture sector; Iran. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=119178 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:25:y:2021:i:4/5:p:303-325 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Valérie François Author-X-Name-First: Valérie Author-X-Name-Last: François Author-Name: Christophe Lafaye Author-X-Name-First: Christophe Author-X-Name-Last: Lafaye Author-Name: Matthieu Belarouci Author-X-Name-First: Matthieu Author-X-Name-Last: Belarouci Title: The role of social capital in the growth of innovative nascent firms: the moderating effect of incubators Abstract: The concept of social capital is increasingly used in entrepreneurship studies to explain the growth of innovative nascent firms. However, empirical findings about the role of social capital (SC) in the growth of young firms have been contradictory to date. We focused on the relational dimension of social capital and differentiated between internal social capital (ISC) and external social capital (ESC). We analysed the perceived utility - which is rarely used in SC studies - of resources received from the networks of innovative nascent firms in their first six years of existence. We implemented the two-stage least squares (2SLS) analysis to avoid the endogeneity bias. The results indicated that during the early years, nascent firms' external social capital is a decisive resource for growth. This was not the case for internal social capital. We observed that joining an incubator appears to have no impact on either growth or the relationship under study. Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Pages: 326-345 Issue: 4/5 Volume: 25 Year: 2021 Keywords: social capital; innovative nascent firm; incubator; growth. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=119179 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:25:y:2021:i:4/5:p:326-345 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Zulma Andrea Cantor Hernández Author-X-Name-First: Zulma Andrea Cantor Author-X-Name-Last: Hernández Author-Name: Javier Augusto López Cifuentes Author-X-Name-First: Javier Augusto López Author-X-Name-Last: Cifuentes Author-Name: Fabio Blanco-Mesa Author-X-Name-First: Fabio Author-X-Name-Last: Blanco-Mesa Title: Empowerment and autonomy in rural women: case study of the municipality of Chivatá, Boyacá, Colombia Abstract: There is a disparity between men and women, which is conditioned by the accepted gender roles within the culture. It carries a disadvantage for women in political, economic and social terms in general. Due to the fact that the Colombian rural population does not have equal access to infrastructure and technology, rural women have an even greater disadvantage. In this sense, the main aim of this research is to assess the level of empowerment of the rural female population and the factors that determine it. To achieve this purpose, an exploratory study of a transversal type is designed in a rural population of Colombia. The results show a low level of empowerment, related to a population with less access to education, more children and diminished psychological power, which is limited by economic power and culture, where the reproductive role of women is normalised. This collective stereotype feeds back the disempowerment of women, tending to perpetuate this socio-cultural phenomenon. It is remarked that the most appropriate tool to reverse this situation is education, through the implementation of public policies that help to generate psychological changes not only in women, men and children. It emphasises the relevance of women genuinely expressing their expectations, gaining access to jobs, occupying leadership positions and no longer being seen as the sole caregivers of children and the home. Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Pages: 346-362 Issue: 4/5 Volume: 25 Year: 2021 Keywords: independence; gender equality; autonomy; leadership; economic empowerment. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=119188 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:25:y:2021:i:4/5:p:346-362 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Katja-Maria Prexl Author-X-Name-First: Katja-Maria Author-X-Name-Last: Prexl Author-Name: Antje Gonera Author-X-Name-First: Antje Author-X-Name-Last: Gonera Title: Understanding new corporate innovation strategies: hybrid high-involvement approaches and the increasing importance of individual absorptive capacity Abstract: Driven by the challenges of digitalisation and increasing market dynamics, corporations must develop new strategies for innovation and knowledge management. This paper describes hybrid high-involvement innovation (HHII) as an emerging approach to corporate innovation. Through nine interviews, we explore the experiences and actions of experts in German corporate innovation programs in an effort to understand and systematise new approaches to corporate engagement in innovation. We categorise HHII benefits, antecedents, and emerging challenges, indicating the importance of innovation engagement activities and capabilities on the corporate and individual levels. We additionally identify and adapt key design elements of HHII to support its development and implementation in corporate environments, thereby examining the use of open innovation initiatives as vehicles to enable internal and external crowdsourcing of new ideas. This paper develops the concept of individual absorptive capacity (IAC) and explores its increasingly important role in open innovation initiatives such as HHII. Journal: Int. J. of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Pages: 363-390 Issue: 4/5 Volume: 25 Year: 2021 Keywords: high-involvement innovation; HII; individual absorptive capacity; IAC; innovation management; innovation programs; knowledge management; organisational learning; hybrid high-involvement; open innovation; explorative approach; corporate innovation. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=119199 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:25:y:2021:i:4/5:p:363-390