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Felix Arndt

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Entrepreneurship and Creativity Education in China: Reflections from an Experience-Based Approach to an Introductory Module in Entrepreneurship

2018

Building a competent and creative workforce is one of the greatest challenges of modern and future economies. However, fostering creativity and complex problem-solving capability has traditionally not been high on the agenda of our education systems. Drawing from the experiences of implementing an introductory first-year undergraduate module in entrepreneurship in the unique setting of modern China, the authors reflect upon the challenge of entrepreneurship and creativity education, as well as its implications for the next generation of a creative workforce in China.

modern economyChinaEntrepreneurshipComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSIONbusiness.industryTeachingmedia_common.quotation_subjectModern economyEntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship educationPublic relationsCreativityComputingMilieux_GENERALworkplaceEntrepreneurship educationproblem-solvingPolitical scienceWorkforcebusinessChinacreativitymedia_common
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The Merits of Playing It by the Book: Routine versus Deliberate Learning and the Development of Dynamic Capabilities

2018

In this study, we investigate the nature of dynamic capabilities and use a fine-grained measurement to test how centralization, routinization, and formalization relate to the underlying learning components of dynamic capabilities. We find that the effects of our three dimensions of managerial practices are broadly similar for almost all components of dynamic capabilities, and that only a few show a different pattern. Centralization and routinization are negatively related to dynamic capabilities, formalization is shown to have a significantly positive effect. We provide insights into the role of three dimensions of managerial practice by explaining variation among the learning components of…

Economics and EconometricsFormalization050208 financeKnowledge managementComputer sciencebusiness.industryOrganizational Structure05 social sciencesDecentralizationVariation (game tree)DecentralizationDynamic CapabilitiesTest (assessment)0502 economics and businessOrganizational learningOrganizational structureDynamic capabilitiesbusinessOrganizational LearningRoutinization050203 business & management
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Improvisation for innovation: The contingent role of resource and structural factors in explaining innovation capability

2018

The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link. This paper focuses on resource and structural factors to explore the relationship between organizational improvisation and innovation capability. Although the role of improvisation has attracted increasing academic attention in fast-changing environments, little is known about the conditions under which firms benefit from improvisation. This paper addresses this gap using an organizational learning perspective that explains the role of a firm's organizational structure and organizational resources for improvisation and innovation. A large-scale …

Structure (mathematical logic)ImprovisationFormalizationChinabusiness.industryImprovisation05 social sciencesGeneral EngineeringCentralizationInvestment (macroeconomics)Dual (category theory)Innovation capabilitiesResource (project management)Management of Technology and InnovationResource slack0502 economics and businessOrganizational learning050211 marketingOrganizational structureBusinessInnovationResource slack050203 business & managementIndustrial organization
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