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Exploring the intersection of e-commerce and context in family business in China: the effects on organisational form and identity

2019

This chapter melds these interests of understanding how the context of e-Commerce and family business affects organisational form and subsequently organisational identity by integrating a narrative about the development of family business and e-Commerce in China with an exploratory analysis of two Chinese family businesses. Institutional theory informs this discussion (Scott, 2008: Suddaby, Elsbach, Greenwood, Meyer and Zilber, 2010). After describing why businesses adopt e-Commerce, and illustrating the contextual conditions in China that foster the development of private enterprises such as family businesses, and the adoption of e-Commerce, the chapter subsequently explores the question “…

Settore SECS-P/07 - Economia AziendaleIntersectionFamily businessbusiness.industryMedia studiesIdentity (social science)Context (language use)e-commerce innovation strategy family business China institutional theory institutional context external context internal contextSociologyE-commerceChinabusiness
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Inter-organizational networks and innovation in small, knowledge-intensive firms: A literature review

2013

Published version of article from the journal: International Journal of Innovation Management In this study, we address the effect of innovation strategy and an innovative working climate on financial performance in the Norwegian wood industry. Innovation strategy embodies four dimensions: the degrees to which innovation in the form of products, processes, and business systems are embedded in the management values and priorities as well as the degree of expenditure in R&D. An innovative working climate is exemplified by team cohesion, supervisory encouragement, resources, autonomy, challenge, and openness to innovation. Previous studies have indicated a lack of research in traditional manuf…

Transaction costNetwork diversitywood industryFinancial performanceStrategy and Managementinnovative working climateNetwork densityCooperation alliances network diversity network density innovativeness SMEs knowledge-intensive firms resource dependency institutional theory transaction cost theoryfinancial performanceInter organizationalManagement of Technology and InnovationManufacturing firmsmanufacturing firmsResource dependencyBusinessInnovation strategyBusiness and International ManagementMarketingInstitutional theoryIndustrial organizationVDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210::Business: 213
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