Search results for "Business networks"

Entrepreneurship Training and Self-Employment among University Graduates

2012

In economies characterized by low labor demand and high rates of youth unemployment, entrepreneurship training has the potential to enable youth to gain skills and create their own jobs. This paper presents experimental evidence on a new entrepreneurship track that provides business training and personalized coaching to university students in Tunisia. Undergraduates in the final year of licence appliquee were given the opportunity to graduate with a business plan instead of following the standard curriculum. This paper relies on randomized assignment of the entrepreneurship track to identify impacts on labor market outcomes one year after graduation. The analysis finds that the entrepreneur…

La innovación empresarial y la difusión como nuevos factores de desarrollo territorial. Una comparación entre dos áreas geográficas de diferente acce…

2003

Javier.Esparcia@uv.es Joan.Noguera@uv.es Vicente.Ferrer@uv.es El proyecto AsPIRE (Perifericidad No Espacial, Innovación y la Economía Rural) intenta dar respuesta a algunas de las dudas que están surgiendo en ciertos modelos geo-económicos tradicionales. El desarrollo de otros factores parece que puede suplir parcialmente las deficiencias ligadas a la localización geográfica. La comunicación que presentamos se centra en el papel de la innovación y las redes empresariales como uno de los factores emergentes de desarrollo territorial. The AsPIRE Project (Aspatial Peripherality, Innovation and the Rural Economy intends to provide a scientifically valid answer to some of the problems arising in…

Building interpersonal trust in business networks: enablers and roadblocks

2019

Purpose - This study examines how interpersonal trust forms in business networks and anchors relationships. Trust can be seen as a required factor and enabler for co-creation that is needed when business models are created. This study draws on empirical data from a case study of a Finnish business network in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. It seeks to answer the research question: How does interpersonal trust start to develop at the business network level and how it can be supported? Design/ methodology/approach – This article draws on a case study of a Finnish business network which was developed through theme interviews and observation conducted in 2012. Findings - The findi…

Creating Shared Value: Exploration in an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

2022

The effects of companies on society and the practices of Corporate Social Responsibility have been the source of interest for many research studies. Questions concerning the traditional model resulted in Porter and Kramer developing the concept of Creating Shared Value, an approach where companies consider the value of society and the environment in their business models, creating value for all stakeholders. We take the issue of shared value creation in an entrepreneurial ecosystem to determine how clustered companies understand and create shared value, identifying its antecedents and consequences. Using a single case study, we were able to identify that the entrepreneurial ecosystem become…

BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM UNDER CONSTRUCTION

2012

In recent years, we have seen the rise in interest on new service concepts that would take the advantage of capabilities of ecosystems instead that of single companies. In this paper we describe the initial steps on a new business initiative and how the ecosystem starts developing around the core. We use action research approach in one case of building joint service, sports receipt, for health exercise and wellbeing markets. The research paper concludes with an ecosystem mode peerReviewed

Ecosystem Under Construction: An Action Research Study on Entrepreneurship in a Business Ecosystem

2012

In recent years, we have seen increasing interest in new service concepts that take advantage of the capabilities of business ecosystems instead of single companies. In this article, we describe how a business ecosystem begins to develop around a service business idea proposed by an entrepreneur. We aim to recognize the different domains of players that are or should be involved in the ecosystem while it is under construction. The article concludes with an ecosystem model consisting of six sub-ecosystems having different change drivers and clockspeeds. All great things are based on a series of small things, and all the small things need hard work.

Coordination of complex operations over organisational boundaries

2010

Aftermarket strategy and business networks : case study of a hydraulic motor firm

2018

The aftermarket is a big potential for any business as it can be more profitable than sales of the primary product. Previous aftermarket studies are focused on a supply chain approach to the aftermarket using pricing and logistics strategies for different types of industrial markets and limited to case studies from the automotive industry. Small to medium sized enterprises such as hydraulic motor companies have gained international markets due to their technological superiority and have reached niche market segments all over the world. This research aimed to create a profitable aftermarket strategy for a hydraulic motor company with an international niche market. The unique challenges of th…

The development and management of interpersonal trust in a business network in health, exercise, and wellbeing markets

2017

The aim of this dissertation is to explore the development, management and measurement of interpersonal trust in the context of a business network. More specifically, the focus is building and managing trust in the early stages of networking by examining how interpersonal trust forms in business networks and anchors relationships, and in addition, how the level of interpersonal trust could be measured. The data for this study is a qualitative, and collected from the business network that operates in the health, exercise and wellbeing sector. This study consists of three main parts: an introductory essay that consists of the research task, conceptual framework and methodological choices, fou…

Liiketoimintaverkostoon vaikuttavat tekijät - teknologinen näkökulma

2013

Tutkielmassa tutkitaan liiketoimintaverkostoja ja siihen vaikuttavia tekijöitä, erityisesti teknologian näkökannalta. Liiketoimintaverkostolla tarkoitetaan verkostoa jossa toimii useampi yritys ja joita sitoo toisiinsa erilaiset suhteet. Teknologialla tarkoitetaan tutkielmassa kaikkea teknologiaa jota käytetään muun muassa informaation eri muotojen luomiseen, tallennukseen, kommunikointiin ja käyttöön. Tarkemmin on tarkasteltu internettiä ja sitä hyödyntäviä teknologioita kuten sähköpostia, videoneuvottelua ja erilaisia IOS-järjestelmiä sekä digitalisaatiota. Tutkielman tutkimuskysymyksiä tarkasteltiin liiketoimintaverkoston kolmen myytin ja kolmen paradoksin teorioiden kautta. Tutkimuksen …