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Wallace, Thomas Henry. "Capital constraints to the acquisition of new technology by small business in high technology industries." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/30347.
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Fleck, Vivian Christine. "Growth and human resource management in small high technology companies." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.292782.
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Blumenthal, Robert Adler. "Winners and losers : the role of personality types in high-tech business success /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8804.
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Kiehl, Sandra J. "A Comparative Study of the Characteristics of High Technology Start-Up Firms." PDXScholar, 1988. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1247.
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A sample of two hundred and twenty-five high technology start-up firms located nationwide provided a base for the analysis of characteristics of start-up success. The analysis provides insights into management capabilities which may be generalized to a larger population. For comparison purposes, the sample was divided into two groups: (1) those firms which have not received a venture capital infusion from a formal venture capital company and (2) those firms which have received one or more infusions of venture capital. Aspects of organizational climate, top management team approach, marketing strategy and focus, business planning and the intent to go public as a means of addressing future financing needs were examined. Hypothesis testing was accomplished through the employment of ANOVA and Chi-Square. Based upon the results of the testing of each of the hypotheses, the following conclusions are drawn: 1. Based upon those aspects examined, both the funded and unfunded firms embrace practices which strongly manifest those of an organic organization. The strong propensities toward both open communication channels and participatory decision making are indicative of the lack of formal structure present in these organizations. In addition, creativity is strongly supported, as it should be, by the notion that failure is viewed in a positive context as a necessary component of both being creative and making technological advancements. 2. The team approach to management is practiced by both funded and unfunded firms; although the venture capital funded firms have a higher quality top management team when quality is defined by aggregate primary past functional experience. The funded firm has a larger team which, in turn, brings more years of experience, a higher aggregate level of organizational responsibility, and more diversity of functional capability. This diversity provides balance in terms of complementary functional skills. Additional strength is added to the top management team of the funded firms due to a higher percentage of members whose prior experience is directly related to the functional capacity in which they now serve. Similarly, the funded firm is more likely to have management team members whose previous experience was in a firm whose core technology was the same or very similar to that of the start-up. 3. There do not appear to be significant differences between the venture capital funded and unfunded firms regarding the various marketing oriented characteristics. Both groups tend to be market driven with a solutions orientation. 4. The high technology start-up firm which has received venture capital funding is more likely to go public than the unfunded firm. 5. Business planning is practiced by the majority of all high technology start-up firms, although the funded firms do so to a greater extent. Not only do virtually all funded firms prepare business plans, but the plans themselves appear to be more extensive. Additionally; the primary purpose for which the funded firm prepares the plan is for venture capital acquisition. On the other hand, the unfunded firms perform business plan preparation to a lesser extent, but do so because of operating necessity. The results of this study have implications for the nascent entrepreneur in the high technology arena and researchers alike toward the end of providing a more complete understanding of some of the critical components essential to the success of a start-up.
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Bent, Peter. "The roles of legitimacy in the internationalisation of small to medium high-technology firms /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2003. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17928.pdf.
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Cooper, Sarah Yvonne. "Small high technology firms : a theoretical and empirical study of location issues." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/1278.
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Zackrisson, Marcus. "Financial systems and the financing of high-technology small firms : the case of Sweden, Linköping, and Santa Clara County /." Linköping : Univ, 2003. http://www.bibl.liu.se/liupubl/disp/disp2003/arts269s.pdf.
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Megchun, Beatriz Itzel Cruz. "The strategic role of design management to enhance performance within small Mexican technology-based enterprises in new technological industries." Thesis, Staffordshire University, 2010. http://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/2035/.
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This thesis discusses how design management can play a relevant role to improve the performance of small Mexican technology-based enterprises (TBEs) in new technological industries. The research began exploring the general role of design in Mexican business context and a gap in the literature was revealed about the role of design management and its relevance on the development of technological innovations in Mexican TBEs. A multi-method design research was adopted to identify and further detail data about the benefits and effects of design management in small Mexican TBEs. Therefore, a QUALquan design approach was utilised to apply sequentially qualitative and quantitative methods to develop a model (theory) that later was subjected to testing. The first action was to explore the context of the study through qualitative methods in order to develop an instrument (diagnostic toolkit) that enabled the researcher to evaluate the condition of the case studies within their current business practices. Then, the researcher implemented the second strategy to know the condition of the principal case studies to provide an intervention treatment. This allowed the researcher to introduce and implement design management practices within the case studies for a period of seven months to later assess once again the case studies to prove whether the intervention had provoked a change. Findings suggested that the implementation of design management can help small Mexican TBEs in new technological industries to improve their performance. The primary contribution of this research was to produce a detailed account of the conditions in which small Mexican TBEs in new technological industries operate and how they were affected by the implementation of design management. This helped to provide a holistic perspective on the use of design management, design thinking and design leadership. Similarly, it assisted in the development of an empirically confirmed design toolkit to assess the condition and design abilities and capabilities of small Mexican TBEs. The design toolkit offered users the opportunity to obtain results and suggestions about their condition and to identify and apply a series of methods, tools and techniques that can be implemented in their three levels of business activities: strategic, tactical and operational engagement.
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Modimogale, Lloyd. "ICT and SMEs’ competitiveness in South Africa : how SMEs could use ICT to become competitive in South Africa." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27585.
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This mini-dissertation reviews present literature to define ICT and SMEs and determine the current situation in South Africa with regard to the use of ICT by SMEs, including possible benefits to SMEs as well as stumbling blocks to adopting ICT. The research consists of collecting data from ten SMEs in Gauteng in South Africa using questionnaires and interviews, to determine how SMEs can use ICT to become more competitive. The mini-dissertation will have a number of chapters: the first chapter will give an overview of the subject. The second chapter will explain the research motivation and methodology while the third chapter will be the literature review, which will explore the topic of ICT and SMEs in depth, with a focus on South Africa. Chapter four will deal with data collection and analysis; the main source of data will be interviews based on structured questions. The fifth chapter will be the discussion and recommendations based on the results of the analysis and the literature review. Chapter Six will be the conclusion.Dissertation (MIT)--University of Pretoria, 2008.
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Quiroga, Fernandez Ingrid Nataly, Tadayuki Hohyama, and Loi Tran. "Effectuation in decision-making to respond to market uncertainty in high technology industries." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-325029.
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Uncertainty is inherent in the process of entrepreneurial activities and has caused a high failure rate of startups. In fact, 46% of new ventures run out of business within 4 years of operation, according to Statistic Brain Research Institute. On the other hand, a type of uncertainty that entrepreneurs need to prioritize varies depending on the industry. In high technology industries, severe problems are frequently caused especially by market uncertainty due to continuous technological developments and industries’ volatile characteristic. In entrepreneurship research, Sarasvathy introduced the concept of effectuation in 2001. Since then, the theory of effectuation has been studied by a number of researchers, as successful entrepreneurs have incorporated this theory. However, empirical evidence of effectual processes covering the applicability in high technology industries has not been testified yet. Therefore, the main purpose of this research is to fill this gap and find an answer to our research question, how do entrepreneurs effectuate in decision-making to respond to market uncertainty in high technology industries? We implemented a quantitative investigation by conducting an online survey of entrepreneurs in high-technology industries. The main findings and conclusions are that entrepreneurs in high-technology industries apply both causation and effectuation. However, causation is slightly more implemented than effectuation. Additionally, we found that experimentation-driven approach helps entrepreneurs in high-technology industries deal with market uncertainty as supplementation of effectuation.
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Bester, Jan. "Market feasibility of high technology products in a business-to-business marketing environment : an SADC perspective." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95636.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.South African companies, as well as international companies using South Africa as a base, that have reached an appropriate size, track record and capacity to consider expanding abroad often look at business opportunities in their neighbouring countries, specifically those that are members of the Southern African Development Corporation (SADC). The markets and business environment of the 15 members in the Community differ substantially amongst themselves, but each has some characteristics and business potential to recommend it to the expansion seeking SA corporation. This paper provides an exhaustive analysis of the SADC's economic environment and characteristics. As such, it makes sense for a South African company that produces high-technology products or services and sells in the business-to-business market space to explore markets in geographical proximity to itself. The existence of the SADC region as a trade block, its associated objectives to improve regional inter-trade and regional socio-economic stability and established infrastructure motivates the focus of this study. It is envisaged that further study could be suggested to identify and develop methods to ascertain market feasibility that could be applied to other countries in Africa and in the world market. According to Thompson (2006b: 1), a business feasibility study can be defined as “a controlled process for identifying problems and opportunities, determining objectives, describing situations, defining successful outcomes and asssesing the range of costs and benefits associated with several alternatives for solving a problem.” The identification, extraction, presentation and consolidation of lessons learnt could benefit new market entrants by identifying possible pitfalls before they embark on a market entry campaign. The study delves into the intricacies of doing business in emerging economies, doing business in Africa and doing business in SADC countries. The external and internal forces that could prove instrumental and decisive in the success of an organisation that seeks to measure market feasibility is examined, thus identifying key warning signs or hazards that would hamper feasibility before embarking on costly business plans and marketing campaigns. The study develops a proposed decision support matrix to determine market feasibility. This matrix could prove useful as a preliminary investigation tool for companies active in the sector and exploring the different geographical markets in question to base an initial business decision on, prior to investing in a business plan or more focused business intelligence.
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Malmström, Malin. "Acquiring competence to create and sustain competitive advantages : a study of four small high technology firms." Licentiate thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Industriell Ekonomi, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-18319.
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The research questions addressed in this licentiate thesis are; How can small firms acquire competence? What factors can be identified as important for understanding how competence is acquired in small firms? Why are these factors important? Three factor groups are included in building a preliminary model of competence acquisition; the entrepreneur, the business concept, and the competence base which are identified in the literature as affecting competence acquisition. The surrounding environment is seen as a platform for the acquisition of competence. Three different modes of competence acquisition are discussed; internal, social network, and market. The entrepreneurs of four small firms were interviewed where competence acquisition processes were in focus. The processes in each firm are, first, analyzed separately. Second, a between-process analysis is conducted in each firm and, third, a between-firm analysis is carried out where aspects of the factor groups are brought out. The phenomenon concerning competence acquisition is very complex. The factor groups do not only, per se, affect acquisition of competence. Aspects of the factor groups may, in fact, express a more complex picture of how the factors affect acquisition of competence. The modes of competence acquisition appear in combinations and sequences. Competence acquisition processes are built in sequences over time. Strategies in competence acquisition emerge in patterns that develop.Godkänd; 2002; 20070219 (evan)
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Costello, Neil. "Economic institutions and routine practices : the case of high-technology small and medium-sized enterprises." Thesis, n.p, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/.
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Jensen, Erick. "An assessment of safety/risk management practices/perspectives among high school/middle school technology education instructors and business/industry professionals." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2005. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2005/2005jensene.pdf.
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Farrimond, George F. Jr. "Strategic Implications of R&D Investment on Dynamic Business Systems." PDXScholar, 1989. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1399.
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The United States' ability to compete in many international markets has been based on competitive advantage in high-technology products. Until recently, these industries had a favorable trade balance but in 1987, it slipped to deficit of $0.6 billion. Management of research and development programs is one of the most important elements in remaining competitive. Therefore, this research study of 291 high-technology firms was undertaken to determine if: (1) a positive relationship exists between the amount of investment in research and development (R&D) and a firms success in sales, net income, or market share, (2) excessive investment in R&D would decrease profitability, (3) there exists a "critical mass" of R&D spending for a firm to remain competitive. The results of this study indicates that while R&D is an important factor in high-technology industries, it is not the driving force in the success of a firm. Successful management requires a more systemic approach which considers many factors including research and development. There was no evidence found that excessive investment decreases profits and no indication that a "critical mass" of R&D was required for a high-technology firm. This study found lag times from R&D investment to the time of impact on sales, net income and market share. The lag times did not have significant correlations in most cases but appeared to be in agreement with the opinions of industry experts surveyed in field interviews. It was also found that the leading high-technology firms budget R&D by a percent of sales or prior years budget method. This approach may be very detrimental to effective management of research programs since it may reduce funding for at a time when it should be increased in order to develop new products and technologies. The results indicate that start-up firms can compete effectively with mature firms. Leading start-up companies generally spend more as a percent of sales on R&D than mature firms but appear to be as effective in managing their research effort. The results of this study has implications for stakeholders of high-technology industries in understanding some important elements in the management of successful R&D programs.
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Job, Kate. "The lifespan of the High Technology Small Organization (HTSO) : an exploration of the founder's perspective." Thesis, University of Derby, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.391444.
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Sedoglavich, Vesna. "Absorptive capacity and internationalization of New Zealand high-tech SMEs in the agro-technology sector." The University of Waikato, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2606.
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This study investigates the relationships between firm's technology, absorptive capacity and the internationalization process in the high-tech SMEs. The research identifies the most influential factors that affect the international activities and expansion decisions of New Zealand high-tech SMEs with core capabilities in agro-technology. Mixed methods, qualitative and quantitative elements in the data collection and analysis, were employed in this research for a reason that a deeper understanding of the research subject and the analysis of complex issues such as the internationalization process and absorptive capacity required methodological variety. The use of qualitative and quantitative methods took place in parallel. Both methods were used to study the same subject but they had specific objective related purposes and they offered the possibility of developing rich empirical data as well as a more comprehensive understanding of the subject under the study. The findings show that it is absorptive capacity that explains internationalization process, not internationalization process that explains absorptive capacity. The practice of internationalizing is as much a reflection of a firm's absorptive capacity as it is its determinant. The research identifies that high-tech SMEs possess technological and non-core absorptive capacity which in a different way influence firms' strategies. The research suggests that firm's technological capabilities and the advantage of specialized knowledge along with their limited non-core absorptive capacity act as constraints to the development of the future international strategy in high-tech SMEs. The study expands the existing literature on internationalization by developing variables for evaluating absorptive capacity in firms. This helped develop an absorptive capacity model which can be used as a valuable tool for self-assessment by firms to facilitate gaining insight towards further growth and development. The research suggested that if firms were able to measure its absorptive capacity this may result in improved business activities and enhanced presence in the world market. The results of this study should encourage firms to identify, capture and articulate knowledge achieved by their ventures. Managers must develop and nurture skills that ensure effective integration of learning as their firms expand, particularly internationally. These findings and absorptive capacity model offered as a tool should encourage managers to explore when, where, and how to best use firm's resources in the business operations. This is particularly important in regards to the research context (high-tech SMEs) where scientists are managers as well.
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Sisavic, Florian Michael. "Job Attribute Preferences of the Workforce in Polish High Technology Enterprises." PDXScholar, 1993. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1185.
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A key precept in work place motivation theory is that management knows what job attributes are valued by the employee. Management can benefit by asking employees what they want from their work experience (i.e., job attribute preferences), rather than assume they know. This is particularly important to Polish high technology companies that are in transition to a free-market economy and to Polish workers who must be appropriately motivated to compete globally.
This study attempts to better understand the job attribute preferences of Polish managers and workers, the potential gaps between Polish managers' perception of their workers' preferences (system), and how these preferences are affected by the worker's personal economic situation (sub system) and by business organization type (supra system). Managers and workers from five Polish high technology enterprises were surveyed on-site regarding their job attribute preferences. The results compared to a similar survey done with six American high technology firms(Eder 1988).
Consistent with Maslow's prepotentcy theory, workers who tended to be optimistic about their personal economic situation rated all five extrinsic job attributes higher and four of the five intrinsics lower than those workers who tended to be pessimistic. Polish workers at firms that operated under central planning had only a few differences in their job attribute preferences indicating a strong supra-system or organizational effect on individuals in the firm.
Contrary to what was expected, the Polish managers and workers rated a number of intrinsic attributes higher than their American counterparts suggesting a pent up need for intrinsic-type motivational policies.
Polish managers appeared to be closer and more in touch with their workers than their American counterparts. American managers clearly underestimated the importance of intrinsic job attributes and overestimated the importance of the extrinsics, while Polish managers accurately predicted most of the workers' job attribute preferences.
The results also raised questions regarding the stability of job attributes and the concept of clusters of extrinsic and intrinsic groups of job attributes.
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Xiao, Wenbin. "Determinants of new technology-based firms performance in catch-up regions evidence from the u.s. biopharmaceutical and it service industries 1996-2005 /." Diss., unrestricted, 2008. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07092008-164934/.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia State University, 2008.Title from file title page. Philip P. Shapira (Georgia Tech), committee chair; Marco Ceccagnoli, Mary Frank Fox (Georgia Tech); Gregory B. Lewis, John P. Walsh (Georgia State), committee members. Electronic text (146 p. : col. ill., col maps) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Sept. 17, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-146).
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Jayaraman, V. "A quantitative model for measuring technology transfer potentials at the industrial level : an application towards establishing technology cooperation /." View thesis, 1998. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030820.114305/index.html.
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Brinckmann, Jan. "Competence of top management teams and success of new technology-based firms a theoretical and empirical analysis concerning competencies of entrepreneurial teams and the develeopment of their ventures /." Wiesbaden : Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, 2007. http://d-nb.info/981216455/04.
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El, Rayyes Abd El salam M. A. "Three Essays on Open Innovation and Low/ Medium Technology Industries and Firms." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/288309.
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Our work has focused on the theme of open innovation and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Specifically, we have investigated open innovation, its effects and its connection with the sectors of Low Medium Technology (LMT) firms’ intensity. We discussed the Catalan case as a reference. We have analyzed both the concept and the model of OI, following the approach proposed by Henry Chesbrough (2003).
To obtain the data, we used a methodology of descriptive statistics. Our study aims to describe and explain the difference between Catalan companies and business realities of EU countries in the context of SMEs and LMT technological intensity.
In the context of SMEs and LMT firm’s technological intensity, our research shows that the process of innovation in Catalonia can be approached in three dimensions: the effect of OI activities, the implementation process of OI and external source of knowledge of Catalan companies. The effect of the implementation of OI activities within the innovation process industry has improved significantly in recent years.
The research analyzes the success of various strategies. We investigate the relationship between OI activities and LMT, SMEs sectors intensity in Catalonia, and proposes some recommendations for policy development and implementation.Nuestro trabajo se ha centrado en el tema de la innovación y las Pymes. En concreto hemos investigado sobre el efecto de la innovación abierta y su conexión con los sectores de intensidad tecnológica media o baja. Se ha tomado como referencia el caso catalán. Se ha analizado tanto el concepto como el modelo de OI (Open Innovation), siguiendo el enfoque del término propuesto por Henry Chesbrough en 2003). Para la obtención de los datos, hemos usado una metodología de estadística descriptiva. Nuestro estudio tiene como objetivo describir y explicar la diferencia entre las empresas catalanas y realidades empresariales de países de la UE en un contexto de Pymes intensidad tecnológica media o baja. En este contexto de Pymes y sectores de intensidad tecnológica media o baja nuestra investigación muestra que el proceso de innovación en Cataluña se puede abordar en tres dimensiones : el efecto de las actividades de OI , el proceso de implementación de OI y la fuente externa de conocimiento de la OI en las empresas catalanas. El efecto de la implementación de actividades de OI dentro del proceso de innovación industrial ha mejorado significativamente los últimos años. La investigación analiza el éxito de distintas estrategias. Investiga la relación entre las actividades de OI y las Pyme de sectores de intensidad media o baja en Cataluña y propone, algunas recomendaciones para el despliegue de políticas.
El nostre treball s’ha centrat en el tema de la innovació i les PIMES. En concret hem investigat sobre l’efecte de la innovació oberta i la seva connexió amb els sectors d’intensitat tecnològica mitjana o baixa. Hem pres com a referència el cas català. S’ha analitzat tant el concepte com el model d'OI (Open Innovation), seguint l’enfocament del terme proposat per Henry Chesbrough l’any 2003. Per a l'obtenció de les dades, hem fet servir una metodologia d'estadística descriptiva. El nostre estudi té com a objectiu descriure i explicar la diferència entre les empreses catalanes i realitats empresarials de països de la UE en un context de PIMEs intensitat tecnològica mitja o baixa. En aquest context de PIMEs i sectors d’intensitat tecnològica mitja o baixa la nostra recerca mostra que el procés d'innovació a Catalunya es pot abordar en tres dimensions : l'efecte de les activitats d'OI , el procés d'implementació d'OI i la font externa de coneixement de la OI a les empreses catalanes. L'efecte de la implementació d'activitats d'OI dins del procés d'innovació industrial ha millorat significativament els darrers anys. La investigació analitza l'èxit de diverses estratègies. Investiga la relació entre les activitats d'OI i les PIME de sectors d’intensitat mitja o baixa a Catalunya i proposa, algunes recomanacions per la desplegament de polítiques.
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Dalhammar, Tobias. "Voices of entrepreneurship and small business : immigrant enterprises in Kista, Stockholm." Licentiate thesis, Stockholm, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-163.
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Xiao, Wenbin. "Determinants of New Technology-Based Firms’ Performance in Catch-Up Regions: Evidence from the U.S. Biopharmaceutical and IT Service Industries." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2007. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/pmap_diss/26.
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This study investigates the impacts of regional characteristics on the early-stage performance of New Technology-Based Firms (NTBFs) in catch-up regions where a mature industrial cluster has yet to be formed. It hypothesized that the average NTBF performance in a region is a function of its scientist job market conditions, cultural diversity, venture capital, academic research, industrial structure, and local entrepreneurial climate. Using the events of Initial Public Offerings (IPO) and Merger & Acquisitions (M&A) as an indicator of early-stage success of NTBFs, this study constructs a set of Zero-Inflated-Negative-Binomial (ZINB) models to predict the spatial distribution of such events in the U.S. biopharmaceutical and Information Technology (IT) service industries during the period from 1996 to 2005. Several empirical findings emerge from this study. First, the local entrepreneurial climate plays a significant and positive role on NTBF performance in both industries. Second, the positive impact of cultural diversity is more significant in the IT service industry than in the biopharmaceutical industry. Third, the scientist job market size and absolute salary level have positive impacts on NTBF performance, but the effect of relative salary level is negative. Fourth, proximity to venture capital firms has positive but non-linear effects, but the adverse effect of excess venture capital is stronger in the IT service industry. Fifth, there is little evidence of the direct effects of academic research in determining the NTBF performance in both industries. Finally, industrial specialization is significant and positive only in the IT service industry. The results suggest that promoting local entrepreneurial climate and cultural diversity are two effective policy instruments for catch-up regions to foster their NTBF growth.
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Campbell, Alistair John, and n/a. "Engineers, entrepreneurs & wealth-creation from idea to product." Swinburne University of Technology, 2003. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20061205.164435.
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The paradigms that examine and describe the nature of the entrepreneurship process
have generally been linear, following the lead of the more mature management and
physical sciences. This emulation of linear methodologies has occurred despite
indications from authors such as Bygrave, Shaver and Mitton of their being less
appropriate at this relatively early stage of the social science of entrepreneurship. When
examining the nature of a phenomenon such as entrepreneurship, statistical correlations
and linear descriptions are limited to confirmation of existing hypotheses. The
underlying assumption is that the correct questions are known. However this
assumption becomes moot when seeking to include the many unpredictable, non-linear
aspects that add the key human vitality of entrepreneurship. This research seeks to move
toward a more complete description than linearity alone is able to capture.
The research presents a non-linear paradigm, being a holistic combination of the
rational evidence of entrepreneurship and what might be termed the spiritual or
intangible aspects that together constitute the observed craft of entrepreneurship. The
research highlights the dynamic skill-set used by entrepreneurs to balance key elements
in the entrepreneurial process, in a way that achieves a relational coherence. The focus
is on the high-tech industry which is especially prone to the use of linear descriptions of
the entrepreneurship process which takes a new idea and leads it to become a successful
product.
Interviews with entrepreneurship practitioners involved in the creation of new ventures
in the high-tech industry form the database against which this non-linear paradigm is
investigated. The results confirm that the success of the entrepreneurial process depends
on far more than the linear descriptions that are commonly used to describe the process.
Once the basics are in place, entrepreneurs appear to shift their focus to achieving a
multi-dimensional integration among what they identify as the key elements in the
entrepreneurial process. This is achieved despite apparent disorder and chaos being
evident in the process of new venture creation.
Entrepreneurs appear to make sense of the confusing non-linearity by focussing on the
relational attributes among elements in the new venture. The use of the non-linear
relational paradigm (NLRP) developed from the results of this research, enables a more
holistic understanding of the empirically observed process of entrepreneurship. This has
some significant implications for the management and evaluation of nascent technology
enterprises.
The NLRP's additional fix on the entrepreneurship process, can be used to inform the
venture capital industry when trying to predict the likelihood of success of prospective
ventures vying for funds. The NLRP's alternative view could also translate into more
appropriate new venture management once funded, and thus better success rates for
nascent ventures. The NLRP's insights on the way in which entrepreneurs create and
grow new ventures, can improve best-practice techniques for entrepreneurs and
influence the way in which entrepreneurship education is approached. Describing
innovation and entrepreneurship more holistically also has important implications for all
facets of industry that include a process of design, or seek to create wealth.
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Cruz-Carreon, Gilbert. "The internationalization process of entrepreneurial SMEs in high technology niche market segments." Queensland University of Technology, 2007. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16543/.
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This study seeks to make a theoretical contribution to the rapidly growing field of International Entrepreneurship by investigating the process of internationalization of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Bell, McNaughton, Young & Crick, (2003) emphasized the need for researchers to re-conceptualize their thinking on the internationalization process of smaller firms. While there has been substantial research done on the small business internationalization and how the participation of these firms in the global economy has fuelled economic growth in a number of countries (Audretsch & Thurik, 2003; Acs, Randall Morck, Shraver & Yeung, 1997; Storey, 1994; Alam & Pacher, 2003), there is tangible evidence that SMEs in Australia are not keeping up with global trends. Studies conducted on Australian firms allude to the following reasons for their constrained presence in international markets: (i) geographic and psychic distance; (ii) costs disadvantage; (iii) overdependence on inward FDI from large foreign multinationals; (iv) a history of inward-looking and narrowly focussed economic development policies of the Australian government. These factors had the combined effect of imbalanced economic growth which was particularly detrimental to the small business sector (Australian Trade Commission, 2002; Maitland & Nicholas, 2002; Alam & Pacher, 2003). Despite the identified obstacles, some Australian SMEs have succeeded in penetrating international markets. This study involved a preliminary qualitative investigation of selected Australian SMEs and their unique internationalization process. Evidence from the case study based investigation will indicate that the respondent firms have leveraged on entrepreneurial qualities to overcome the obstacles and enhance their success in international markets. As such, the internationalization process for these selected firms is seen as an extension of and integral to their entrepreneurial behaviour. Using the lenses provided by relevant facets of the entrepreneurship, internationalization and strategy scholarly fields, this exploratory qualitative study, while building the foundation for further empirical research into the internationalization process of SMEs, can serve as a guide to researchers for ascertaining future directions in this emergent field. The findings from the study are intended to contribute to a body of knowledge encompassing the cross-border operations of SMEs. The research also has value from a practical perspective as Australian SMEs can draw from this body of knowledge as they pursue opportunities internationally.
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Libaers, Dirk. "Three essays on serial innovator firms and geographical clustering." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/26480.
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Thesis (Ph.D)--Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009.Committee Chair: Hicks, Diana; Committee Member: Clark, Jennifer; Committee Member: Green Leigh, Nancey; Committee Member: Rogers, Juan; Committee Member: Shapira, Philip. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.
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Galope, Reynold. "Public financing of risky early-stage technology." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/45801.
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This dissertation examines the role of public investments in inducing small firms to develop risky, early-stage technologies. It contributes to expanding our understanding of the consequences of research, innovation, and entrepreneurship policies and programs by investigating in more depth the effect of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program on the innovation effort, ability to attract external capital, and other metrics of post-entry performance of small business start-ups using a new sample and estimation approach.
Unlike prior R&D subsidy studies that concentrated almost exclusively on European countries, this dissertation focused on small business start-ups in the United States using a new scientific survey of new firms. It integrated the Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS) from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation with the SBIR recipient dataset from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and used advances in statistical matching to achieve better comparability between the treated and control groups of small business start-ups. The integrated KFS-SBA dataset, which contains both recipient and non-recipient small firms, and statistical matching allowed us to empirically construct the counterfactual outcomes of SBIR recipients.
This dissertation balanced the pre-treatment characteristics of SBIR recipients and non-recipients through propensity score matching (PSM). It constructed the comparison sample by identifying non-recipients with nearly identical propensity scores as those of SBIR recipients. Consistent with the propensity score theorem, observations with the same distribution of propensity scores have the same distribution of observable characteristics. PSM made the comparison and treatment samples homogenous except in SBIR program exposure, making the fundamental assumption of ignorability of treatment assignment more plausible.
Using the realized outcomes of observationally similar non-recipient start-ups as the counterfactual outcomes of SBIR recipients, we found empirical evidence of the input additionality effect of the SBIR program. Had they not applied for and granted SBIR R&D subsidies, recipient start-ups would have spent only $185,000 in R&D, but with SBIR their R&D effort was significantly increased to $663,000, on average. The treatment effects analyses also found a significant positive effect of SBIR on innovation propensity and employment. However, it appears that public co-financing of commercial R&D has crowded-out privately financed R&D of small business start-ups in the United States. A dollar of SBIR subsidy decreased firm-financed R&D by about $0.16.
Contrary to prior SBIR studies, we did not find any significant "halo effect" or "certification effect" of receiving an SBIR award on attracting external capital. However, we discovered a different certification effect of the SBIR program: SBIR grantees are more likely to attract external patents. This finding also confirms that innovation requires a portfolio of internal and external knowledge assets as theorized by David Teece and his colleagues.
This dissertation's empirical results may be relevant to the Small Business Administration, SBIR participating agencies, the U.S. Congress, other federal, state and local policymakers, small high-tech start-ups, and scholars in the field of science, technology, and innovation policy.
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Wilson, Heather Irene. "The impact of venture capital funding on the growth of small high technology manufacturing firms in the United Kingdom : a regional comparison of firms located in the South East of England and Scotland." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/781.
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This thesis is a theoretical and empirical study of the impact of venture capital funding on the growth of small high technology manufacturing firms located in the South East of England and Scotland. In order to set the research in context, information is provided on the history of investment finance, public sector involvement in high technology companies and venture funding, and the emergence and structure of the United Kingdom venture capital industry visa- vis the United States example. This literature review, along with a consideration of the issues which prompted the research, lead to the formulation of seven principal hypotheses. These hypotheses are tested by means of data generated from two surveys, a postal questionnaire and personal interviews, both involving manufacturing firms in the high technology study industry. This information is supplemented by qualitative interviews with a small number of venture capital organisations. The principal areas of investigation include: the use of external finance, in general terms, by survey firms; the distribution and impact of venture capital finance within the study industry; and the unique role played by venture capital organisations in relation to other financial services. Explanations are also offered for the pattern of venture capital distribution according to the business plan content, and the attitude of the main founder towards ownership and control of the company. Finally, the thesis offers some conclusions and recommendations for theory, practice and policy based on the comparison of theoretical and empirical issues. Principally, these require a re-structuring of the United Kingdom venture capital industry.
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Gupte, Manoj A. "Success of university spin-offs network activities and moderating effects of internal communication and adhocracy /." Wiesbaden : Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8350-9641-7.
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Mitchell, Suzanne Claudine Campbell. "The adoption of information and communications technologies by rural businesses : the case of the South Midlands." Thesis, Coventry University, 1998. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/b8169ffb-73ba-228c-33e3-56df228af127/1.
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In the light of increasing promotion of new information and communications technologies (ICTs) as a tool for economic development, this thesis examines the relationship between ICTs, rural businesses and rural development among rural engineering and manufacturing firms in South Warwickshire and the Cotswolds. Despite high levels of general interest in this subject area, previous research has tended to concentrate on the technical (supply-side) issues of these new technologies; the human (demand-side) aspect has, so far, been largely overlooked. The devised theoretical framework distinguishes between influential factors internal and external to the firm. Empirical research draws upon humanistic behavioural concepts to investigate ICT adoption decision-making processes at the micro-level of individual sectors, enterprises and entrepreneurs in rural areas, and to evaluate the role of external agencies. Firms in the study area are diverse in terms of their ICT adoption and use, and entrepreneurial characteristic and linkages with other businesses and organizations are found to be major determinants of technology requirements and uptake. Two types of firms are identified: inwardly-oriented firms, with local buyer and supplier contacts, which make little use of technology; and outwardly-oriented firms, which use ICTs more intensively and have geographically dispersed networks of customers and suppliers. While notable levels of general awareness of ICTs exist among rural businesses, the initial financial outlay involved, coupled with a lack of knowledge of existing technological solutions and support, and a need for skills training, remain significant disincentives to ICT uptake among smaller firms. Agencies currently lag behind local businesses in terms of their ICT awareness and use, and understanding of the potential development implications of technology. In many cases there is a mis-match between agencies' perceptions of ICT use in rural firms and their response to this area of business support. Although there is a recognition amongst agencies that their client firms are applying new technologies in their business processes, ICTs are seen by the majority of agencies as a future component of business strategy. Thus, appropriate support for firms implementing ICTs is not yet widely accessible. Findings suggest that ICT implementation is not appropriate in all firms; requirements and applications vary widely and there is a need for a tailored approach by agencies and policy makers which takes account of the uniqueness of entrepreneur and firm characteristics.
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Galope, Reynold V. "Public Financing of Risky Early-Stage Technology." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/pmap_diss/46.
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This dissertation examines the role of public investments in inducing small firms to develop risky, early-stage technologies. It contributes to expanding our understanding of the consequences of research, innovation, and entrepreneurship policies and programs by investigating in more depth the effect of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program on the innovation effort, ability to attract external capital, and other metrics of post-entry performance of small business start-ups using a new sample and estimation approach. This study integrated the Kauffman Firm Survey from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation with the SBIR recipient dataset from the U.S. Small Business Administration and used advances in the micro-econometrics of program evaluation to empirically construct the counterfactual outcomes of SBIR recipients. We found empirical evidence of the input additionality effect of the SBIR program. The treatment effects analyses also found a significant positive effect of SBIR on innovation propensity and employment. However, it appears that public co-financing of commercial R&D has crowded-out privately financed R&D of small business start-ups in the United States. A dollar of SBIR subsidy decreased firm-financed R&D by about $0.16. Contrary to prior SBIR studies, we did not find any significant “halo effect” or “certification effect” of receiving an SBIR award on attracting external capital. What we discovered is a different certification effect of the SBIR program: SBIR grantees are more likely to attract external patents. This finding confirms that innovation requires a portfolio of internal and external knowledge assets as theorized by David Teece and his colleagues.
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Zacher, Benedikt. "Risikobewusstes Wissensmanagement in Technologiekooperationen : theoretische Grundlagen und Realisierungsmöglichkeiten /." Frankfurt am Main [u.a.] : Lang, 2008. http://www.gbv.de/dms/ilmenau/toc/559215711.PDF.
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Ibata-Arens, Kathryn C. "The politics of innovation high technology small and medium sized enterprises in Japan /." 2001. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/47779203.html.
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"A comparative study on the management and innovation strategies of U.S. and Hong Kong small to medium-sized technology-based enterprises." 2000. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5890174.
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by Chen Wai Sze, Catriona, Fok Yu Chun, Eugene.Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 39-41).
ABSTRACT --- p.ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.v
Chapter
Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1
Objectives --- p.2
Methodology --- p.3
Chapter II. --- CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT IN U.S. AND H.K --- p.4
Background --- p.4
Hong Kong Situation --- p.4
Silicon Valley Situation --- p.5
HK Culture vs US Culture --- p.6
Tech Culture in Silicon Valley --- p.7
Hong Kong Culture --- p.11
Management in U.S. vs. Management in Hong Kong --- p.12
Stewardship vs. Entrepreneur ship --- p.12
Organization Structure and Work Environment --- p.12
Research and Development --- p.13
Human Resources Management --- p.14
Process of Decision Manking --- p.15
Chapter III. --- CORPORATE STRATEGY AND INNOVATION STRATEGY MANAGEMENT --- p.16
Corporate Strategy Management --- p.16
Establish Uniqueness in Forming Corporate Strategy --- p.16
Continually Explore New Future Strategies --- p.17
Managing the Dual Strategy --- p.20
Conclusion of Corporate Strategy Management --- p.21
Innovation Strategy --- p.21
Competitive Strategy vs. Value Innovation --- p.22
Identifying Innovations --- p.24
Conclusion of Innovation Strategy --- p.25
Chapter IV. --- CASE ILLUSTRATIONS --- p.26
U.S. Cases --- p.26
A US High Technology Firm Specializes in Semi- conductor --- p.26
"Technology Deployment International, Inc" --- p.27
H.K. Cases --- p.28
Gohome.com.hk --- p.28
Wellfit Information Technology Limited --- p.29
Chapter V. --- LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FOR THE HONG KONG COMPANIES --- p.32
Develop a Tech Culture --- p.32
Treasure Good People --- p.32
Encourage Constant Learning --- p.33
Encourage Enterpreneurship --- p.33
Speed Up Decision Making Process --- p.33
Informal Work Environment --- p.34
Corporate Strategies --- p.34
Innovation Strategies --- p.34
Chapter VI. --- CONCLUSION --- p.36
Chapter VII. --- RECOMMENDATIONS --- p.37
Education --- p.37
Patent Issue --- p.37
Government not to Compete with Local Firms --- p.38
Tax Deduction --- p.38
BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.39
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Hsiao, Tian-Shihn, and 蕭天信. "The Evaluation of Business Value：An Empirical Study of High Technology Industries in Taiwan." Thesis, 2000. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08072198237839115414.
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Thompson, K. J. R. "The viability of high technology research and development in South Africa : a case study of Nortech." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/4111.
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This study focuses on the viability of locating a company that manufactures high-technology products in South Africa. A small electronics manufacturing company called Nortech is used as a case study, and the results of the case study analysis provide an insight into the state of the high-tech electronics industry in South Africa. The economic models of Heckscher and others regarding factors of production, and the value-chain model of Porter as it related to the strategy of location of business activities, was used as a theoretical basis for the study. A theoretical model was constructed using these classical theories, modified to suit modern Knowledge-based economies, and this was used as a framework with which to analyse the case study. The case study of Nortech is presented by means of a discussion of the company history, mission, and vision, and an analysis of the product offering, competitive environment, and Research and Development skills. The focus throughout the analysis is on the relative advantages obtained through location, and the contribution of innovation and technical skills to the overall product. The context of the company within South Africa is discussed, with reference to the effect of national policy and infrastructure. The case study is evaluated within the framework of the theoretical model developed, and the relevance to the different product lines within the company. It was found that there were significant locational advantages related to high technical skills levels, flexible production methods and efficient value-chain structures. The sustainability thereof, in the light of decreased levels of national spending on Research and Development, and the continued loss of skills to foreign countries, remains a concern.Thesis (MBA)-University of Natal, Durban, 2003.
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Cowan, Barry. "The language of corporate names historical, social, and linguistic factors in the evolution of technology corporation naming practices /." Thesis, 2005. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=913513731&SrchMode=2&sid=6&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1234298728&clientId=23440.
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Güney, Senem Browning Larry D. McDaniel Reuben R. "Organizational identity and sensemaking in collaborative development of technology an ethnographic case study of "building the box" /." 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3142732.
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Armour, Alexandro F. "Achieving Contextual Ambidexterity Through the Implementation of High Performance Work Systems (HPWS)." 2015. http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/bus_admin_diss/55.
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Small information technology and management consulting businesses face increasingly contradictory strategic choices as they develop products and services for the marketplace. Building contextual ambidexterity is essential to the survival of small businesses as they seek to attain a desired balance of alignment and adaptability. Human Resource Management practices facilitate the development of ambidexterity within individuals thereby facilitating ambidexterity of the organization as a whole. Studies suggest that in order for an organization to be ambidextrous, its human resource management function also needs to ambidextrous. High-performance work systems are human resource practices designed to enhance the ability, motivation, and opportunity of employees with the overarching goal of attracting, retaining, and motivating human resources toward the completion of organizational goals. Based on Gibson and Birkinshaw’s concept of organizational ambidexterity, a qualitative case study of a small technology solution provider was conducted to explore the process by which CloudCo attempted to build contextual ambidexterity by implementing a high-performance work system. Findings show that executive management of small technology solution providers can build contextual ambidexterity and sustain a competitive advantage through the implementation of high-performance work systems but must overcome a series of important tensions to do so.
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Lamprecht, Stephanus Jacobus. "Social impact of high-tech enterprises in an emerging market." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/23677.
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Management specialising in Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation, 2016The successful commercialisation of high-tech products and services require an appreciation of the social context in which such products and services are introduced. The market for high-tech products and services in emerging markets are drawing increasing involvement of small and medium sized firms that are either developing high-tech products and services, or selling such products and services imported from developed markets. The need for basic services at the citizen level in emerging markets necessitate firms to adapt the commercialisation strategies and ultimate sales of products and services to address basic needs. Drawing on the theory of social impact measurement, social enterprise selfefficacy and entrepreneurial orientation, this research aims to assess the way in which emerging market firms – using primarily South African firms in the research sample offering high-tech products and services - have had to adjust commercialisation strategies, so as to take cognisance of the social context specific to the target markets. Data was collected from a number of high-tech firms operating in, or offering hightech products and services to emerging markets. The data was subsequently analysed based on the social impact measures, social enterprise self-efficacy and entrepreneurial orientation constructs found in literature, to assess the overall social impact of high-tech SMEs in an emerging market, being predominantly South Africa. The researcher introduced a tailor-made variable, Success by drawing on various data items collected from respondents, such as the age of the firm, and changes in recent employment and turnover figures. The results point to a positive and statistically meaningful relationship between the Success of such firms in the final sample, and the need to demonstrate social impact considerations in the business strategies of such firms offering high-tech products and services in an emerging market. The research outputs align with theory in so far as social impact not being the primary driver of such high-tech firms, but rather a necessary by-product of ensuring sustainability and success, and the need to adapt to the contextual realities present in an emerging market. This is one of the first studies to test the social impact of high-tech firms in an emerging market, especially in so far as outlining the need to expand commercialisation strategies to incorporate social impact awareness. By applying the theory of self-efficacy to social impact, the findings point to the need for hightech firms in emerging markets to not only take note of social needs, but to adapt firm strategy to integrate social impact considerations into the commercialisation strategies, so as to be successful. In other words, to be successful, such high-tech firms need to both talk-the-talk, and walk-the-walk. The implications of the research extend to the way high-tech SMEs approach commercialisation in emerging markets, as well as the team composition of such high-tech firms in order to integrate the necessary skills and experienced resources beyond those necessary for technological commercialisation, thereby having also human resources with the necessary skills and experience needed to take cognisance of, and adapt to relevant social impact contexts.
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Ndlovu, Wonder. "Survival, R&D propensity and technological capability: factors impacting the innovation performance of new technology-based firms in South Africa." Thesis, 2016. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/23841.
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University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Management with specialisation in Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, March 2016New technology-based firms (NTBFs) or technopreneurs are assumed to be one of the most important sources of economic value creation and development. Apart from bringing innovation with high growth and impact potential, NTBFs are faced with high uncertainty and demand a supporting environment that enhances firm’s performance. It can be concluded that new firms or new incubatees operate in competitive settings and demand systems that aid them to realize sustainable growth. Globally, there is a well-established body of knowledge that scrutinizes factors and relationships between factors that enhance NTBFs innovation performance. Majority of existing literature concurs that there are numerous variables of factors that can influence the product or service performance in respect to turnover. Within sub-Saharan Africa, technology incubation support programmes are seen as factors that affect a firm’s performance. However, the rise of NTBFs, the startups concept and technology incubator practices are all very much in their infancy in South Africa. From this point of view, it is significant to qualify the existing global body of knowledge to Gauteng’s context in order to identify the right mix factors impacting innovation performance of new technology-based firms. Factors such as survival, research and development (i.e. R&D propensity) and technological capability are seen as levers that impact new technology-based firm’s innovation performance. In a narrow sense, in this study, we aim to extend existing research by identifying determinant factors related to survival, R&D propensity and technological capability as independent variables; and analyse the nexus of these factors and innovation performance, the independent variable. We prudently identify startup firms that are in technology and embrace innovations while most of these new startups are still in an early development stage and receive comprehensive investment from university or government innovation in Gauteng. A total of 206 NTBFs were surveyed. Initially, the study employs exploratory factor analysis to first estimate the underlying variables and estimate of latent loadings. Subsequently, the correlations between survival, technological capability, R&D propensity and innovation performance measurements were tested. ii The findings suggest that there is no relationship between the number of years under the incubation management and producing new products and services that firms can launch to new market to gain profits in order to survive. Particular, in South Africa, the technology incubator movement is still in an infancy stage; hence for firms starting new ventures and producing products, it is difficult. The evidence from this study also found no relationship between survival (i.e. access to knowledge and collaboration) and innovation performance i.e. turnover. On the other hand, it was expected that investing vigorously in R&D would create patents, publications, products and services which would impact turnover. In opposition, the empirical results found no statistical relationship between R&D propensity and turnover. Our results should also be interpreted in the broad sense; measuring R&D propensity should be viewed with the understanding of complexity in measuring R&D impact to turnover. The study also found no relationship between marketing and firm turnover. Although theoretical studies suggest applying marketing capability is a key in launching and commercialising innovations, these firms tend to place more focus on product developments and pay less attention to marketing capabilities. Consistent with existing literature, the study found that there is a positive relationship between technological capability - innovativeness and innovation performance i.e. turnover. This is in line with the researcher’s position that generation, developing and implementation of new ideas leads successful performance of innovation, while we have contended that adapting or modifying existing technologies, emphasising introduction of new products, marketing of tried and true technologies and using previous research to implement technologies as determinant factors to technological capability (i.e. Technology Adaptation) impacts innovation performance. The results of the study concluded that there is a relationship between Technology Adaptation and innovation performance. In regards, competitive environment, the study found that no relationship between introducing innovation ahead of competitors and innovation performance. It was expected that these firms would avoid taking risks, these firms are not equipped with resources to experiment innovation methods or lead in new market identification. The empirical evidence generated from this study is significant and contributes to the existing body of knowledge for this reason: the study advances literature of measurements of innovation performance which varies from one study to the other.
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Güney, Senem. "Organizational identity and sensemaking in collaborative development of technology: an ethnographic case study of "building the box"." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/1171.
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Simo, Jean Pierre. "The effectiveness of the entrepreneurial development programme implemented by the Soshanguve Manufacturing Technology Demonstration Centre." 2015. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001882.
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M. Tech. Business AdministrationThe aim of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of the entrepreneurial development programme (EDP) implemented by the Soshanguve Manufacturing Technology Demonstration Centre (SMTDC) in supporting existing and nascent entrepeneurs to establish and grow their small manufacturing venture. South Africa, like most developing countries, has a high unemployment rate, low economic growth and a dismal early-stage entrepreneurial activity. EDP's are developed to assist aspiring entrepreneurs in successfully starting and managing their ventures.
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Sampson, Rizelle Maria. "Formal networking and performance in South Africa's ICT industry." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/23447.
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Management specialising in Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation
Johannesburg, 2017Globally, information communication technologies (ICT) have experienced rapid growth since the 1990’s. In South Africa, information communication technology now accounts for a larger percentage of the Gross Domestic Product than other sectors. Thus, ICT is an important driver of entrepreneurship, employment creation and economic development in SA. As such, one of the critical questions is how to ensure the competitiveness and performance of ICT firms. Entrepreneurship studies argue that the performance of entrepreneurial firms is affected by, amongst other things, the firms’ social capital such as formal networks. This study, therefore, examined the impact of formal networks on firm entrepreneurial performance of ICT firms in SA, paying specific attention to weak ties as well as the moderating role of the environment. The study adopted a positivist paradigm which relied on quantitative data, using a descriptive survey method. Applying probability sampling, a sample of 120 firms were surveyed from an industry database, achieving a 14% response rate. This response rate is adequate for the generalisation of the results (Urban & Sefalafala, 2015). In analysing the data, factor analysis to reduce several variables into latent factors was performed. Thereafter, statistical linear regression modelling was performed using the continuous dependent variable – Firm Entrepreneurial Performance indicated by: Growth in Sales and Market Share, and Profitability; and the continuous independent variable of Formal Networking indicated by: Network Tie Strength and Relationship Quality and Nature sub-constructs. The results demonstrate significant correlation between formal networking and firm entrepreneurial performance as well as weak ties. However, the results indicate no evidence for the moderating role of the environment. At a theoretical level, this shows that formal networking and weak ties are beneficial to ICT firms but the environment is a contingent factor. At a practical level, managers and firm owners should consider joining formal networks that promote weak tie relationships in order to access complementary assets and valuable information. Policy makers and other stakeholders should devise policies and programmes that support entrepreneurial ICT firms to engage in formal networking. The limitations of the study include the following: first, the study was cross sectional and limited to ICT firms on an industry database; second, the control variables did not include firm size. Future research should consider a longitudinal study to test the long-term impact of firm entrepreneurial behaviour as well as firm size to inform firm specific research. More studies should test the moderating role of environment.
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"控制與協同: 一家高科技企業組織文化的民族志報告." Thesis, 2004. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b6074769.
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This study explores the creation of the control system in a hi-tech corporation that seeks to be modern and efficient, to see how managers create a new managerial system by combining Western theories with the Chinese context. All social action is constituted by a multiplicity of discourses and meanings. Understanding this action requires knowledge of the ways in which people in specific circumstances connect these discourses and negotiate their complex meanings. Here the concept of organizational culture is seen as a process rather than a stable structure or system. This case study views corporate management as a complex and uneven historical process that entails heterogeneous cultural practices shaped by diverse meanings, sentiments, and representations. In the study I find the managerial practice is presented and constructed through the manipulation, interpretation, and discourse of socio-cultural meanings. Thus it concludes that the managerial practice in the hi-tech company actually involves the integration of a constructed cultural tradition with an idealized managerial modernity.This study explores the socio-cultural meanings behind the managerial behavior of the hi-tech corporation and how it is presented and practiced in people's daily-life. As a kind of social phenomenon, managerial control and management's attempt to seek the commitment of employees towards the organizations is universal, but in daily practice, it takes on different forms and content due to the different cultural context. This study can help better understand how China's socio-cultural traditions influence the managerial practice and the cultural discourse in contemporary Chinese corporations.
This thesis is an ethnographic study of the organizational behavior and managerial culture in China's Silicon Valley, Zhongguancun Hi-Tech Park, located in northwestern Beijing. It focuses on one corporation to explore how a scientific, effective and standardized managerial system is being created, interpreted and practiced. The study is based upon nearly one year of fieldwork in two corporations that manufacture mobile communication equipment.
田宏亮.
Adviser: Joseph Rosco.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-09, Section: A, page: .
Thesis (doctoral)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-231).
Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.
Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.
Abstracts in Chinese and English.
School code: 1307.
Tian Hongliang.
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Manala, Maseribe Maureen. "Adoption of e-banking amongst small, micro and medium enterprises in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24402.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the level of adoption, usage and factors that influence the adoption of electronic banking (e-banking) by small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs) listed in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (CTMM). Despite efforts by commercial banks to promote e-banking (internet and cell phone banking) to its customers, the adoption rate for internet and cell phone banking appears to be low. Based on the literature reviewed, the SMME sector has been widely excluded from the formal banking services. It is also observed that e-banking can enable SMMEs to grow and enter international markets. Technology acceptance model (TAM) integrated with perceived risk theory (PRT) was used to investigate factors that influence adoption and usage of e-banking. The study followed a quantitative research approach. Respondents were selected using simple random sampling technique. A structured survey questionnaire was used to collect the data. The survey was conducted on 160 SMMEs in the CTMM with the assistance of fieldworkers. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), Pearson’s bivariate correlation, and multiple regression. The results revealed that perceived ease of use had a significant positive influence on the attitude towards e-banking. Perceived usefulness had a positive but insignificant influence on the attitude towards e-banking. Security risk was the only perceived risk dimension that had a significant negative influence on attitude towards e-banking. However, financial risk, privacy risk, performance risk and social risk had a positive and insignificant influence on attitude towards e-banking. It was envisaged that this study will enable banks to develop strategies that are aimed at increasing their SMME market share.Finance, Risk management and Banking
M. Com. (Finance)