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Journal articles on the topic "New Business Start-up"
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Juha, Saukkonen, and Vänttinen Kari. "Development Trajectory of An Innovation-Based Environmental Technology Start-Up." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 3, no. 1 (2017): 99–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.18775/ijied.1849-7551-7020.2015.31.2006.
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This research paper focuses on the growth models of new business ventures and their applicability to a specific type of start-up, environmental technology–based growth company via a case study. Start-ups companies are a focal point of interest of this decade. Start-ups develop products and services in conditions of market and technological uncertainty and competitive volatility. Due to their crucial role in the net job creation there is a growing need and interest to understand, model and develop start-ups. One industry of high interest in regards of start-up activity is that of environmental technology business, as it is addressing needs for solving problems related to such global issues as pollution, waste management and need for renewable energy sources. However, there is a very limited amount of prior research focusing specifically to start-up companies in this field. E.g. the growth stage models of start-up companies do not take in account the time dimensions caused by capital and regulatory demands that differentiate the development pace and stages of development of an environmental technology start-up from its peers in other industries. On the other hand, general research of environmental technology businesses often lacks the entrepreneurial and start-up focus, bundling efforts of new ventures in the field together with major projects by established companies. The aim of this paper is to provide a framework that helps understanding the growth process of new ventures in the aforementioned industry. In this case study, the authors assessed the suitability of models of growth dimensions, sources and obstacles proposed by earlier research and literature to a case company: a start-up company providing environmental technology for global business-to-business markets. Via qualitative, interview-based data collection among the company stakeholder and external business experts and analysis of the obtained qualitative data the authors were able to draw conclusions regarding compatibility of the case to the earlier models of new venture growth. The results obtained shows that despite the common features between the case company´s growth trajectory and models proposed by earlier research, none of the stage models offers a full match. Based on the findings the authors propose a new, partly cyclical model of start-up growth for further elaboration.
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Lee, Sang Suk, and Jerome S. Osteryoung. "Start-Up Business Evaluation Model Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process." International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation 3, no. 3 (August 2002): 211–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/000000002101299213.
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This study develops a start-up business evaluation model for small and medium-sized firms using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The intention is to provide a feasibility test for start-up businesses by calculating the relative weights of the various success factors in new entrepreneurial firms, and thus to develop a methodology for measuring the Start-up Business Index (SBI). The paper focuses on determinants in the start-up process of successful businesses in the USA and Korea that are considered by the entrepreneurs as having been necessary factors in their success.
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Pinfold, John F. "New Business Start-ups: The More The Better?" Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics 8, no. 4 (October 1997): 253–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02601079x9700800403.
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The importance of new ventures in the economic process is well established and many governments embark on programs designed to stimulate new businesses start-ups in the belief that increasing the number of new businesses will have a positive impact. Much effort is expended in trying to reduce the failure rate of businesses, usually based on the belief that failure is the result of rectifiable shortcomings within a business, particularly a failure in management. This paper looks at start-up businesses in New Zealand for the period 1987 to 1994. It shows that during the period studied, 5.75 times as many new businesses started up as the economy was able to absorb, and argues that this large oversupply is the underlying cause of the high rate of business failure. Conventional methods aimed at reducing business failure are therefore incapable of reducing the failure rate, they merely help decide who the survivors will be. The paper argues that, in New Zealand, programs aimed at increasing the volume of new business start-ups are misguided and that it is impossible for the economy to absorb the volume of new firms entering the market. It seems likely that a similar situation exists in other western countries and that public policy efforts would be better directed at improving the quality of start-ups rather than the quantity.
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Nawel, Irayen, and Latroche Amina. "START - UP COMPANY AND BUSINESS INCUBATORS. WHAT ECONOMIC VALUE?" Revue Européenne du Droit Social 53, no. 4 (September 12, 2021): 38–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.53373/reds.2021.53.4.039.
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This article addresses the issue of start-ups representing a new economic model through their business role, as well as business incubators that combine the entrepreneurship of start-ups with the resources that are usually available for new business activities, which calls for research into the concept of start-ups and business incubators and their importance in the national economy of any country.
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Kolvereid, Lars, and Espen Isaksen. "New business start-up and subsequent entry into self-employment." Journal of Business Venturing 21, no. 6 (November 2006): 866–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2005.06.008.
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Lange, Julian E., Aleksandar Mollov, Michael Pearlmutter, Sunil Singh, and William D. Bygrave. "Pre-start-up formal business plans and post-start-up performance: A study of 116 new ventures." Venture Capital 9, no. 4 (October 2007): 237–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691060701414840.
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Atherton, Andrew. "Preparing for business start‐up: “pre‐start” activities in the new venture creation dynamic." Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 14, no. 3 (August 14, 2007): 404–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14626000710773510.
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Ullah, Farid, Md Zillur Rahman, Robert Smith, and Ahmed Beloucif. "What influences ethnic entrepreneurs’ decision to start-up." Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 23, no. 4 (November 21, 2016): 1081–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsbed-12-2015-0182.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore some key factors that influences ethnic entrepreneur’s decision in starting-up a new business in Aberdeen, Scotland. Design/methodology/approach The authors set out to investigate the motives, drivers and attitudes of ethnic minorities in seeking entrepreneurial opportunities. The authors conduct in-depth face-to-face interviews with 25 ethnic entrepreneurs from a variety of nationalities and cultures originating mainly from the Indian subcontinent region. This includes entrepreneurs from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and some others. The motivations varies according to their culture, traditions, religion and other environmental factors influencing on their decision to start-up. Findings The results reveal some interesting influential factors that lead to the successful start-up decision. These include a positive mindset, self-efficacy, strong determination, knowing of the market and local business culture and good financial management. Originality/value This paper is based on empirical research and new data have been collected specifically for this research. The authors hope the new findings from this research work will enhance the understanding about ethnic minority businesses in the context of Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Kraus, Sascha, and Erich Schwarz. "The role of pre-start-up planning in new small business." International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development 4, no. 1 (2007): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijmed.2007.011452.
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Islam, Serazul. "Start‐up and growth constraints on small‐scale trading in Bangladesh." Journal of Chinese Entrepreneurship 1, no. 3 (October 23, 2009): 227–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17561390910999515.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to ascertain the reasons for starting the new small business by the people and also to find out the difficulties they experienced at the time of and after starting their business at Pabna and Gazipur – two districts of Bangladesh.Design/methodology/approachTo attain the objectives, both primary and secondary data have been used. To collect the primary data, an interview schedule has been used to interview the selected 250 small entrepreneurs. For secondary sources, the journal, article, web site, textbooks, etc. have been consulted.FindingsThe paper reveals that money earning for family, self‐employment, relief from the curse of unemployment, family business tradition, previous experience of the similar or different line of business, lack of higher formal education, etc. are the broad general reasons for start‐up of new business. Shortage of fixed and working capital, lack of training and business skill, lack of collateral free institutional support, lack of experienced and reliable employees, etc. are the common factors that inhibit the entrepreneurs to start and run their business smoothly.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper is limited to two districts and trading enterprises only. Owing to time and resource constraints and non‐availability of official records of the number of small‐scale traders, statistically representative sampling cannot be chosen. In order to capture a large sample size, almost all trading concerns of Pabna and Gazipur will have to be visited, which is almost impossible. However, some of the limitations are overcome by synthesizing information from a number of sources. The present paper provides a starting‐point for further research in the small‐scale trading of suburban areas of other districts.Originality/valueThe paper provides useful information about the starting of new small businesses and initial difficulties.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "New Business Start-up"
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Nguyen, Minh Ha. "Survival and growth of new start-up firms in Vietnam." Thesis, Available from the University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources. Restricted access until November 2, 2011, 2009. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=53340.
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Ma, Victor Kee Kin. "Success factors for new business start-up in Hong Kong: a study of the external networks of small business start-up." Curtin University of Technology, Graduate School of Business, Curtin Business School, 2009. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=129026.
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Most small new firms face problems in surviving the gestation process and achieving a viable performance thereafter because of the very fact of their smallness and newness. Due to a lack of internal resources, entrepreneurs of small new firms find it necessary to seek resources from outside the firm through their external social network. The theory of social capital that prescribes valuable resources are embedded in social relations is, thus, particularly relevant to the small business start-up situation. The embedded resources within an external network are hypothesized to have a positive impact on the business performance of these new firms. The main objective of the present study is to empirically investigate the impact of external networks, and in particular the initial social network of entrepreneurs, to the success of small firm start-up in Hong Kong. The second objective is to determine whether there is any interaction effect of the entrepreneur’s networking capability with the external network structure on the start-up success of small Hong Kong firms.To carry out the research, this study offers a conceptual model linking initial network start-up success to initial network structure of start-up, and including an interaction effect from the entrepreneur’s networking capability. The study operationalizes social capital in four types of network constructs: network size, trustworthiness, network support and network diversity. A series of hypotheses relating to these four dimensions asserting external network determinants of the start-up success of small firms is posited. Other hypotheses which assert the interaction effect between an entrepreneur’s networking capability and the initial network structure on the success of small firm start-up, are also posited. A field survey, administered to 1,000 small Hong Kong firms of various industries, is used to gather the data. The questionnaire survey was developed in two languages – Chinese and English – to ensure a good level of understanding in the bilingual business environment of Hong Kong. Of the 1,000 questionnaires dispatched, a final sample of 89 small firms was used to empirically test the hypotheses using multiple regression analysis and multiple hierarchical regression analysis. Control variables such as entrepreneurs’ experiences and education prior to the firm start-up are included.
Empirical results indicate that the verification of social capital theory’s prescription for start-up success cannot be supported unequivocally. The results suggest that some initial network conditions such as initial size of strong tie network, network support and network diversity are positively associated with some measures of start-up success, but trustworthiness of network ties and the size of weak tie network do not figure among them. No evidence is found to support that entrepreneurs’ networking capability can positively enhance the effect of the initial network structure on start-up success. Overall, the study raises some questions on the positive linear relationship of certain operationalized constructs such as network size and trustworthiness of social capital with start-up success. Following the findings of this research, future studies may choose to further investigate social capital theory on small start-up success by refining the operationalization of social capital, and verify other interaction effects of entrepreneurs’ networking capabilities.
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Lim, Sirirat Sae. "Manufacturing strategy in U.K. start-up companies." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.608976.
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Heibel, Martin. "Founder turnover in venture capital backed start-up companies." Weisbaden : Gabler, 2008. http://site.ebrary.com/id/10279681.
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Berka, Michal. "Success factors in the process of new business venturing and growth." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-162648.
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This thesis discusses factors of success in the process of new business venturing and growth in current business environment. It employs a sample of 200 entrepreneurial cases documented through interviews which were each broken into over 40 mainly quantitative criteria. Aided by simple statistical tools this result is then analyzed and evaluated, leading to a thorough analysis of each of the aspects discussed and finally culminating in conclusion stating which factors are the most significant. Besides purely academic interest, conclusions of this thesis could be of interest to both actual and prospective entrepreneurs.
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Kaye, Leah, and leahkaye@bigpond com. "Human resource management and the small entrepreneurial start-up : a new reading." Swinburne University of Technology, 2002. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20050303.140718.
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This thesis is broadly concerned with the factors that influence and shape the character of human resource management (HRM) within the entrepreneurial start-up enterprise.
Specifically, it investigates the way in which such companies implement and action HRM activities, and evaluates the extent to which it is possible to characterise the activities as entrepreneurial and strategic.
Human resource management is understood in this thesis in its broadest sense � that is, as signifying people management within employment relationship.
Little is known, however, about the development and implementation of human resource management in small and medium size enterprises.
The majority of published research to date focuses on HRM in large, formal organisations, and is inter-organisational, rather than intra-organisational. Welsh and White comment that �Small business is not a little big business� (1981: 18), however, and it cannot be presumed that the two have the same managerial practices. Research into small business does, however, indicate that size, informality of structures and processes, and the personal preferences, values and attitudes of the owner/manager impact significantly on the way in which HR practices are adopted.
Although there is little extant research that focuses on the relationship between HR practice and strategy in small business, it has been suggested by some that they have limited ability to manage strategically due to the informality of their structures and processes. Others however speak of HRM in the small organisation as strategic where there is a discernible link with the strategic goals and objectives to improve business performance and develop organisational cultures that foster innovation and flexibility.
The �entrepreneurial start-up enterprise� is understood in this thesis as a particular type of business; that is, a simple, small, informal enterprise with a founder/owner/manager who is opportunistic, innovative, responsive to the excitement of risk taking, and is interested in fast growth.
In the past, studies of the effectiveness of HRM and HR practices in small companies have benefited from being qualitative in nature. However, methodologies employed in the study of entrepreneurship tend to lack diversity and neglect alternative approaches (Aldrich, 1992). There has also been insufficient effort focused on researching organisation formation activities (Gartner and Starr, 1993).
This thesis employs a qualitative approach that is interpretive, naturalistic, and narrative in style, in an effort to go some way towards redressing the limitations of existing work in the twin fields of HRM and entrepreneurship research. This is a longitudinal case study of two self-styled entrepreneurial start-up enterprises: Consultco and Pilotco. Consultco is an interactive business consultancy with a recruitment practice as part of its service. Pilotco is a publishing and Internet company that was to produce a series of CD-ROM guides to key Internet sites.
A case study methodology was chosen as a sound way to explain, describe, evaluate and explore close-up HRM activities in the natural world of the entrepreneurial start-up. Narrative was chosen as a way of making the respondents stories about the organisational experiences more accessible to both the researcher and the reader, and in this way captures the unfolding story of the founding of a business as it occurs.
The thesis is presented in four parts. The first part explores entrepreneurship, the influence of the entrepreneur on their organisation�s culture, and the concept of entrepreneurial strategy within the growth process of the enterprise. It also covers different views of human resource management and the practice of HR in the context of small business, specifically the entrepreneurial start-ups.
The second part of the thesis is concerned with the theoretical methodologies that underpin the research, and the design of the study.
Part 3 presents the stories of the respondents in their own voice, to create organisational narratives for Consultco and Pilotco. A cross-case analysis follows, which tries to throw light on the process of HRM as it is practiced in the entrepreneurial start-up context. This part concludes with the researcher�s own story within the research process, and how this experience in turn influenced on the process of meaning making.
The final part of the thesis revisits the factors that influence and shape the character of HRM in the entrepreneurial context, and posits an alternative way in which to interpret the meaning of HRM, and its relationship to the opportunistic enterprise.
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Jonsson, Sara. "New insights on financing and business development of start-up firms and SMEs." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Skolan för industriell teknik och management, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-11009.
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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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Najib, Hedayatullah. "Accounting for the business start-up experiences of Afghan refugees in Christchurch, New Zealand." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/10336.
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New Zealand is rapidly becoming a strongly multicultural society with nearly one in four of its citizens born overseas (Statistics New Zealand, 2006). Immigrants enter New Zealand under many different classifications, such as skilled migrants, entrepreneurs, investors, and refugees. Finding employment and a means of survival in their new society is an undeniable challenge for most, if not all, of these immigrants and people from refugee backgrounds. Some of them find employment in established Kiwi organisations while others establish their own businesses and become entrepreneurs.
A review of the literature revealed that there has been considerable research on entrepreneurial behaviours of immigrants and refugees in general, but little is known about the experiences of entrepreneurs from refugee backgrounds in New Zealand, specifically Afghan entrepreneurs and how their experiences differ from their counterparts who came to New Zealand from other countries.
This qualitative research project studies Afghans (N=23) from Christchurch who established their own businesses and the sense they have made of their experiences, both as refugees and as business owners. It also briefly compares the major findings with those of their refugee counterparts from other countries (N=6) to see if there are any major differences between the two groups’ start-up experiences in New Zealand.
Participants were selected from those in the Afghan community in Christchurch who are from a refugee background, using a snowballing technique. The comparison group consisted of six refugees from Zimbabwe, Somalia, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Sri Lanka.
The findings of this study have been categorised into two parts. The first part discusses the initial experiences of the participants in New Zealand society, how they settled into New Zealand, what strategies they used to integrate into their new society, how they financed their lives in New Zealand, and eventually how they became economically independent. The second part of the findings discusses the motivators behind the participants’ business start-ups, the types of businesses that they established and how these businesses assisted them as a gateway to other business ventures or activities. This section further investigates the challenges the refugees faced during their business start-up stage and the strategies they adopted to address these challenges. The data indicated that, while the Afghan refugees faced many challenges in establishing their own businesses, three were of particular importance to them. These were (1) financial challenges (2) licensing requirements and (3) English language ability for obtaining business licenses. These were different from the comparison group because of the different industries the two groups of business owners chose to start.
This research presents a very important finding. When participants’ experiences were examined to see how they account for personal and business success it was clear it is the social fabric of a collectivist and religious way of life and the associated sense of obligation to support each other that are the most significant factors shaping Afghan refugees’ business start-up behaviour. These factors led them to guide and mentor each other towards economic security and a lifestyle that fitted well with their family and religious obligations and self-identity.
In addition to showing how Christchurch Afghan refugees’ business start-ups were used as a means to meet their social objectives, this research and the model that emerged from it offer unique insights into three key drivers: economic security, lifestyle–enterprise fit, and self-identity. These factors, together with age and family circumstances, shaped the decisions associated with starting businesses in New Zealand to determine the pathway chosen.
The findings of this research are important as New Zealand is opening its doors to more refugees and very little is known about more recent refugee groups like those from Afghanistan. The findings provide a rich and unique contribution to refugee entrepreneurship and enterprise development literature in New Zealand and a model that could be used as a framework for further studies on the subject by those agencies that support refugees and their business start-up ventures as well as government agencies dealing with refugee resettlement and employment.
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Sibanda, Zenzo. "Angel networks as a business start-up financing option in South Africa." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002780.
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The following study is about business angels financing small business start-ups. It explores the aspect of starting up an entrepreneurial venture in which the entrepreneur seeks to secure start-up finance from lenders, raising the various issues that are known to characterise this engagement between the entrepreneur and the lender. Using the phenomenological paradigm, the study seeks to determine the awareness of small scale financing by entrepreneurs in South Africa, to determine the most commonly used source of start-up business funding in South Africa, to assess the extent to which business angel financing could be used to finance businesses in South Africa and to determine the factors impacting the use of business angel financing in South Africa. From these objectives, the study will also seek to determine the extent to which business angel networks could facilitate the financing of business start-ups. Small businesses invariably come up in different policy spheres as the main avenues to social and economic construction across national and regional lines. The importance of a successful business start up to a growing economy should not be underestimated. In line with this is the particular factor of gaining access to start up capital, which continues to emerge as a leading contributor to the success or failure of business start ups. Studies continue to verify that the most common challenge faced by most emerging entrepreneurs is start-up capital, either in the lack of this capital, the unfavourable conditions surrounding its availability, the lack of assets to serve as collateral for its use or the ambiguous flow of crucial information between lenders and providers of finance in the funding relationship (Abor and Biekpe, 2006: 69;Hernandez-Trillo, Pagan and Paxton, 2005: 435, ISPESE, 2005: 7, CDE, 2004: 5; Musengi 2003: 11). Roger Sorheim (2005: 179) refers to business angels as private individuals who offer risk capital to unlisted companies that are struggling to obtain start up capital to finance their business ideas. Business angels are further defined as high net-worth bearers of substantial private capital who predominantly invest in the early stage of high risk high potential return business ventures with a positive further growth potential. Business angel finance is typically a ‘once-off’ early stage form of small firm financing compared to the more frequent later stage venture capitalist funding. Studies show that business angels represent an underutilised wealth creation mechanism when it comes to small firm start-ups as most business angels contribute expertise in addition to finance to the start-ups they get involved in. This brings valuable business insight to the commercialisation of a good business idea. The business angel network exposes a range of potentially viable business prospects to willing investors by facilitating the flow of information about entrepreneurs and their businesses, thereby eliminating ambiguity, information asymmetry and transaction costs (Aernoudt and Erikson, 2002: 178; Van Osnabrugge and Robinson, 2000:374; Macht, 2006:1; Ehlrich, De Noble, Moore and Weaver, 1994:70; Sorheim, 2005:179). To achieve a holistic approach to a phenomenon which appears to be relatively new in South African business circles, the study will follow a qualitative approach in which two categories of populations will be used, one of small business operators and the other of business angels in South Africa. In the study, 20 small business operators and five business angels in Grahamstown will be approached using the convenience and snowballing sampling methods respectively. Face-to-face semi-structured interviews will be used as a data collection method and content analysis will be used as a data analysis tool (Collis and Hussey, 2003:156, Driver, Wood, Segal and Herrington, 2001:32, National Small Business Act ). There has been very limited research on business angels in the South African context, therefore the study would significantly contribute in entrepreneurship, government and small business development circles as it brings about attention to what the researcher predicts is an underutilised business start-up financing option.
Books on the topic "New Business Start-up"
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Richard, Mintzer, Stephenson James 1966-, and Entrepreneur Press, eds. Ultimate start-up directory: Includes 1500 great business start-up ideas. 2nd ed. [Irvine Calif.]: Entrepreneur Press, 2007.
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Petillon, Lee R. Representing start-up companies. Deerfield, IL: Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1992.
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Inc, Entrepreneur Media. Entrepreneur magazine's start-up basics. Irvine, CA: Entrepreneur Media, 2001.
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Stormer, Christian R. Guide to start-up businesses. 2nd ed. Fort Worth, Tex: PPC, 1999.
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Jackson, Liz. Start up!: How to start up a successful business from absolutely nothing. Harlow, England: Prentice Hall Business, 2006.
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Alsos, Gry Agnete, and Lars Kolvereid. "Business Start-up Processes in Norway." In New Business Creation, 195–222. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7536-2_8.
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Eggers, Bernd, Alexander Grewe, and Stephanie Busch. "Wachstum in der New Economy — Die Pionierkrise in Start-up-Unternehmen." In Electronic Business und Mobile Business, 657–76. Wiesbaden: Gabler Verlag, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-82359-5_22.
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Linné, Åse, and Tommy Shih. "10 The Coordinating Role of Chinese Policy Actors in Developing New Biotechnology Start Up Companies to Promote Industrial Development." In Starting Up in Business Networks, 279–306. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52719-6_11.
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Sozen, Erol, and Martin O’Neill. "An Exploration of the Motivations Driving New Business Start-up in the United States Craft Brewing Industry." In Craft Beverages and Tourism, Volume 2, 195–212. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57189-8_12.
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Paul, Kendall. "How Do You Start?" In The New Entrepreneur’s Guide to Setting Up and Running a Successful Business, 25–41. New York : Taylor & Francis, [2018]: Productivity Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351015875-3.
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Shamsrizi, Manouchehr, Adalbert Pakura, Jens Wiechers, Stefanie Pakura, and Dominique V. Dauster. "Digital Entrepreneurship for the “Decade of Action”." In Digital Entrepreneurship, 303–27. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53914-6_15.
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AbstractIn 2020, the UN launched the “Decade of Action” to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the year 2030. As the SDGs are interdependent, intersectional and interdisciplinary, so must be their solutions. This chapter argues that the best way to identify, develop, and scale solutions of such quality is (digital) entrepreneurship, building on the principles of open innovation, cutting-edge technologies, and social business. The COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 in particular serves as a stark reminder of the interconnected nature of the SDGs and the challenges we face in achieving them. In this article, we explore the third SDG (SDG-3), “Good health and well-being”. We show the potential for digital entrepreneurship to foster the rise of new forms of digital health care and to accelerate the digitalization of the healthcare sector. Due to both perceived and real issues of regulatory compliance, user experience, and long investment/equipment use cycles, SDG-3 has been one of the slowest to adopt innovative solutions by far. We discuss specific areas, such as blended reality or quantum computing, for emerging and future digital health applications. In this chapter, we provide: the “memoreBox” of social start-up RetroBrain R&D, a special edition of gamelab.berlin’s app “Singleton”, and D-Wave’s free access to its cloud quantum computing services. All these examples of digital entrepreneurship utilize in whole or in part a combination of open innovation, future and emerging technologies, and social business, thus supporting our rationale. The article closes with recommendations for different stakeholders of entrepreneurial ecosystems, demonstrating both the necessity and the potential of digital entrepreneurship for the SDGs and the “Decade of Action”.
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Curry, Edward, Edo Osagie, Niki Pavlopoulou, Dhaval Salwala, and Adegboyega Ojo. "A Best Practice Framework for Centres of Excellence in Big Data and Artificial Intelligence." In The Elements of Big Data Value, 177–210. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68176-0_8.
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AbstractThis chapter presents a best practice framework for the operation of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Centres of Excellence (BDAI CoE). The goal of the framework is to foster collaboration and share best practices among existing centres and support the establishment of new Centres of Excellence (CoEs) within Europe. The framework was developed following a phased design science process, starting from a literature review to create an initial framework which was enhanced with the findings of a multi-case study of existing successful CoEs. Each case study involved an in-depth analysis and a series of in-depth interviews with leadership personnel of existing CoEs.The resulting best practice framework models a CoE using open systems theory that comprises input (environment), transformation (CoE) and output (impact). The framework conceptualises the internal operation of the CoE as a set of high-level capabilities including strategy, governance, structure, funding, and people and culture. The core capabilities of the CoE include business development, collaboration, research support services, technical infrastructure, experimentation/demonstration platforms, Intellectual Property (IP) and data protection, education and public engagement, policy outreach, technology and knowledge transfer, and performance and impact assessment. In this chapter we describe the best practice framework for CoEs in big data and AI, including objectives, environment, strategic and operational capabilities, and impact. The chapter outlines how the framework can be used by a CoE to support its strategic direction and operational decisions over time, and how a new CoE can use it in the start-up phase. Based on the analysis of the case studies, the chapter explores the critical success factors of a CoE as defined by a survey of CoE managers. Finally, the chapter concludes with a summary.
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Tanev, Stoyan, Erik Stavnsager Rasmussen, and Katrine Riber Hansen. "Business plan basics for engineers and new technology firms." In Start-Up Creation, 19–40. Elsevier, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-819946-6.00002-3.
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"Growing new businesses." In Resourcing the Start-Up Business, 180–97. Routledge, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203104569-16.
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"New businesses and economic development." In Resourcing the Start-Up Business, 198–223. Routledge, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203104569-17.
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Mura, Ladislav. "INNOVATIONS AND BUSINESS ACTIVITIES OF SLOVAK START-UP ENTERPRISES." In Sixth International Scientific-Business Conference LIMEN Leadership, Innovation, Management and Economics: Integrated Politics of Research. Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.31410/limen.s.p.2020.57.
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An essential part of the corporate sector is formed by small and highly innovative enterprises, the start-ups. They introduce highly innovative activities, new solutions, integrate research results into their activities, as well as apply new technologies in their everyday practice. Start-ups are increasingly popular in different sectors of the national economy since they are a vital part of the entrepreneurial environment. The entrepreneurial activity of start-ups focuses on highly innovative products or services with high added value for the target customer. The main goal of the current paper is to target the innovative activity of Slovak start-ups. The paper presents partial results of the research conducted by targeting Slovak start-ups. The research results conclude that innovative start-ups are the driving force of the entrepreneurial sector. The innovative activities of these businesses rank them among the highly competitive and successful players on the market, even in a challenging business environment.
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Torniainen, Anna-Maija. "Start It Up - Support for young entrepreneurship." In Fourth International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head18.2018.8143.
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The aim of the paper is to disclose how entrepreneurship education can be developed and examined in a Higher Education Insitution (HEI) via a EU funded local project. The paper examines HEI students´ motivation factors and needs concerning Entrepreneurship education (EE). Start It Up – Support for young entrepreneurship project´s objective is to support students and young people in entrepreneurship, new business creation and innovation, and also employment in and out the innovation ecosystems. Differentiating entrepreneurial methods, best practices, entrepreneurship coaching, and entrepreneurship spirit are tested and organized throughout the project. The project strives to deliver tools and motivation towards entrepreneurship. This article introduces the activities that have been done to support EE and a case study which examines how the entrepreneurship education can be improved to develop EE in the Finnish HEI. The main testing platforms for EE are presented and the results of the case study show that to promote entrepreneurship and to enhance students´ awareness and motivation towards entrepreneurship in the Finnish HEI, the offering of EE teaching, events and competitions for students should be increased and promoted more effectively.
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Yang, Qing, and Xiaoshun Guo. "Notice of Retraction: A Comprehensive Analysis of Strategic Factors for the Start-Up of New Business Based on PSED." In 2007 3rd International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking, and Mobile Computing - WiCOM '07. IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/wicom.2007.986.
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Janeska – Iliev, Aleksandra, Stojan Debarliev, and Ljubomir Drakulevski. "BUILDING UP THE BASE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THE MEANING OF UNIVERSITY IN THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM." In Economic and Business Trends Shaping the Future. Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Faculty of Economics-Skopje, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.47063/ebtsf.2020.0031.
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In our research, we aim to extend the debate about the new role of universities as an entrepreneurial ecosystem, by examining some underlying and fundamental, but very important dimensions for further and deeper examinations of this subject such as university ownership, field of study and the entrepreneurial education concentration within, as well as the university environment and learning programs. The research considers an analysis based on major implications proposed by the GUESSS Project (Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students' Survey) to generate in-depth insights into students’ entrepreneurial intentions. A hierarchical multiple regression was run to determine the effect of different variables related to university ecosystem on entrepreneurial intention of student population. The data comes from the GUESSS survey 2018, conducted at state and private universities in North Macedonia, with undergraduate and postgraduate students. A sample of 398 respondents was collected. The study contributes to the existing literature on nascent entrepreneurship and start-up behaviour in understanding the impact of key elements of an entrepreneurial ecosystem within a university on student start-up activity.
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Fuhrmann, Thomas, and Michael Niemetz. "Transdisciplinary Bachelor Course Connecting Business and Electrical Engineering." In Fourth International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head18.2018.8056.
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The OTH Regensburg has a broad variety of study programs in technical, business, social and health sciences. Up to now there is no integral connection in the bachelor curricula between business and technical faculties except for some small subjects. The scope of this project is to develop a new course specialization which connects engineering and business thinking. Electrical engineering students should learn basics of business science and how managers think. Business students should vice versa learn fundamentals of engineering and how engineers solve problems. Students from both faculties work together in projects where they act like start-up companies developing a new product and bringing it into the market. It is seen a transdisciplinary effect: These projects gain innovative results between the disciplines compared to student projects of one isolated discipline. Evaluation results from the first two cohorts indicate high student satisfaction, high learning success as well as directions for further improvement.
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McQuillan, Kevin W., Gary L. Milne, and Gavin Smith. "Achieving a Leak Free Start Up: Impossible Dream or Achievable Project?" In ASME 2003 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/pvp2003-1871.
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Large petrochemical plants are shutdown periodically for maintenance and inspection. During the shutdowns a large number of gasketted joints are dismantled in order to gain access to the equipment, and subsequently remade at the end of the shutdown. In order to ensure the integrity of the pressure envelope, the plant systems are leak tested with high-pressure nitrogen prior to the introduction of hydrocarbons. If leaks from gasketted joints are discovered during this process, it becomes necessary to de-pressure the systems in order that the joints can be remade. During the 1990 Shutdown of the Huntsman Olefins6 plant at Wilton, approximately 200 gasketted joints were required to be remade during leak testing. This caused significant and costly delays to the start up of the plant. Later analysis showed that the leaks were the result of poor standards in the making and checking of the gasketted joints. A new joint making procedure was written for the 1993 and 1997 shutdowns, and this included a requirement for joints to be traceable by a tagging system to the technician who made the joint. The number of remakes reduced dramatically, to approximately 10 in each of the two shutdowns. In preparation for the 2002 shutdown engineers at Wilton set a target of achieving ZERO remakes during leak testing after the shutdown. This was a great challenge, especially given that approximately 7000 joints were to be remade by 400 technicians. The project was developed in partnership with Hedley Purvis Limited, who supplied design services for calculating residual bolt loads, and Klinger UK Limited, who supplied gaskets for use during the shutdown. The Olefins Joint Making procedure was further developed, requiring full traceability and the use of controlled tightening of joints to a pre-defined load. Great emphasis was placed on the role of people in effective joint making, and in ensuring that each technician was carefully briefed and validated in his understanding of the importance to the business of high standards in joint making. A training video was prepared to help in the process of gaining the understanding and involvement of the technicians and their supervisors. Hedley Purvis and Klinger supported Huntsman in the development of the video, and in the delivery of the training and validation exercise. The project was a great success, and resulted in the first “leak free” start up of the Olefins6 plant. The paper will described the project in detail, and will include a showing of the training video.
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Moggia, Fabrice, Claire-Emilie Vaudey, Thierry Varet, Vale´rie Toulemonde, Fre´de´ric Richard, Gary Anderson, and Fre´de´rique Damerval. "Use of Highly Pressurized Liquid Nitrogen Technology for Concrete Scabbling Application at SICN Nuclear Facility." In ASME 2011 14th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2011-59282.
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The decommissioning process is a quite long and complicated stage who may take few years or decades to be achieved. Generally, this process involves the implementation of a large number of technologies dedicated to cutting and decontamination operations. Based on this finding, the Clean-Up Business Unit of AREVA with Air liquide decided to start the development of a new technology based on the use of liquid nitrogen (−140°C / 3500 bar).
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Machín, Marta, and Carmen De Pablos Heredero. "Innovating and Entrepreneurial Initiatives: Some Cases of Success." In InSITE 2017: Informing Science + IT Education Conferences: Vietnam. Informing Science Institute, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/3719.
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[This Proceedings paper was revised and published in the journal Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology] Aim/Purpose : To understand the change of entrepreneurial initiatives by analysing some new initiatives that came up the last years based on IT enabled business models Background: The theme is described from an educational perspective by offering examples of successful entrepreneurship initiatives Methodology: Description of some cases: Waynabox, Lock up, Uber, Pinterest Contribution: This project tries to become a guide for youth in order to understand various aspects: first, the entrepreneurial aspects that have to be considered before starting a business; secondly, the characteristics that successful businesses have in common; and finally how an entrepreneur can be innovative and how they can achieve the success Findings: Only the 10% of the start-ups exist more than three years. Among the causes of failure are the high saturation of the market and the market competition, which are connected to the ignorance of the real necessity of customers. The company has to identify the needs of customers. They have to define and target their customers by observing and analyzing the market and, above all, getting in touch with the customers. The business plan is something that has to be carried out before the beginning of the project, and has to exist on paper. Everything has to be planned and organised, and the objectives have to be clearly stated in order to stay focused Recommendations for Practitioners: To use existent business models as an inspiration for the creation of a new business model. It is really important to avoid copying the business model itself. One thing that a company needs to do is to make the difference offering new characteristics adapted to the current customer’s experiences Recommendation for Researchers: It is really important to have a good relation with the customer, to attend their needs and to help them with all the doubts that they can have about the company. An entrepreneur cannot be guided by his own interests. He has to invest in order to know the needs of the potential customers Impact on Society: Customer experience is key to have success in new business models
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Dose, Thies, and Gunar Kachel. "Business-Oriented Reserves and Resource Management - Experiences from a Merger." In SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/206322-ms.
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Abstract In May 2019, the merger between Wintershall GmbH and DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG was closed, which was the start of Wintershall Dea.This paper provides detailed insight into managing reserves and resource information during this merger. After merger, three resource management activities required attention: (i) combining existing resources reporting, (ii) defining a lean but effective resources management and control system, and (iii) ensuring readiness for Initial Public Offering (IPO) by establishing an external independent evaluation of resources ("external resource audit"). This paper describes objectives, challenges and solutions on reserves and resources reporting of the new company. The merged reserves and resources database of the previous year's reports had to consider audits from two different reporting systems in parallel to four different external auditors.With priorities defined by status of external auditing, operatorship and asset share a common database was derived and could immediately be used for financial transactions such as the issuance of an inaugural bond. The new system for internal reporting of petroleum resources provides a fit-for-purpose approach, such as a consistent interpretation of commerciality criteria or definition of resources sub-classes.Particular attention was paid to synergies with respect to business planning, strategic portfolio analysis, and a link to technology & innovation. By defining specific attributes and sub-processes, the portfolio can be analyzed systematically. This provides additional insights and ensures synergies with business planning, strategic planning as well as internal technology initiatives. A systematic resource control system is defined focusing on internal review, external and internal audits as well as synergetic use of project reviews. Moreover, a feedback loop for continuous improvement of reservoir management allows attending to important audit observations. The external resource audit to ensure IPO readiness was structured to assign tasks for head office, business units and auditing company.The sequence of events from introduction to assets to reconciliation of differences between auditor and company was set-up, executed and monitored.Focus was on the definition of a structured but agile approach for external independent evaluation of all reserves and contingent resources.
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Alonso, Jose-Luis, Bernie Neal, Simon Jolly, Steven Auld, and Adetola Adesanya. "Shutdowns Management: Changing Things Up by Only Applying Best Practices." In ASME 2018 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2018-77618.
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Production efficiency is a key factor for oil & gas companies to have a good performance in a low oil prices environment, and planned shutdowns are events that impact crucially in this factor. This technical paper objective is to explain how, starting from a point of high planned losses due to shutdowns bad performance (13%), the application during only one year of best practices compiled from oil & gas and other business experience is able to change things up to achieve an impressive outcome (3%). Long term planning, meticulous preparation and efficient execution are achieved when best practices are applied with accountability, rigor and common sense. Maintenance and Integrity shutdown plans compliance is also improved as they are considered inside a big picture that allows us to schedule them in the more efficient way to assure our HSE standards, and helped by some new technologies as the so called NII (Non-Intrusive Inspections). Standards, procedures, deliverables, communication channels, materials control, organigrams… are the specific tools to be used and refed to implement the lessons we learn at the end of each shutdown. Sharing regularly our experience with other operators is also a source of best practices and cross-pollination. Maintaining this quality standard along the time and improving to the extent possible will drive us to excellence in the middle term. As our teams become more and more involved on this new method, they start to feel more comfortable and propose improvements, being more and more committed as they see good results arriving.
Reports on the topic "New Business Start-up"
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Abell, Thomas, Arndt Husar, and Lim May-Ann. Cloud Computing as a Key Enabler for Tech Start-Ups across Asia and the Pacific. Asian Development Bank, July 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/wps210253-2.
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New enterprises that produce digital solutions for businesses, public institutions, civil society, and consumers play a vital role in shaping digital economies. These dynamic start-ups most effectively integrate leading talent and sources of capital. They are driven by an urgency to succeed quickly—if they do not, they will then seek to deploy skills and resources more effectively. Governments need to establish or refine policies and mechanisms that foster vibrant start-up ecosystems, enabled by foundational technologies such as cloud computing. This paper provides an overview of the opportunities and challenges involved and suggests how policymakers can help start-ups make the most of cloud-computing technologies.