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- Parida, Vinit, et al.
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Understanding e-procurement : qualitative case studies
- 2006
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Ingår i: Frontiers of e-Business Research. - Tampere : Institute of Business Information Management at the Tampere University of Technology. - 952151678X
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- E-procurement is constantly receiving attention from industries, business and government agencies. Analysts believe that utilization of e-procurement can lead to enormous cost saving and efficiency in procurement process. E-procurement also enlarges customer base, broadens the search for raw materials to lower its production cost. Though, it has benefited the global business tremendously, its expected growth rate has been moving downwards. While E-procurement can be used for the purchase of indirect or direct materials, the risks associated with the e-procurement has been holding the companies from adopting it. The purpose of this paper is to understand the e-procurement process by focusing on benefits, risks, practices and strategies of e-procurement and its emerging usages in the current business to business (B2B) environment. A qualitative method was used for the case studies in which two companies each from India and Sweden were studied and analysed. The results showed that cost benefit was the main driver for companies to implement e-procurement. Other benefits included were transparency and visibility across process, better internal and external relations and streamlined buying process. The problems of implementation and integration of existing infrastructure and security and control risks were holding back companies from wide usage of e-procurement. But most of all, lack of managerial commitment hinders the adoption process. Company's needs were the deciding factor for the kind of approach they will follow regarding the adoption of e-procurement and emergence of a new approach. This paper compares the works of different authors in the field of e-procurement and its implications for the B2B.
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- Alharmoodi, Ahmed Abdulla, et al.
(författare)
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Co-creation and critical factors for the development of an efficient public e-tourism system
- 2024
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Ingår i: Journal of Business Research. - : Elsevier. - 0148-2963 .- 1873-7978. ; 174
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study identifies the factors that guide the adoption of a public e-tourism system resulting in value co-creation in the UAE. Integrating and comparing factors drawn from the third version of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM3), the Technology-Task-Fit (TTF) theory, and push-to-use, an Analytic Hierarch Process (AHP) model was implemented with data collected using a structured questionnaire from purposively selected UAE e-tourism experts (N = 15) and analyzed using Microsoft Excel. The findings revealed that usefulness, convenience of use, and push-to-use were the most critical aspects for achieving an efficient public e-tourism system that allows for value co-creation in that order of ranking. The findings also suggest that computer self-efficiency is the most critical factor in effectively establishing an e-tourism system followed by government push-to-use. In conclusion, the findings demonstrate that usefulness and ease-of-use backed by computer self-efficiency, result demonstrability, and output quality are vital for the efficient adoption of a public e-tourism system resulting in value co-creation in the UAE.
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- Annarelli, Alessandro, et al.
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Literature review on digitalization capabilities : Co-citation analysis of antecedents, conceptualization and consequences
- 2021
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Ingår i: Technological forecasting & social change. - : Elsevier. - 0040-1625 .- 1873-5509. ; 166
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Recent decades have witnessed increased number of studies focusing on digitalization and related capabilities. Across disciplines digitalization capability is viewed as a sources of sustained competiveness. Nonetheless, several issues related to conceptualizing digitalization capabilities remain ambivalent. The present study, uses co-citation analysis to clarify concept of digitalization capability and identify three underlining capabilities, namely digital integration capabilities, digital platform capabilities, and digital innovation capabilities, that represents micro-foundation of digitalization capabilities. Further, a capability-based model is developed which includes antecedents and consequences of digitalization capabilities in an integrated conceptual model. Suggestions for future research, theoretical contributions and managerial contributions are also presented.
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- Anokhin, Sergey, et al.
(författare)
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Flagship enterprises, entrepreneurial clusters, and business entry rates : insights from the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship
- 2021
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Ingår i: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0898-5626 .- 1464-5114. ; 33:3-4, s. 353-367
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Employing a panel setting of 88 counties in the State of Ohio over the five-year period ending in 2006, this study aims to investigate the applicability of the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship in explaining the relationships between flagship enterprises, entrepreneurial clusters, and business entry rates. The study confirms the overall positive relationship between flagship enterprises and startup rates, and the negative relationship between entrepreneurial clusters and startup rates. It further demonstrates that the effect of clusters is moderated by local unemployment rates so that higher rates of unemployment weaken the negative impact of entrepreneurial clusters on startup rates. Based on the evidence collected, policy makers should increase support for flagship enterprises in their regions, and would-be business owners should consider locating their ventures in proximity to flagship companies.
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- Anokhin, Sergey, et al.
(författare)
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Industrial clusters, flagship enterprises and regional innovation
- 2019
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Ingår i: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0898-5626 .- 1464-5114. ; 31:1-2, s. 104-118
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- For a sample of all 88 counties in the State of Ohio over a 5-year period, this study documents the effect of flagship enterprises and concentrated industrial clusters on regional innovation. Consistent with the agglomeration arguments and the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship, both appear to affect regional innovation positively. Additionally, regional educational attainment positively moderates the effect of industrial clusters on innovation. At the same time, flagship enterprises primarily affect regional innovation in regions with low education levels. Results are obtained with the help of conservative econometric techniques and are robust to the choice of alternative dependent variables and estimators. The findings have major policy implications and provide insights into alternative routes to encouraging regional innovation.
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- Anokhin, Sergey, et al.
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Technological Advancement through Imitation by Industry Incumbents in Strategic Alliances
- 2013
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Ingår i: Uddevalla Symposium 2013. Innovation, High-Growth Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. - Trollhättan : Högskolan Väst. - 9789197794374 ; , s. 87-104
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Contrary to the conventional wisdom, this study demonstrates that technological laggards and not industry front-runners are most likely to experience high rates of technological advancement in strategic alliances. We further suggest that imitation and not innovation is the primary source of such advancement based on the fact that technological progress by laggards is most visible in industries that lack strong appropriability regimes. Finally, we present empirical evidence suggesting that lagging established corporations prefer to imitate from startups and not from fellow-incumbents. These results are derived from a careful analysis of a longitudinal sample of over 150 incumbents with varying degree of technological prowess who engage in partnerships with both startups and fellow-incumbents across a wide representation of industries. Our paper contributes to technological innovation, strategic alliance, entrepreneurship, and imitation literatures and provides non-trivial implications for startups.
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- Averina, Elizaveta, et al.
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Assessing sustainability opportunities for circular business models
- 2022
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Ingår i: Business Strategy and the Environment. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0964-4733 .- 1099-0836. ; 31:4, s. 1464-1487
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- As the unfolding climate crisis escalates, incumbent manufacturing companies are increasingly sensing and seizing sustainability opportunities—ideas that help to generate value in a more sustainable way than existing alternatives. Prior literature has underscored the importance of opportunity recognition and has theorized various types of circular business models to address sustainability in practice. However, there is a knowledge gap regarding the step in between: undertaking an assessment that provides a foundation for subsequently pursuing a circular business model. Based on a multiple case study of four innovation projects pursuing sustainability, this article identifies capability assessment, ecosystem alignment, and value-capture viability as key dimensions in evaluating sustainability opportunities prior to circular business model design and development. These insights are aggregated into a framework that allows companies to conduct a systematic assessment of sustainability opportunities in practice. The framework provides new theoretical implications for the literature on circular economy and business model innovation, and it offers hands-on advice for management practice.
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- Azadegan, Arash, et al.
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Operational slack and venture survival
- 2013
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Ingår i: Production and operations management. - : Wiley. - 1059-1478 .- 1937-5956. ; 22:1, s. 1-18
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Slack can act as a double-edged sword. While it can buffer against environmental threats to help ensure business continuity, slack canalso be costly and reduce profitability. In this study, we focus on operational slack, the form related to the firm’s production processes. We investigate the role of operational slack on firm survival during its venture stage, when its survival is significantly challenged by environmental threats. Specifically, we explore how change in three types of environmental uncertainty, namely dynamism, complexity and lack of munificence affect the relationship between operational slack and venture survival. Results suggest that with increase inenvironmental uncertainty, operational slack lowers the likelihood of venture failure.
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- Bencsik, Barbara, et al.
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Business models for digital sustainability : Framework, microfoundations of value capture, and empirical evidence from 130 smart city services
- 2023
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Ingår i: Journal of Business Research. - : Elsevier. - 0148-2963 .- 1873-7978. ; 160
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The emerging research stream on digital sustainability examines how digital technologies enable the creation of environmental and social value. The need to finance the creation of such value calls for a business model perspective that combines value creation and value capture. To extend the digital sustainability literature in this regard, we adopt a microfoundations perspective and argue that the configuration of value creation influences the decision of users to pay for a value proposition or not, which in turn affects organizational value capture. Applying a crisp-set qualitative comparative analysis to 130 smart city initiatives in Switzerland, we develop a three-dimensional framework of business models for digital sustainability. The framework comprises 12 theoretically possible business model types, representing distinct business model configurations. We contribute to the digital sustainability and the microfoundations literatures by analyzing, explaining, and classifying the diversity of digitally enabled business models in the context of smart cities.
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- Berglund, Anders, et al.
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Embracing entrepreneurial behavior in a research school
- 2009
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Ingår i: Design has never been this cool. - : Design Research Society. - 1904670059 ; , s. 245-256
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- PIEp (Product Innovation Engineering programme) is a newly established research school in product development engineering with the aim to increase innovation capabilities in the Swedish industries and to promote entrepreneurial behavior. By following a bottom-up approach PIEp has been able to embrace and foster entrepreneurial behavior. As an outcome the young research school has been able to change preexisting mindsets and to encourage the PIEp PhD students to be more proactive, risk-taking and innovative. This paper presents the chain of events that have happened since the establishment of the PIEp research school. In an action research approach the authors additionally state their own perceptions. Providing rich, descriptive examples and explaining certain cases in detail it is outlined how the transformation of the initial idea has been pursued until today. The insights provided are made public for future research, comparison to other research schools, and to policy makers interested in founding new research schools.
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