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- Aaboen, Lise, 1978, et al.
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Incubator performance : An efficiency frontier analysis
- 2008
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Ingår i: International Journal of Business Innovation and Research. - 1751-0252 .- 1751-0260. ; 2:4, s. 354-380
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Assessments and evaluations of incubators has been a topic of discussion for as long as incubators have been in existence due to the fact that there has not been an agreement on how to determine good performance. This paper demonstrates the use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) when studying performance of incubators. More specifically, it does so within the four dimensions of cooperation with universities, business networks, external funding and competence development on a sample of 16 Swedish incubators. We show that DEA enables us to measure non-numerical dimensions, and to simultaneously take into account the efforts made by both the incubator and the outcomes. Moreover, DEA provides benchmarks and, based on a model that divides the incubators into four different groups, illustrates the difference between the benchmark and the incubators' current situation.
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- Aaboen, Lise, et al.
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Corporate governance and performance of small high-tech firms in Sweden
- 2006
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Ingår i: Technovation. - : Elsevier BV. - 0166-4972 .- 1879-2383. ; 26:8, s. 955-968
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The approach uses data from a sample of 183 small high-tech firms, new, technology-based firms (small high-tech firms) in Sweden (54 variables under the headings of work experience, board and advice, financing, motivation-performance priorities, technological innovation and strategy). This study identifies some core areas of importance in corporate governance. Few managers in this study had a strong background and experience of finance and the preparation of business. Only 64 per cent of the managers have had previous work experience before starting the firm. The survey makes it clear that the small high-tech firms are likely to have a strong link with banking institutions. The consequence of these links is that most of the firm's capital supply is from banks, and that there are strong ownership links between banks and industry. The background of the founder does seem to have had an effect on the problem of financing and ownership issues. It is private sector organizations (banks) and families that are most frequently consulted by small high-tech firms (However, low means). It is also the private and public sector organizations, in connection with external board membership, regional development agencies and banks that are most frequently consulted. In the future, it is reasonable to search for factor patterns that can begin to explain and predict the direction of corporate governance in small new technology-based firms.
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- Soila-Wadman, Marja, 1950-, et al.
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Aesthetic Relations in Place of the Lone Hero in Arts Leadership: Examples from Film Making and Orchestral Performance
- 2009
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Ingår i: International Journal of Arts Management. - Montreal, Canada : Universite de Montreal, Ecole des hautes Études Commerciales and AIMAC. - 1480-8986. ; 12:1, s. 31-43
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The authors argue for a relational perspective on leadership in arts organizations. They call into question the image of leader as lone individualistic hero in control of events, particularly in terms of how arts processes are understood. Given that both film projects and symphony orchestras feature many hard-working, committed people, the authors propose that the entire team, including the leader , be viewed as "hero". They propose that the perspective in which the sole leader is put on a pedestal be replaced by a relational perspective in which leadership is shared within an organization. In this perspective, leaders and those with whom they interact are equally responsible for the actions and relations they construe jointly. Viewing leadership as a shared phenomenon also highlights the importance of aesthetics in all kinds of leadership processes.
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