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- Grundström, Christina, et al.
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View and management of innovativeness upon succession in family-owned SMEs
- 2010
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Ingår i: Managing the Art of Innovation. - Lappeenranta, Finland : Lappeenranta University of Technology Press. - 9789522650047
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into how thesuccessors of family-owned manufacturing SMEs view and manageinnovativeness. Research into company take-overs mainly focuses on largecompanies and little is known about innovativeness in research on familyownedbusinesses, often SMEs. This paper presents findings from ten companysuccessions, five of which describe family successions and five external ones.The paper shows that there is little difference in how various types of successorview and manage innovativeness. A successor is chosen with care and this alsoinfluences the view and management of innovativeness: other criteria seem toapply in the succession and any (radical) changes can only be introduced if anumber of contextual factors are managed properly.
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- Grundström, Christina, 1965-, et al.
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View and management of innovativeness upon succession in family-owned SMEs
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Ingår i: International Journal of Innovation Management. - Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier. - 1363-9196 .- 1757-5877. ; 15:3, s. 617-640
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into how the successors of family-owned manufacturing SMEs view and manage innovativeness. Research into company takeovers mainly focuses on large companies and little is known about innovativeness in research on family-owned businesses, often SMEs. This paper presents findings from ten company successions, five of which describe family successions and five external ones. The paper points to that there is little difference in how various types of successor view and manage innovativeness. A successor is chosen with care and this also influences the view and management of innovativeness; other criteria seem to apply in the succession and radical changes can only be introduced if a number of contextual factors are managed properly. The paper also indicates that while financial constraints may limit innovations, a strong financial situation is not an antecedent for innovativeness.
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- Öhrwall Rönnbäck, Anna, 1969-, et al.
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Collaborative Development of Public Information Systems : A Case Study of “Sambruk” e-Services Development
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Ingår i: eChallenges e-2010 Conference Proceedings. - : IEEE Press. - 9781905824205 ; , s. 1-7
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Today, public e-services provide essential and efficient tools for municipalities to serve their citizens. However, the development can be quite complex, and in order to efficiently develop solutions, municipalities need to collaborate with many actors and stakeholders such as IT-vendors and developers, as well as government agencies. In this paper collaboration with various stakeholders in different scenarios, comprising four different information systems development projects are analysed, and the pro’s and con’s in the various approaches are described. Furthermore, there are important lessons learned and identified in the three alternatives of user involvement in the projects covered in the paper. Sambruk, ie the Swedish Association of Municipalities for Joint Development of eServices, has in several projects challenged the existing near monopolistic market and business models in Sweden by carrying out significant development projects, utilising new approaches in user involvement and setting up a new collaborative arena for Swedish municipalities, working together in creating new e-service solutions.
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- Janhager, Jenny, 1973-, et al.
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Enhancing the prospects for entering emerging markets via business networks
- 2010
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the XXI ISPIM Conference. - : ISPIM. - 9789522149268
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Multiple factors affect a company’s ability to enter a foreign market. Despite the challenges faced by SMEs, it is suggested that emerging markets (EM) possess high investment potential, thus should seriously be considered as new markets for Swedish environmental technology companies. Researchers within the field of internationalization activities suggest that psychic distance and experiential learning heavily affect market selection. This paper is based upon a case study of four companies that unite in a joint venture with the purpose of developing and constructing a complete plant in an EM based on a radical technology innovation. Of importance to the network partners is the knowledge shared between them for the purpose of successful commercialization, and also knowledge that enhances the prospects for companies to consider EM for their business.
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- Rönnbäck, Anna Öhrwall
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Collaborative Innovation for Entering Emerging Markets
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 3rd ISPIM Innovation Symposium: Managing the Art of Innovation. - : ISPIM. - 9789522650047
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this paper is to investigate collaborative innovation in business networks for small environmental technology companies entering an emerging market (EM). Export of environmental technology solutions to emerging economies involves high investment opportunities and high growth potential, but also high risk. For example, large-scale demonstrator equipment proving the function of the environmental technology solution might be needed, which usually requires cooperation between several companies and supporting actors. Results from empirical studies presented in this paper confirm the difficulties to export environmental technology solutions to EMs for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Collaboration in business networks appears to be an efficient means to take on larger assignments, and business models built on principles of product service systems (PSS) where the technology can be integrated, and functionality is of main focus. A preliminary business development process model for small firms’ environmental technology export to EMs is developed and presented.
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- Uddenberg, Anders, et al.
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Explanatory Factors for Small Firms’ Sustainable Growth: Developing an Assessment Model for Established SMEs
- 2011
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Ingår i: Proceedings of ICSB Conference 2011. - : ICSB. - 0981902839 - 9780981902838
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper investigates factors that can explain sustainable growth in establishedsmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Deducted from previous research,tentative explanatory factors serve as a base for constructing a model for assessmentof an SME’s growth potential. Applying the assessment model on 154 companies didnot result in a clear pattern of factors that are most important for long-term profitablebusiness development and growth, but showed important overall differences betweenfinancially strong companies and weaker ones. These results can be a base for furtherrefinement of factors that should be taken into account for sustainable growth inSMEs.
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