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- Candi, Marina, et al.
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How Different? Comparing the Roles of Design in Service Innovation in Nordic and American New Technology-Based Firms
- 2008
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Ingår i: Design Studies. - : Elsevier BV. - 0142-694X. ; 29:5, s. 478-499
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper explores differences in the use of design in service innovation in Nordic and American new technology-based firms and is based on a systematic qualitative comparison of case data collected on eight service innovation projects in each of the locations. Differences were expected due to these two locations' disparity in terms of agglomeration of technology-based firms and access to design resources. The results of the comparison indicate that there are more similarities than there are differences in how design is used in service innovation in these two locations. Possible explanations are explored and implications suggested.
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- Candi, Marina, et al.
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Oil in Water? Explaining Differences in Aesthetic Design Emphasis in New Technology-based Firms
- 2008
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Ingår i: Technovation. - : Elsevier BV. - 0166-4972. ; 28, s. 464-471
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this research is to investigate how differences in aesthetic design emphasis among new technology-based firms (NTBFs) can be explained. Four hypotheses are developed based on a synthesis of existing research in the fields of design, strategy and entrepreneurship. The hypotheses are tested based on a survey of 103 NTBFs. The results of the research indicate that aesthetic design emphasis is significantly related with the importance of aesthetic design in a firm's chosen sector, which can be classified as a positioning factor. Aesthetic design emphasis is also significantly related with founder characteristics, which are resources factors, namely founders’ technical education and founders’ experience of sales and marketing, respectively. The results of the research lend some support to the anecdotal notion that engineers do not appreciate the value of aesthetic design and suggest that the source of this lack of appreciation is their education.
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- Candi, Marina, et al.
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The Relationship between Founder Team Diversity and Innovation Performance: The Moderating Role of Causation Logic
- 2016
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Ingår i: Long range planning. - Kidlington : Elsevier BV. - 0024-6301 .- 1873-1872. ; 49:4, s. 464-476
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article examines two factors commonly thought to be potential contributors to business success, namely diversity and the logic that drives entrepreneurial decision making. The empirical context is new ventures, and data collected using a survey of new ventures are used to investigate the contribution of founder team informational diversity to innovation performance, as well as the moderating effect of the degree of causation logic used in decision making. The findings confirm that founder team informational diversity is positively related to both idea generation and the implementation of ideas into new products or services. Furthermore, the findings suggest that the relationships between founder diversity and both idea generation and realized innovation are moderated by the logic of entrepreneurial decision making. The relationship between founder team informational diversity and idea generation is stronger when decision making is based on strong causation logic, while the relationship between founder team informational diversity and realized innovation is stronger when decision making is based to a lesser degree on causation logic.
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- Saemundsson, Rögnvaldur J., 1968, et al.
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Absorptive capacity and the identification of opportunities in new technology-based firms
- 2017
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Ingår i: Technovation. - Kidlington : Elsevier BV. - 0166-4972 .- 1879-2383. ; 64-65, s. 43-49
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- © 2017 Elsevier Ltd The purpose of this work is to investigate relationships between knowledge and opportunities in new ventures. More specifically, this work proposes and empirically tests how potential absorptive capacity is related with the identification of opportunities in new technology-based firms (NTBFs). To take into account the unique nature of NTBFs we divide potential absorptive capacity into problem absorptive capacity, i.e. the ability to identify and acquire knowledge of the goals, aspirations and needs of current and potential customers, and solution absorptive capacity, i.e. the ability to identify and acquire external knowledge of solutions to fulfill them. We develop three hypotheses, which predict that both problem absorptive capacity and solution absorptive capacity will be positively related with the identification of opportunities in NTBFs and that they will reinforce each other. The findings support the importance of making a distinction between the two proposed dimensions of potential absorptive capacity and shed light on their effectiveness and interaction for the identification of opportunities.
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