Diese Dissertation untersucht wie sich die Struktur sozialer Netzwerke auf den unternehmerischen Eintritt auswirkt. Sie analysiert die Effekte von sozialem Einfluss und Status auf die Entscheidung von Personen, ein neues, selbst erstelltes Angebot auf den Markt zu bringen. Bisherige Arbeiten...

The term "frugal innovation" has established itself in scholarly discourse as well as in actual business practice in a short time. Nevertheless, its theoretical antecedents and underpinnings remain unclear. In this study we present results of a bibliometric analysis, which indicate that the...

This comprehensive and innovative Handbook applies the tools of the economics of complexity to analyse the causes and effects of technological and structural change. It grafts the intuitions of the economics of complexity into the tradition of analysis based upon the Schumpeterian and...

This Handbook is the first attempt to adapt the IS approach to developing countries from a theoretical and empirical viewpoint. The Handbook brings eminent scholars in economics, innovation and development studies together with promising young researchers to review the literature and push...

Industrial innovation is essential for national and corporate competitiveness. Understanding the nature, determinants and consequences of innovation is a key task of managers, public policymakers and all students of industry and business

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This book introduces the expanding European dialogue between entrepreneurship, environment and education. It considers the shape, dimensions and horizon of this multidisciplinary landscape in entrepreneurship research. The striking differences and contradictions in entrepreneurial activities,...

Innovation networks in industries and sectoral systems: an introduction / Franco Malerba and Nicholas S. Vonortas -- Innovation networks in industry / Nicholas S. Vonortas -- The dynamics of networks and the evolution of industries: a survey of the empirical literature / Lorenzo Zirulia --...