External linkages allow nascent ventures to access crucial resources during the process of new product development. Forming external linkages can substantially contribute to a venture’s performance. However, little is known about the paths of external linkage formation, as well as the...

It is a central claim of the national competitiveness literature that firms exploit the comparative advantages of their environment by choosing to pursue the product market strategy that is facilitated by national financial- and labour-market institutions. Otherwise, so goes the argument, firms...

As economic internationalization advances, the question of how firms cope with increasing pressure for competitiveness gains momentum. While scholars agree that firms need a competitive advantage, they debate whether firms exploit the comparative advantage of their economy and converge on that...

While entrepreneurship researchers agree that institutions "matter" for entrepreneurship, they also have a rather encompassing understanding of institutions as almost any external factor that influences entrepreneurship. Ultimately, this literature thus comes up with a long list of institutional...

This ICB Research Report constitutes the proceedings of the following events which were held during the Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ) conference 2011 in Essen, Germany. Requirements Engineering Efficiency Workshop (REEW). Requirements Prioritization for...

This ICB Research Report constitutes the proceedings of the following four workshops which were held on Tuesday, 29th June 2010 as part of the Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ) conference 2010 at the University of Duisburg-Essen. First Workshop on Creativity in...

This ICB Research Report constitutes the proceedings of the following events which were held during the Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ) conference 2012 in Essen, Germany. Engineering for Sustainable Systems (RE4SuSy), Requirements Engineering Efficiency Workshop...

This ICB Research Report constitutes the proceedings of the following events which were held during the Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ) conference 2013 in Essen, Germany. Creativity in Requirements Engineering (CreaRE), International Workshop on Requirements...

Die Studie analysiert den Gründungsprozess sowie die hierfür benötigte Zeit von Neugründungen in den zwei Branchen alternative Energien und Informationstechnologie. Es zeigt sich, dass Gründungen keinem einheitlichen Prozess folgen. So konnten insgesamt vier verschiedene...