In Italy, the strong competitive environment has progressively reduced the credit intermediation role of banks. For Italian banks, SMEs represent the most important segment among the corporate ones and many ICT products/services suppliers are now giving great attention to SMEs, since the market...

For a successful economy, the interaction between research and its application in practice plays a key role. The aim of this paper is to analyze the institutional factors of patent activity at universities in the Czech Republic. The following five factors were selected for detailed...

We highlight business model innovation as a way for general managers and entrepreneurs to create and appropriate value, especially in times of economic change. Business model innovation, which involves designing a modified or new activity system, relies on recombining the existing resources of a...

In this study, we add new insights in the performance feedback theory by arguing that although organizations give primacy to feedback regarding corporate-level financial goals, they also have to attend to a variety of functional-level performance signals to identify more suitable solutions and...

Despite the number of entrepreneurial programs undertaken by governments and non-profits, the growing population of Africa is still struggling. Traditional models of entrepreneurship and innovation were tailored for industrialized economies. Developing world and Africa face different...

This paper is an action research conducted in order to prove the connection of introducing intrapreneurial management concept with the motivation and productivity of employees and thus the organization’s efficiency and profitability. Each employee, as individual, possess potential degree of...

Purpose This study examines the nexus between entrepreneurship through small-medium enterprise (SME) business formation and the growth of the Nigerian economy. Furthermore, this paper seeks to explore the link between small enterprise development and econo. Design/methodology/approach The paper...

Purpose This study examines the nexus between entrepreneurship through small-medium enterprise (SME) business formation and the growth of the Nigerian economy. Furthermore, this paper seeks to explore the link between small enterprise development and econo. Design/methodology/approach The paper...

What is meant by entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth is often not clear or very idiosyncratic. This paper starts with a discussion of the nature of entrepreneurship and its relation to innovation. The second section provides an overview of theory and empirical research on the...

The intention of this study is to observe the importance of Entrepreneurship andStrategic activities in the SME sector in Kosovo. The study refers to the long-term researchexperience of the author in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development especially, indesigning Strategic Activities in...