Now that we live in a world full of cutting-edge breakthroughs, technology management seems to be particularly essential. The Journal of Business Research has published a special issue entitled "Essential Research in Technology Management." This special issue includes 11 papers. Six of them are...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose an occurrence-based model to improve the forecasting of regime switches so as to assist decision making. Design/methodology/approach – This paper proposes a novel model where occurrences of relationships are taken into account when...

The innovative future of service industries in detail from any viewpoint or theoretical perspective forms the central subject matter for this special issue. One of the sectors considered to be relevant for favouring the growth of the international economy is the services sector. The relative...

Entrepreneurs are important to economic development. Business model design is critical to assist entrepreneurs. This study proposes a two-tier business model for entrepreneurs, consisting of a conceptual model and a financial model. The conceptual model describes the idea of a new business which...