Extant management literature provides a quite comprehensive picture of the dynamic nature of value creation, whereas value appropriation has received much less scholarly attention. The number of research works devoted to the complex issues of value receiving, protecting and retaining is at the...

The study addresses the gap in the research concerning the dynamics of the value capture process. The aim is to enhance the understanding of the dynamics of value appropriation by identifying those decision-making practices and strategic behaviours that are entrepreneurial in nature. The...

This article presents an analysis of the impact of virtualization process on competitiveness of small and medium sized firms. The developed methodology for measuring the level of organizational virtualness has been effectively applied to a wide range of businesses, both large and the smallest...

Co-creation of value is inseparable from its capturing by the various participants in the network. While the quality of the cooperation determines the co-created value, the value appropriation strategy of the participants affects the quality of the cooperative efforts. The paper presents the...

In cooperative networks firms appropriate value through bargaining over the economic benefits generated from successful execution of joint tasks and through internalizing the knowledge of partners. Consequently, acquisition and protection of knowledge are the key issues for collaborating...

The goal of the article is to analyse the effects of Poland’s accession to the European Union on change in international cooperation between firms in Małopolska region. The article consists of three basic sections. In the first, the theoretical bases of cooperation strategy are discussed....

As pointed by numerous scholars high technology sectors are very apt for studying entrepreneurial activities due to their high levels of innovativeness. However, taking into account the highly dynamic and substantially hostile environment in those sectors innovation may often not be the best...

The transition period in the industry life cycle induces a profound reconfiguration in the competitive landscape. A shift from an early, fluid state to a mature stage generates both strategic threats and opportunities for capturing value by incumbents as well as new entrants. Thus the challenge...

Opportunity stands for a central category for entrepreneurship research. Entrepreneurial identity is defined with the core reference to opportunity. Meanwhile extant studies highlight important challenges when it comes to discuss the very nature of opportunity. A promising approach to reconcile...