A new construct called market-scanning capability has been conceptualized that captures firms’ capability to sense or to respond to the changes in the marketplace. The second-order reflective construct was found to have four first-order components that are named as CustInfo (i.e., collection...

The connection between knowledge and innovation is inseparable. For every innovation there underlies a knowledge-base from a specific discipline; or the knowledge-base could borrow from multiple discipline. Even though the conventional wisdom would imply that it is usually the manufacturers of...

<title/> The assessment of intangibles in business plans by investors is an important factor of recent interest, particularly in the evaluation of early-stage technology-based ventures. On one hand, investors are challenged to properly assess new opportunities. At the same time, entrepreneurs or...