This paper explores differences between innovative and non-innovative establishments in business service industries. It …

sector can foster sustainable business development through economic development strategies, policies and resources. This … study evaluates the Sustainable Business Initiative (SBI), an economic development initiative intended to strengthen Eugene … business practices. I assess whether the SBI changed business practices in Eugene and whether the SBI can serve as a useful …

science) and what is done (in business). And to give answers on how it might be possible to narrow or close this gap. …

simultaneously investigating the customer, market, and business itself. Innovation Transformation Guidebook should be used as an … interactive platform with a small business team. ITG cards are grouped three categories: Inform, Expand, and Deliver. The flash … cards contain prompts, questions, and diagrams meant for discussion and implementation. Small business owners using ITG …

partly determined by how their business models interact with the environment to produce offerings with added value. This … chapter contributes to the reflection on Catalonia's competitiveness by using the business model concept to highlight the need … to adapt business models to new realities in the Catalan environment. Catalan firms have made little effort to …

In studies of business innovation, the term innovation process is used to describe (i) the array of sources and … service industries: communications, financial services, and technical business services. This paper explores the principal …