Small firms contribute to the economy by creating new vacancies and are the most common business form in the EU. However, small firms are not tended to expand internationally and only a limited number of small firms export to the countries outside the EU. The study aims to investigate...

Drawing on the resource dependence theory, the resource-based view, and the organizational learning perspective, we examine the under-researched relationship between alliance strategy and the performance of high-tech startup firms. Specifically, we posit that startup firms forging a larger...

This chapter advances our understanding of collaborative innovation processes that span across organizational boundaries by providing an ethnographic account of idea generation dynamics in a member-initiated online songwriting community. Applying a science and technology studies perspective on...

Drawing on theories of behavioral decision making and situational strength, we developed and tested a multilevel model that explains how the performance outcomes of personal initiative tendency depend on the extent of alignment between organizational control mechanisms and proactive...

This study analyzes a sample of initial public offerings (IPOs) to examine the sources of firm-specific risk associated with investment by venture capitalists. The results indicate that IPO backing by venture capitalists is associated with risk factors related to operating profit margins and...

Anchoring affects our investment decisions. Anchoring involves comparing only one piece of information heavily over others. Raj is in transport business. Raj wants to buy a truck which otherwise he rents for transporting building material. He initially compares only fuel costs with truck rentals...

The study was designed to evaluate the influence of poor credit risk management on bank failures in Nigeria and propose strategies for remedial actions. Credit risk management is one of the most crucial banking functions that involve the appraisals of requests for banking facilities. It is...

Purpose: The purpose of the Study was to establish the relationship between intellectual capital and performance of small and medium manufacturing enterprises in Kenya. Design/methodology/approach: The study adopted positivist philosophy. The research designs were descriptive survey as well as...

A number of theories postulate the influence of industry factors and various forms of organizational capital on the strategies and performance of small firms. This study is an empirical test of such assertion by examining how industry and firm-related factors as well as managerial attributes...

High-growth firms deserve increasing attention from researchers, as they account for the largest amount of new job generation and contribute to wealth and general economic development. However, although it’s easy to conceive that firms rapidly growing hundreds of times their original size are...