In their efforts to influence corporate responsibility, nonprofit organizations (NPOs) are increasingly focusing directly on companies - either by entering into collaborative relationships with, or by exerting public pressure on them. While both approaches can be instrumental for NPOs with...

In this comprehensive review of ex-post merger studies price effects of horizontal transactions are evaluated. By combining and further analyzing the results of 52 retrospective studies on 82 mergers or merger-like transactions it can be shown that the industry alone is no strong indication for...

Purpose - This study aims to present a theoretical analysis on the capabilities (at the organizational) and skills (at the individual level) of the hub organization (orchestrator) in an innovation network. Design/methodology/approach - The authors conducted literature reviews on the...

Die Corona-Krise hat die Defizite Deutschlands in der Digitalisierung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft schlagartig offengelegt. Die Zusammenarbeit von etabliertem Mittelstand und innovativen Start-ups - oft mit digitalen Geschäftsmodellen - bietet dabei große Chancen für die Beteiligten und...

Die gesetzlichen Krankenkassen in Deutschland befinden sich in einem tiefgreifenden Prozess der digitalen Transformation. Inzwischen gibt es keine Kernaktivität mehr, weder im Verhältnis zu den Versicherten noch zu den Leistungserbringern, die ohne umfangreiche und komplexe IT-Systeme...

New product development (NPD) collaborations with external partners involve high coordination costs and run substantial risks. Formalization seems to be an effective mechanism to mitigate said costs and risks, although the issue of whether formalization actually proves productive or...

We look at syndication in the venture capital industry. Investments conducted by syndicates are believed to have better chances of being successful, measured by the survival probability of portfolio companies or by successful exits. Using a novel and large dataset, covering several countries,...

Open RAN is increasingly becoming the answer to how to diversify 5G networks and beyond, especially in the light of a potential exclusion of China's participation in western networks. In recent times, the US and Japan have jointly pledged $4.5 billion to support its development. Much - or...

This paper explores the spatial patterns and underlying determinants of repeated inventor collaboration across European NUTS 3 regions. It is found that only a small fraction of co-inventor linkages across regions are repeated, while community detection reveals that these collaborations are...

In der chemischen Produktion haben die Selbstorganisation der Beschäftigten und deren stetiger Erfahrungs- und Wissensaustausch weiterhin einen hohen Stellenwert, sowohl für die Anlagensicherheit als auch für die berufliche Handlungsfähigkeit der Fachkräfte. Er ist im Hinblick auf die...

This article performs a systematic review of the research literature on the forms of collaboration among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) so that they reach the foreign market, since there is a lack of research focusing on the collaborative relationship between national companies as a...

While there is a fast-growing number of studies on FinTech, the relationships between technology companies and banks have received only limited attention in the research literature. Most of the studies on FinTech-bank interactions conducted so far address the questions: why banks collaborate...

The shared bicycle sector is a new type of rental business that combines the sharing economy with technology platforms. With its convenience, efficiency and low cost, the business has become popular in China. However, alongside the development of the shared bicycle industry, the increasing...

We look at syndication in the venture capital industry. Investments conducted by syndicates are believed to have better chances of being successful, measured by the survival probability of portfolio companies or by successful exits. Using a novel and large dataset, covering several countries,...

In all spheres of life, relationships among public and private organizations are built in order to deal with complex societal problems and to address economic challenges that cannot be dealt with by single organizations [...]

The study aimed to find factors affecting the development of trust-based cooperative relationships and test the links between them. For this study, the research framework was based on the notion that a cooperative relationship in a supply chain required commitment, cooperation and trust among...

The cooperation between established SMEs and innovative start-ups offers considerable opportunities for the respective companies and the German economy. New business models can be adopted, and innovative products can be jointly developed. In particular, the digitalisation of the 'German...

The competitiveness of the agro-industrial sector depends not only on its specific performance but also on the character and degree of the innovation performance, vital to added value development and differentiation in the biobased value-chain. This work intends to show, how through research and...

This special issue of Agricultural and Food Economics consists of four articles that were part of the scientific programme of the First SIDEA-SIEA Joint Conference, held in Bisceglie in September 2017. The conference afforded agricultural economists the opportunity to reflect on cooperative...

In the era of "open innovation", the choice of a cooperative strategy is one of the most significant factors determining the effectiveness of innovation activities. The authors investigate the typical configurations of cooperative networks in Russian manufacturing, including the choice of...

At the 2016 SMS Foundations Session interview with Professor Gautam Ahuja, we explored the key insights of his research trajectory, with a special focus on how organizations successfully innovate. We discussed the major ideas, theories, and results that he and his co-authors generated throughout...

This study aims to analyze the influence that interfirm partnership motives can have on the implementation of organizational innovation activities. To achieve this aim, a quantitative cross-sectional research design was adopted, surveying owners-managers of small and medium-sized enterprises in...

Knowledge-sharing strategies are used across the industry as open innovation and distributed collaboration are becoming more popular to achieve technological competencies, faster time-to-market, competitiveness and growth. Sharing of knowledge can provide benefits to manufacturing and new...

Auf den Punkt * Die digitale Fertigung bietet vielfaltige Chancen für Handwerksbetriebe und Designunternehmen, mit innovativen Produkten und Dienstleistungen auf veränderte Kundenanforderungen zu reagieren und sich wettbewerbsfähig im Markt zu positionieren. * Die Ausschöpfung der Potenziale...