Abstract Although the importance of digital technology has been recognized in entrepreneurship literature, we know relatively little about how and to what extent it influences a nation’s entrepreneurial activities. Drawing on concept ecosystem, this study developed conceptual model explain impact national interactions between other ecosystem elements. The hypotheses are tested by using unbalanced panel data 101 countries from 2001 2018. empirical results show that level is positively...

Drawing on the information processing perspective from psychology, study builds and tests a conceptual model to explain how country-of-origin image (COI) media coverage are associated with organizational legitimacy of emerging multinational enterprises (EMNEs), relationships moderated by education level individuals in developed host country. This investigates highlighting multidimensional nature these concepts. Our findings suggest that affective COI is positively both pragmatic...

Purpose Lean Startup (LS) has gained considerable traction in the startup scene, especially within digital firms where concept finds concept's genesis. However, there are more and calls entrepreneurship literature to study LS's application beyond context. The purpose of this is explore applicability LS largely under-researched context non-digital entrepreneurs. To structure authors' understanding participating entrepreneurs' cognitive behavioural logic, effectuation theory applied....

Based on Stewardship Theory, it is posited that commercial organizations, governments, and citizens would all benefit the co-creation in Smart City Projects. To obtain valuable insights, a qualitative research study was conducted Dutch smart city projects. Fifteen cities responded to invitation participate. By mutual agreement, twelve projects were selected since they met requirements for research. Fourteen professionals completed questionnaire interviewed. The acquired data analysed by...

Purpose This paper aims to elucidate what concepts of encroachment in business-to-consumer markets explain the market share increase companies with sustainability value propositions. It documents field, analyses practice ten and proposes defines additional concept transparency encroachment. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were conducted representatives an customers due their proposition. These supplemented secondary data, like documented interviews, reports on...

Purpose This paper aims to examine the concept of participatory governance through membership in context tailor-made legal form for social enterprises Greece, i.e. cooperative enterprise (Koinsep). As such, contribute theoretical discussion regarding participation stakeholders not only as a construct prescribed by law but also examining its implementation practice. Design/methodology/approach The development two in-depth case studies demonstrate whether and how application requirements...

In the emerging sustainable Human Resource Management (HRM) literature, advocating to ‘rehumanize’ and pluralize HRM, dialogue is put forward as a silver bullet cope with paradoxical tensions pluralist workforces. This conceptual paper aims add HRM literature by examining position application of within using ideas concepts from complexity thinking. We applied core thinking (i.e., self-organization, nonlinearity, attractors, emergence) deepen our understanding positioning dialogue, power,...

This study aims to test how legal factors affect the corporate structure of a social enterprise. The current article focuses on factor governance as decision-making power stakeholders within authors conducted case and examined major enterprise (Koinsep) active in Greece. By developing study, this generate theoretical statements about practical application Greek Koinsep well comprehensive understanding involvement Koinsep's structure. not only demonstrates relevance provisions their...

This article explores the general profile and behavior of tourists coming to Crete, shows how qualitative, multistate data from a tourist survey can be used in market segmentation research using explanatory factor analysis, confirmatory analysis cluster analysis. The primary audience for this study consists tourism industry practitioners interested practical, cost-effective approach For study, around 2100 questionnaires were given who about leave Chania at end their stay during 2017...

The dairy sector is in a systemic lock-in due to reinforcing cycles. This qualitative study, based on 13 in-depth interviews with frontrunning farmers and additional observations, challenges this impression by looking at the sustainable business model innovation from inside-out perspective of sustainability-driven niche. theoretical foundation rests market transformation, co-evolution models, regime, system barriers niche players. objective gain better understanding practices frontrunner...