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Business model innovation: a practitioner perspective
While business model innovations are critical to a company’s long-term survival, they are still poorly understood compared to other kinds of innovations. In this paper, we investigate prior research and reframe business model innovation through a practitioner lens. We report on a content analysis of interviews with CEOs of small and medium enterprises in the technology industry, with...
Institution partenaire
English / 02/10/2017
The performance of incubators in France
Institution partenaire
English / 02/10/2017
Impact of internationalization speed on financial and non-financial performance: quantitative evidence from Swiss SMEs
Internationalization speed currently receives once again substantial attention in the internationalization literature. Internationalization speed already formed an integral part of the incremental approach to internationalization 40 years ago. It received center stage position in the more recent born global and international new venture debate. However, there are new developments in...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/10/2017
Impact of cross-border mergers and acquisitions on shareholders’ wealth: does idiosyncratic risk matter !
This paper explores the extent to which Idiosyncratic risk of the target increases acquires shareholders wealth in cross-border takeovers. Using a sample on 15,619 cross-border takeovers, we find that cross-border add value to target firms stockholders. Our results show that the well documented superior acquirer gains in cross-border deals do not persist for firms with low...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/10/2017
What relationships exist between environmental CSR, corporate governance, and financial performance?
This paper analyses how news-based scores in environmental CSR may have influence d the monthly stocks’ market return in UD and UK during the 2007–2014 period . By linear regression, we find that. Our models show a positive and significant relationship between the environmental score and the market performance. We also consistently measured the impact of environmental news-based...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/10/2017
CRM strategy implementation and performance
Customer relationship management (CRM) is one of the most frequently adopted management tools and has received much attention in the literature. This study advances research on CRM by investigating the impact of the relative time according to which interventions are implemented in different areas (customer management, CRM technology, organizational alignment, and CRM strategy) on CRM...
Institution partenaire
English / 25/09/2017
External knowledge sources, green innovation and performance
Theoretically speaking knowledge sharing seems relevant for innovations in general. Yet, there is no adequate understanding of how knowledge sharing can develop green innovation in SMEs. This paper focuses on how internal and external knowledge sharing intercede green innovation and ponders on how it affects the organization performance. First, the empirical results show that all...
Institution partenaire
English / 25/09/2017
What drives CVC investments?: an empirical test of social network theory predictions
Using data on corporate venture capital (CVC) investments by US corporations between 2001 and 2013, we analyze their CVC expenditures based on their positions in syndication networks and their financial resources. The generalized-method-of-moments models used show that these companies’ annual CVC expenditures depend on the number of co-financing relationships they have and their cash...
Institution partenaire
English / 25/09/2017
SME Internationalization and distant emerging economies: exploring the market entry role of asian global cities
This paper suggests a tentative conceptual framework to study the internationalization of foreign/OECD-based SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) attracted by fast growing emerging markets, such as China and other Asian economies, and the supportive role of global cities as market gate focal points providing a wide range of financial and non-financial services facilitating...
Institution partenaire
English / 19/09/2017
Program understanding models: an historical overview and a classification
During the last three decades several hundred papers have been published on the broad topic of “program comprehension”. The goal was always the same: to develop models and tools to help developers with program understanding during program maintenance. However few authors targeted the more fundamental question: “what is program understanding” or, other words, proposed a model of...
Institution partenaire
English / 18/09/2017
On the efficiency of school tracking: a perspective from outcomes in dual VET in Switzerland
In this paper, we examine the efficiency of the sort done by the Swiss lower secondary school tracking system, looking at students’ outcomes in dual vocational education and training (VET)—the most common education type at the upper secondary level in the country. We discuss a simple Ricardian model about the process of school tracking based on the absolute advantage (i.e., the...
Institution partenaire
English / 18/09/2017
Indebtedness for young companies: effects on survival
Based on data from 7 , 350 Cameroonian companies created between 19 90 and 2008, we study the link between the characteristics of indebtedness for young companies during their creation and survival period of up to three years, from three to five years , and beyond five years. We complement our quantitative analysis with semi - dire ctive interviews of Cameroonian entrepreneurs to...
Institution partenaire
English / 11/09/2017
Governance and performance of MFIs: the Cameroon governance case
The main challenge of microfinance institutions and social economy firms remains their survival, and to meet this challenge, MFIs need to be compet-itive. The poor performance of MFIs is usually attributed to their decision-making and operational processes. The governance of MFIs is therefore identified as one of their main risks. Despite this, governance is still little explored in...
Institution partenaire
English / 11/09/2017
Business model innovation: a theoretical perspective and its implications for entrepreneurship research
The business model innovation construct is gaining substantive attention in management literature, emphasizing its role for creating and sustaining a firm’s competitive advantage in rapidly changing business environments. However, little advancement has been made toward a holistic, theory-based understanding of the nature of business model innovation, along with its context-specific...
Institution partenaire
English / 11/09/2017
Insurance and its continued benefits to the economy and society
Institution partenaire
English / 12/06/2017
Students’ perception of the flipped classroom: teaching consumer behavior and market research classes in two swiss universities
Marketing instructors have traditionally sought to use experiential and active learning methods in their teaching. The flipped classroom is a learner-centered innovative pedagogical approach that moves the delivery of class material outside the classroom to focus on collaborative activities during class sessions. This qualitative exploratory research aims at understanding how...
Institution partenaire
English / 09/06/2017
Mindfulness,a way to metamorphose work into a self-fulfillment process: : an anthropological approach
Institution partenaire
English / 16/03/2017
Organizational responses to uncertainty in the airline industry: : changes in patterns of communication networks
Changing environmental conditions introduce uncertainty into organizational operations, and airlines respond in various ways. Scholars traditionally explore responses to environmental uncertainty by drawing upon theories of communication networks, coordination, organizational resilience, and high reliability organizing. Yet, the research has competing communication predictions, which...
Institution partenaire
English / 20/02/2017
Nursing homes: : how can residents' experience be improved?
This study aims to analyze whether nursing homes residents are satisfied with the services and support they receive. Twenty-five semi-structured interviews with residents, families, and staff were conducted in Switzerland. The results indicate that the majority of the residents entered nursing homes due to a decrease in autonomy but also following a decision made by their relatives....
Institution partenaire
English / 14/02/2017
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