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Recent research has demonstrated the relevance of start-ups by students and recent graduates: they greatly outnumber faculty spin-offs and are not of low quality (Astebro, Bazzazian, & Braguinsky, 2012). Also, there is growing evidence that the regional environment (Drakopoulou Dodd & Hynes, 2011; Feldman, 2001; Sternberg, 2007) and the entrepreneurial...

With this paper we want to find out which factors influence beta coefficient of logistics service providers. The systematic risk (beta coefficient, ?) of LSPs becomes more and more important for strategic decision making of LSPs, as it helps calculating the cost of capital. The cost of capital is an important factor when assessing LSPs' (future) investments, strategies and...

Social enterprise has been criticized for discursively transforming third sector organizations and practitioners into economic agents. Such a critique too readily construes the discourse of social enterprise as a deterministic force that encroaches on all aspects of organizational and individual identity. We reintroduce
a sense of agency to discursive conceptualizations through...

Si une petite entreprise souhaite par exemple négocier de meilleures conditions d'achat, commercialiser plus rapidement un produit ou exploiter de nouveaux canaux de distribution, il est peut-être intéressant de travailler avec des partenaires.
En effet, les coopérations et les partenariats permettent de rassembler les forces.

The failure of uncovered interest rate parity to explain short-term interest rate movements is well documented. We show that short-term changes in long-term interest rates do help to explain short-term exchange rate movements. The relationship gets stronger over our sample period, as the liquidity of the exchange rate market increases. We also show that controlling for time-varying...

Der Logistik kommt in der Schweiz eine hohe Bedeutung zu. Durch die gewichtige Rolle des Aussenhandels und den damit einhergehenden Import- und Exportverkehren, ist die Schweiz insbesondere mit den Anrainerstaaten stark verflochten. Durch die zentrale Lage im Zentrum Westeuropas ist die Eidgenossenschaft zudem ein wichtiges Transitland. Die Schweizer Wirtschaft profitiert vom...

The chief strategy officer (CSO) position has recently been gaining prominence in European firms. However, little is known about this new executive role. In this article,
the authors report some of their findings from a major research program that involved two surveys of CSOs and give a portrayal of the CSO's role in continental European
firms. The article further...