Key determinants of SMEs' export performance: a resource-based view and contingency theory approach using potential mediators

A Safari, AS Saleh - Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Various barriers discourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from
entering or expanding their export activities in the international markets, especially SMEs in …

Influence of government R&D support and inter-firm collaborations on innovation in Korean biotechnology SMEs

KN Kang, H Park - Technovation, 2012 - Elsevier
Although the development of biotechnology industry has been a national agenda,
particularly in developing countries, few studies address factors that influence innovation …

The adaptive life cycle of entrepreneurial ecosystems: the biotechnology cluster

PE Auerswald, L Dani - Small Business Economics, 2017 - Springer
We propose an empirical framework for assessing the vibrancy and trajectory of regional
entrepreneurial ecosystems. We apply this framework to study the US National Capital …

The role of academic inventors in entrepreneurial firms: sharing the laboratory life

F Murray - Research policy, 2004 - Elsevier
While science-based entrepreneurial firms are a key feature of the modern economy, our
insights into their organization and productivity remain limited. In particular, our …

Entrepreneurial culture, regional innovativeness and economic growth

S Beugelsdijk - Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2007 - Springer
In this paper, we empirically study the relationship between entrepreneurial culture and
economic growth. Based on a micro based comparison of entrepreneurs and non …

Regional branching reconsidered: Emergence of the fuel cell industry in European regions

AN Tanner - Economic Geography, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
abstract The literature on economic geography suffers from a lack of attention to the
emergence of new industries. Recent literature on “regional branching” proposes that new …

The dynamics of the inventor network in German biotechnology: geographic proximity versus triadic closure

ALJ Ter Wal - Journal of Economic Geography, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Economic geography has developed a stronghold analyzing how geography impacts
innovation. Yet, despite increased interest in networks, a critical assessment of the role of …

Small firms in regional clusters: Local networks and internationalization in the Southern Hemisphere

C Felzensztein, KR Deans, L Dana - Journal of Small Business …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This paper reports on a three‐country comparative study examining the internationalization
of family winemakers in distinct regional wine clusters of Argentina, Chile, and New Zealand …

The influence of national culture and family involvement on entrepreneurial perceptions and performance at the state level

JJ Chrisman, JH Chua… - … theory and practice, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
This empirical study tests how dimensions of national culture affect entrepreneurs' collective
perceptions of the business environment and the performances of newly created firms in the …

Going beyond definitions to understand tensions within the bioeconomy: The contribution of sociotechnical regimes to contested fields

N Befort - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2020 - Elsevier
The bioeconomy is steadily becoming more important to regional, national and European
public policy. As it encompasses the transformation of agricultural, marine and organic …