University of Nottingham Ningbo China Business School Academic Year 2012/13 Autumn Semester Entrepreneurship and Business Maris FARQUHARSON Discuss the relationship between entrepreneurship‚ innovation and economic development CEHN Xiyu Student ID: 6508658 Word Count:1949 COPY 1 According to the statistic presented by European commission (2011)‚ in 2008 over 60% of enterprises were innovative in Germany‚ Luxembourg. The following EU-27 average innovative percentage
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The role of company culture in innovation creation process Where company starts? Is it certain story behind innovative products? Is it the big BOSS in oval cabinet? I guess not – company starts with entrance. What’s the entrance is? Of course – the most evil department in any company: Human resources (further in text used as HR). First decision done by them is to ask candidate to come for screening and then pass over to team or department managers. In theory HR is responsible for balanced team
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Geox: Breathing Innovation into Shoes Case Analysis Introduction Geox is an Italian shoe and clothing company that started in 1995. Its products are available through over 10‚000 stores around the world. The founder of the company‚ Mario Moretti Polegato‚ has built a company by offering a world an innovative concept of “shoes that breathe.” The company’s brand-named shoe technology combines vented soles with breathable membranes that allow humidity and heat to escape while still providing
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study denotes the importance of integrating the compatibility construct within technology acceptance models as well as its confounding results in doing so. Rogers (1962) was the first one to introduce and define the term compatibility in his Innovation Diffusion Theory. “Compatibility assesses the extent of congruence between a new technology and various aspects of the individual and the situation in which the technology will be utilized” (Karahanna et al.‚ 2006‚ p. 782). Diverse studies identified
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Subway Innovation Report Subway is the name of a franchise fast food restaurant that mainly sells sandwiches and salads. It was founded in 1965 by Fred De Luca and Peter Buck. The corporation that owns the trademarked name of Subway is Doctor’s Associates‚ Inc. (DAI). The company has over 28‚400 franchised units in 87 countries as of September 2007 and is the fastest growing franchise in the world. It is currently the third largest fast food chain globally after YUM! Brands (34‚000 sites) and McDonalds
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International Journal of Innovation Management Vol. 5‚ No. 3 (September 2001) pp. 377–400 © Imperial College Press DEVELOPING INNOVATION CAPABILITY IN ORGANISATIONS: A DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES APPROACH BENN LAWSON Department of Accounting‚ The University of Melbourne Victoria‚ 3010‚ Australia e-mail: blawson@unimelb.edu.au DANNY SAMSON Department of Management‚ The University of Melbourne Victoria‚ 3010‚ Australia e-mail: d.samson@unimelb.edu.au Received 1 February 2001 Revised 18
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Discuss the relationship between entrepreneurship‚ innovation and economic development. With the rapid development of a dynamic global economy‚ increasingly countries are seeking breakthroughs in their economic development. Stimulated by these ever-increasing competition pressures‚ exploitation of new ideas and businesses which provide great potential for economies to thrive‚ accordingly‚ is gaining widespread attention (Mansfield‚ 1972; Wong et al.‚ 2005). In consequence‚ on a global scale‚ not
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distinguishing features of the American innovation model. Statistical analysis of current situation on American innovation markets provides up-to-date information concerning the structure of the economy of the US. American economy is estimated as economy‚ based on innovation and new technologies. The paper analyses problems closely connected with distribution and adaptation of new technologies. Government policy of implementing‚ distributing and developing innovations provides detailed support to new projects
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Challenges After all the product innovations we have seen in above examples‚ it might sound convincing that product innovation is an essential part to become a market leader. But the job is far from over. We need to look in the factors like speed of innovation‚ innovations in complementary products‚ service quality and role of competitors in order to succeed. Organizations with culture which encourages innovation and creativeness are definitely stand definitely at higher ground than those who don’t
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Exploring Innovation in Action: The Changing Nature of the Music Industry Can you map the different kinds of innovation in the case study? Which were incremental and which radical/discontinuous? Why? Give examples to support your answer. One of the innovations in this case study is e-tailing. E-tailing or Electronic retailing is a channel where business-to-business and business-to-consumer sale goods and services through the internet in which revenue can come from the sale of products and services
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