Financing Disruption—The Role of Venture Capital in the Logistics Industry

2021 ◽  
pp. 279-290
Author(s):  
Christian Saller ◽  
Felix Klühr
Keyword(s):  
Venture Capital ◽  
Logistics Industry

Processing the Future

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Giraudeau
Keyword(s):  
Venture Capital ◽  
Diagnostic Techniques ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Knowledge Practices ◽  
Project Appraisal ◽  
Development Corporation ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
American Research

This chapter is an analysis of the project appraisal procedures in place at American Research and Development Corporation (ARD) between 1946 and 1973, under the management of Georges F. Doriot. It shows the importance of knowledge technologies and administrative procedures in the way the venture capital company dealt with uncertain futures. The origins of these knowledge practices are traced back to Georges F. Doriot’s own views on business and more generally to the pragmatist movement in business administration of which he was a member. The conduct of project appraisal at ARD is then observed directly, and this reveals its reliance on a rich set of knowledge and diagnostic techniques as well as administrative procedures. These observations allow for a specification of the nature and role of imagination in the entrepreneurship and venture capital practices examined here—in particular, its close relationship with organized knowledge.

The Influence of Incubator and Accelerator Participation on Nanotechnology Venture Success

2021 ◽  
pp. 104225872110245
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Woolley ◽  
Nydia MacGregor
Keyword(s):  
Venture Capital ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Government Grants ◽  
Recent Growth ◽  
Using Data

This study investigates how venture development programs such as private incubators, university incubators, and accelerators influence the success of participating nanotechnology startups. With the recent growth in such programs, empirical work is needed to compare their impact on participants across programs and with nonparticipants. Using data on firm bankruptcies, liquidation, government grants, and venture capital, we find benefits, but the influence of each venture development program varies greatly. We further investigate the influence of program services and resources to clarify program heterogeneity beyond existing typologies. The results clarify the role of these programs and ecosystem intermediaries.

scholarly journals Analysis on Consumers’ Purchase and Shopping Well-Being in Online Shopping Carnivals with Two Motivational Dimensions

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han Yu ◽  
Rong Zhang ◽  
Bin Liu
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Online Shopping ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Purchase Behavior ◽  
Full Bloom ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Intention To Participate ◽  
Hedonic Shopping Value ◽  
Hedonic Shopping

The development of online shopping carnivals (OSCs) is in full bloom due to the support of logistics industry and information technology. More and more people are keen to participate in them. This study contributes to literature by exploring the role of motivational factors (based on utilitarian and hedonic shopping values dimension) of the intention to participate in the actual purchase behavior of consumers and their shopping well-being in OSC. A model is developed and tested to explain consumers’ shopping process in the context of OSC. Results show that hedonic shopping values are primarily influenced by entertainment construct, and utilitarian shopping values are positively related to monetary saving, selection, and convenience. Furthermore, the correlation between hedonic shopping value and intention to participate is higher than that between utilitarian shopping value and intention to participate. The findings indicate that intention to participate in OSC exerts a stronger influence on shopping well-being than the effect on actual purchases.

Customer centricity and guanxi prevalence as social capital: a study of international business relationships

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 1209-1220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angeline Close Scheinbaum ◽  
Stephen W. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Global Marketing ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Logistics ◽  
High Level ◽  
Customer Centricity

Purpose This research blends perspectives of the Eastern phenomenon of guanxi with the more Western perspectives of relationship marketing and customer centricity. Extending scholarship on guanxi in marketing (e.g. Park and Luo, 2001; Sheu and Hu, 2009; Luo et al., 2008; Fowler and Reisenwitz, 2014), the objective is to highlight the indirect role of customer centricity (i.e. how visible or central it is for the business partner to communicate with/have information sharing with), for firms in regions with a prevalence of guanxi. Design/methodology/approach The empirical model is tested in context of global marketing in the business-to-business (B2B) logistics industry (n = 508). A total of 508 global logistics employees and managers with experience in global business participated in the survey in Taiwan. Structural equation modeling was used for data analysis with multi-group analyses. Findings Customer centricity intensifies positive outcomes of guanxi prevalence. Specifically, a high level of customer centricity strengthens established associations among guanxi prevalence, trust, relationship commitment and firm performance. Originality/value While most work on guanxi has a focus in China, this research focuses on Taiwan. While building on a wealth of literature, relatively less work has focused on customer centricity.

Study on Logistics Resources Integration Based on Sustainable Logistics Networking in Manufacturing Engineering

2013 ◽  
Vol 340 ◽  
pp. 145-149
Author(s):  
Zhang Yi
Keyword(s):  
International Markets ◽  
The Other ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Sustainable Logistics ◽  
High Efficient ◽  
National Economic ◽  
National Competition ◽  
Competition Ability

The development of logistics is strongly correlated to the comprehensive economy development. Logistics plays the key role of correlating the other nine main economic industries, and transporting goods and service within the domestic and international markets. It is strongly demanded that the adjustment and revitalization of logistics industry shall satisfy the logistics industry upgrade itself, and increase the competition ability of other economic sections, so as to provide stable, high-efficient business running environments for the other industries as well. It is of great strategic meaning for the adjustment, restructuring and upgrading of the national economic system, thus comprehensively strengthening the national competition ability. The State Council of China has made a series of revitalization plans for the logistics industry, which has been integrated into development plan of the macroeconomic system.

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