Competence at technology entrepreneurship: an interpretive view

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Sadegh Baradaran ◽  
Jahangir Yadollahi Farsi ◽  
Seyed Reza Hejazi ◽  
Morteza Akbari
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Technology Entrepreneurship ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Creation ◽  
New Technology Based Firms ◽  
Empirical Material

PurposeTechnology entrepreneur' competence is one of the main domains of study in the field of technology entrepreneurship. In the dominant rationalistic view, competence is seen as constituted by a set of components used in performing particular functions. This study aims to expand this field of study by using an interpretive view.Design/methodology/approachPhenomenology is proposed and explored as an interpretive methodology that is more compatible with technology entrepreneurship. The empirical material is based on interviews with 19 technology entrepreneurs who have established new technology-based firms in Iran.FindingsFindings show that the nature of the technology entrepreneurship's competence is emergent, holistic and relational. Also, the entrepreneurs' perception of entrepreneurship specifies which competence's components they develop and what meaning these components take.Originality/valueBy examining how technology entrepreneurs experience competence in the context of business creation, this study moves beyond the lists or categories of competencies, and it contributes to a broader understanding of competence at technology entrepreneurship.

Business and innovation resources

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Löfsten
Keyword(s):  
Latent Variables ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Firm Survival ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Plans ◽  
New Technology Based Firms

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze how new technology-based firms’ (NTBF) business and innovation resources affect firm survival. Design/methodology/approach – The study leverages a data set comprised of 131 Swedish NTBFs located in 16 incubators. The first part of the analysis investigates the determinants of firm survival, and the second presents a statistical analysis. The business resources examined in this study consist of business planning and localization variables and four latent variables are developed. Patents at the firm start or during the firm’s first three years are considered as innovation resources. Findings – First, this study shows that the latent business plans variable has a significant positive connection with firm survival. Second, patent development during firms’ initial years is critical to firm survival. Originality/value – This study is longitudinal, with the first data collection occurring in 2005 and the second in 2014. The firms’ 2013 annual reports suggest that the firms’ survival rate is 55 percent. This longitudinal research that spans eight years shows how the development of patents is highly significant to firm survival.

Partnerships with the police – logics and strategies of justification

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bertil Rolandsson
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Organizational Legitimacy ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Cost Efficient ◽  
Empirical Material

Purpose – Political reforms call for new types of public-private or community partnerships, in which public services are shaped in collaboration with networks of public, business or non-governmental organizations. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how municipal partners justify and thereby maintain partnerships with the police. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical material comprises documents and 26 semi-structured interviews with civil servants, politicians, and police staff. This qualitative study investigates three Swedish municipalities engaged in partnerships with the same police authority. Findings – Based on Boltanski and Thévenot’s order of worth, the paper describes how municipal partners manage two partly contradictory arrangements; one constituted by industrial and civic logics, and one constituted by domestic and industrial logics. Guided by these two different arrangements, they justify and thereby maintain their partnership with the police by alternating between a compromising strategy promoting adaptation to the police and a compensating strategy stating that they are independent partners with demands on the police. Research limitations/implications – This is a qualitative study that needs further confirmation before general conclusions can be drawn. Still, it suggests that partners justify themselves by making claims on being both collaborative and independent within these partnerships. Originality/value – Unlike research investigating how authorities initiate partnerships to organize integrated and cost-efficient public services, the paper highlights how partners justify their participation by alternating between two rather different but linked justifying strategies. The study applies a justificatory logic perspective that helps us understand that complex and sometimes contradictory arrangements of logics, which could threaten partner participation, also enable them to justify and thereby maintain their partnership with the police. Unlike institutional studies describing how tensions challenge organizational legitimacy this study describes how justificatory strains remain even when partners are able to justify their participation.

TIP TIG: new technology for welding

2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 462-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Mig Welding ◽  
Typical Application ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Welding Technology ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe paper aims to report on a new welding technology, TIP TIG.Design/methodology/approachThe principle of operation and benefits of the technology are described together with a typical application.FindingsThe study finds that the technology provides the quality of TIG welding at the speeds of MIG welding, providing significant cost savings to the user.Practical implicationsTIP TIG provides a good opportunity for all users of robotic MIG welding to improve the quality of their product and reduce their costs.Originality/valueThe paper introduces a new and useful technology to the robot industry.

scholarly journals Entrepreneursheep and context: when entrepreneurship is greater than entrepreneurs

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Gaddefors ◽  
Alistair R. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Unit Of Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Entrepreneurship Theory ◽  
Context Shapes ◽  
Empirical Material

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain how context shapes what becomes entrepreneurial. Design/methodology/approach The paper is part of a longitudinal study over ten years, an ethnographic work including interviews, participating in meetings and shadowing. Texts and voices boiled down to transcripts and notes were sorted in NVivo. The empirical material was presented as a simple, short story, with the aim to question established assumptions and relations. The paper propose context as the unit for analysis, instead of entrepreneurs and outcomes. This opened up the scale from a narrow individualism to a much broader appreciation of the entrepreneurship as shaped by social factors. Findings The paper provides insights about how context determines entrepreneurship. It is not simply the context in itself, but the things that are going on in the context. What entrepreneurship does is to connect and thus create a raft of changes. The paper suggests that to depart from context as the unit of analysis will avoid the objectification of entrepreneurship and open up for discussing the becoming of entrepreneurship. The case illustrates how entrepreneurship is an event in a flow of changing circumstances. Entrepreneurship is formed from the context itself, rather than being individual or social; entrepreneurship appears simultaneously to be both. Entrepreneurship can and does exist in multiple states regardless of the observer and the observation. Originality/value This paper fulfils an identified need to learn more about how entrepreneurship and context interact. It illustrates how context is more engaged in the entrepreneurial process than entrepreneurship theory acknowledges.

scholarly journals Digital or human touchpoints? Insights from consumer-facing in-store services

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 296-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia Vannucci ◽  
Eleonora Pantano
Keyword(s):  
Human Services ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Human Interactions ◽  
Key Drivers ◽  
Service Channels ◽  
Digital Or

Purpose Prior research highlights the extent to which consumers largely appreciate the possibility to choose among different digital touchpoints during the in-store experience, which results in a pervasive introduction of digital touchpoints as the first point of contact between retailers and consumers. However, consumers also give value to the human interactions in the service channels. The previous studies do not conclusively indicate the best balance of digital and human services. The purpose of this paper is to understand consumer-facing in-store services in new technology-enriched retail settings. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative approach involving face-to-face semi structured interviews was applied. To this end, the authors recruited 26 participants in Northern Italy between October and November 2017. Findings Results reveal motivations, preferences and discouraging factors leading consumers’ interactions with digital or human touchpoints. Findings ultimately provide useful guidelines to managers on understanding consumers’ attitudes toward digital vs human touchpoints phenomenon. Originality/value By identifying the key drivers of either digital and human touchpoints selection in offline retail settings, the present study figured out the attributes playing the crucial role in determining consumers’ preference regarding the in-store alternatives. Findings allow a further greater clarification of the practical issues, with emphasis on the new of human–machine integration.

scholarly journals Using PLS path modeling in new technology research: updated guidelines

2016 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörg Henseler ◽  
Geoffrey Hubona ◽  
Pauline Ash Ray
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Technology Research ◽  
Path Modeling ◽  
Statistical Tool ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pls Path Modeling

Purpose – Partial least squares (PLS) path modeling is a variance-based structural equation modeling (SEM) technique that is widely applied in business and social sciences. Its ability to model composites and factors makes it a formidable statistical tool for new technology research. Recent reviews, discussions, and developments have led to substantial changes in the understanding and use of PLS. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – This paper aggregates new insights and offers a fresh look at PLS path modeling. It presents new developments, such as consistent PLS, confirmatory composite analysis, and the heterotrait-monotrait ratio of correlations. Findings – PLS path modeling is the method of choice if a SEM contains both factors and composites. Novel tests of exact fit make a confirmatory use of PLS path modeling possible. Originality/value – This paper provides updated guidelines of how to use PLS and how to report and interpret its results.

What is trending in libraries from the internet cybersphere

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-23
Author(s):  
Adetoun A. Oyelude
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Instructional Methods ◽  
New Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Library Technology

Purpose – The paper aims to review what is trending on the internet and presents vignettes of related library technology and hot topics from weblogs, webinars, tweets, wikis and other discussions on the internet. Design/methodology/approach – A surfing of web sites, tweets, webinars, wikis and internet-based information sites is done over a three-month period and the trends identified and highlighted. Findings – The trends in various information and library-related issues discussed online show a tending towards using new technology and the disadvantages of some, while advocating for review of some instructional methods by librarians to their clientele. Originality/value – The most current trends of discussion on the internet are presented up to the January 31, 2014.

scholarly journals Industry-specific CSR: analysis of 20 years of research

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 250-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Dabic ◽  
Ana Colovic ◽  
Olivier Lamotte ◽  
Mollie Painter-Morland ◽  
Silvana Brozovic
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Keyword Search ◽  
Academic Journals ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyze the literature on industry-specific corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices. Design/methodology/approach Using a multiple-keyword search, the authors identified 302 articles reporting on such practices, published in 99 different academic journals between 1995 and 2014. These articles were analyzed to map the CSR literature, identify which industries have been under greater scrutiny and distinguish trends in the most researched industries. Findings The authors’ findings indicate that the CSR studies are very unevenly distributed and that the issues studied and the methods used vary widely across industries. The authors also map this field of study and propose suggestions on where research on industry-specific CSR should go in the future. Originality/value The first extensive, systematic analysis of the industry-specific CSR literature is provided. The current research adds value to the literature by highlighting the key issues investigated, as well as those that require further inquiry.

To explore new avenues: experiential testimonio research

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 794-812 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Noelle Albert ◽  
Marie-Michele Couture
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Management Science ◽  
New Method ◽  
Qualitative Research Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Empirical Material

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a qualitative research method for which the empirical material is drawn from the experience of a practitioner-researcher. Design/methodology/approach – First, a review of other autobiographical methods is made to show that the proposed method offers something different. Subsequently, it briefly outlines the epistemological and theoretical anchors that guided the development of the proposed method. Then it follows the path and the peculiarities of this method. And finally a few guidelines are presented for the legitimization of the knowledge generated, illustrated by an example. Findings – The proposed method is aimed at experienced practitioners who are involved in a process of scientific research. Ideally, it is carried out with a co-searcher. Originality/value – A new method of qualitative research to explore new avenues in management science.

Reflections on happiness

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-91
Author(s):  
Woody Caan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
First Century ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Psychological Therapies ◽  
Twenty First Century

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the twenty-first century reach and impact of “happiness” work by one individual (Professor Lord Richard Layard). Design/methodology/approach The author approaches his work as a public health case study, with the caveat that the author knew this “Case” personally, which could influence the author’s assessment. Findings During 2005-2018, Richard Layard stimulated discussion of “happiness” as a field of study. This field now has global relevance to mental health, although its relationship to practice for population health is still debated. Originality/value Layard’s ideas are behind many initiatives, such as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies.

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