Sales and Employment Changes in Entrepreneurial Ventures with Family Ownership: Empirical Evidence from High-Tech Industries

Prior research has shown that when making high tech purchase decisions, consumers consider not only the relative advantage afforded by currently available products, but also the relative advantage expected from future generation products. Additionally, empirical evidence suggests that prices for high tech products often decline faster than the technology advances. This chapter takes both these findings into account and investigates the antecedents of expectation formation and how consumer purchase decisions for high- and low-tech products are impacted by asymmetrical rates of technological advance and price decline. Although consumers generally prefer the latest technological generation of a product, level of technological sophistication (high- vs. low-tech), rate of technological change and price decline, and expectations regarding future product introductions, based on familiarity with past product introductions, were found to moderate the effect of technological generation on preference.

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Innovative Business Models for High-tech Entrepreneurial Ventures

Business Model Innovation ◽

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198701873.003.0009 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 169-190 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Massimo G. Colombo ◽

Ali Mohammadi ◽

Christina Rossi Lamastra

Keyword(s):

Business Models ◽

High Tech ◽

Entrepreneurial Ventures

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Direct and indirect impacts of high-tech industry development on CO2 emissions: empirical evidence from China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research ◽

10.1007/s11356-020-09071-x ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (21) ◽

pp. 27093-27110

Author(s):

Wei Gu ◽

Di Liu ◽

Chen Wang ◽

Shufen Dai ◽

Donghui Zhang

Keyword(s):

Empirical Evidence ◽

Co2 Emissions ◽

High Tech ◽

High Tech Industry ◽

Industry Development ◽

Direct And Indirect Impacts ◽

Indirect Impacts

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Does usage of enterprise social media affect employee turnover? Empirical evidence from Chinese companies

Internet Research ◽

10.1108/intr-03-2018-0140 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 29 (4) ◽

pp. 970-992 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Lu Yingjie ◽

Shasha Deng ◽

Taotao Pan

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Theoretical Model ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Employee Turnover ◽

Theoretical Research ◽

High Tech ◽

Content Type ◽

Enterprise Social Media ◽

Job Levels ◽

Social Use

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how the usage of enterprise social media (ESM) affects eventual employee turnover. Design/methodology/approach This study developed a theoretical model based on the proposition that different ESM usage behaviors (utilitarian use, hedonic use and social use) have different effects on employee turnover, and job type and job level can moderate the effect of ESM usage on turnover. The model was examined empirically using 1,791 employee samples from a large high-tech manufacturing enterprise deploying ESM. Findings The results indicate that the utilitarian and social use of ESM has negative effects on turnover, but the hedonic use of ESM has positive effects on turnover. Furthermore, for employees working in different job types and job levels, there are significant differences concerning the effect of ESM usage on their turnover. Practical implications ESM managers should encourage employees to use ESM for utilitarian needs and social support but restrict excessive use of ESM for leisure. In addition, different ESM use policies depending upon job types and job levels could be adopted to retain valuable employees. Originality/value Few studies have focused on how usage of ESM affects eventual employee turnover. Given the lack of theoretical research and empirical evidence, the authors developed a theoretical model and conducted an empirical study to fill the research gap.

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