The paper outlines the drivers behind the movement from products to solutions in the Hi-Tech Business-to-Business markets. The paper lists out the challenges in enabling the transformation from products to solutions and also attempts to explore strategic and operational recommendations based on the authors’ factual experiences with Japanese Hi-tech manufacturing organizations. Organizations in ...

T paper examines the possible impact of venture capital (VC) backing on the commercialization direction of technology-based start-ups by asking: To what extent (if at all) do VC-funded start-ups engage in cooperative commercialization strategies (strategic alliances or technology licensing, or both) relative to a comparable set of start-ups, and with what consequences? To address these question...

This study looked at the factors determining commercialization of smallholder farming in Kenya. The household characteristics were captured by gender head, labour size, age head and education level head. On other hand, farm size application irrigation. intervening variables access to transport, income from non – activities livestock sales. used cross-sectional data based on surveyed 2011 Kenya ...

A r t i f i c i a l In te l l igence is being used wo r l d -w ide to p e r f o r m a var ie ty of f unc t i ons in business and indust ry . Th is panel w i l l present actual user experiences w i t h AI systems in use today, and w i l l describe problems, expected and unexpected, that arose d u r i n g the development, de l i ve ry , and maintenance of these systems. Solut ions f o r actual pr...

Third-party providers as entrepreneurs boost technology platforms. Yet, despite increasing interest in technological platforms, existing research offers little predictive insight into how firms can identify individuals who are likely to become entrepreneurs. We take the strategic perspective of a platform owning company, asking how to pinpoint those individuals who transition into entrepreneurs...

The emerging global trends in intellectual property (IP) commercialization and intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement and harmonization such as technology globalization, "niching", and licensing strategies, the diffusion of IPR standards and the divergence of IPR enforcement practices, are components of an emerging view of the importance of intellectual capital in corporate and national...

Information technology (IT)-supported international technology transfer (ITT) is complex, risky, and fails often. No empirical studies are available on the factors that affect the success of IT-supported ITT. We review applicable theories (i.e. diffusion of innovation theory) and empirical research in conventional technology transfer to develop such a model. We carry out a multiple focus group ...

The paper provides an insight into a doctoral thesis at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Objective of this work was to analyse the reasons for success of know-how-intensive and technology-oriented Start-ups (KITSs) and to assess the potential for success at an early point of time in the companies’ life cycle development. By demonstrating factors for success and failure and using...

Drilling industry and its technical services are among the complex and advanced technology-based industries in the cycle of oil exploration and production. In this regard, the logging services role as one of the pillars of technical services is very important due to technological complexity and the importance of the results in the evaluation of oil and gas reservoirs. The complexity had caused ...