The concept of Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) describes a technology-enabled shared mobility service that has flexible operating schedule and/or provides virtual stops routes. While these on-demand services are not new, the developments in communication and tracking technology (vehicle positioning systems) have revived past decade. benefits adopting demand responsive transport for intra-comm...

A knowledge asset-based framework of technology transfer is proposed, illustrated by examples from studies of two international joint ventures. The framework depicts the organization as a collection of embodied knowledge assets. Differences between firms result from the different combinations of embodied knowledge types that are used to accomplish the same ends. Technology transfer is the trans...

The aim of this paper is to refine, from a configurational perspective, the understanding of causal conditions underlying performance differences between new academic technology-based firms. Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), a research strategy conceived to investigate parsimonious configurations that explain a given result of interest in small-N populations, was adopted as the methodolog...

While venture capital has become a global phenomenon, our knowledge about regional differences in venture capitalist (VC) behavior is quite poor. Most crossregional comparisons have been quantitative replications of US based studies, which has made it difficult to discern qualitative differences. To help remedy this situation, we conducted semi-structured interviews with altogether 12 early sta...

It is often argued that multinationals are reluctant to transfer technology due to the fear of spillovers. We show that this need not be the case if host country policies like taxation are taken into account. Furthermore, we examine the incentives the multinational and the host country have to engage in an international joint venture. We show why a multinational may agree to enter a joint ventu...

The environments in which managers make decisions and deploy resources may vary widely between different firms. This paper introduces and formalizes two theoretical constructs – the decision environment and the resource environment. The constituent elements are developed theoretically and empirically, first through stakeholder analysis, then inductively from eight new venture case studies. The ...

Open networks give actors non-redundant information that is diverse, while closed networks offer redundant information that is easier to interpret. Integrating arguments about network structure and the similarity of actors' knowledge, we propose two types of network configurations that combine diversity and ease of interpretation. Closed-diverse networks offer diversity in actors' knowledge dom...

Purpose Although start-ups have gained increasing scholarly attention, we lack sufficient understanding of their entrepreneurial strategic posture (ESP) in emerging economies. The purpose this study is to examine the processes ESP new technology venture (NTVs) an market context. Design/methodology/approach In line with grounded theory guidelines and inductive research traditions, authors adopte...