Key words Strategy implementation Managing large traditional organizations Entrepreneurial behavior 2 ABSTRACT Innovative use of resources to pursue opportunities has become vital for all—even large traditional—organizations. While traditional management literature has identified contextual features to foster entrepreneurial behavior, little research has looked at why—in the same organizational...

This study aims to contribute to the knowledge of leadership styles and entrepreneurial orientation at small and medium enterprises as well as their effects on business performance. This study examines how leadership style can affect the development and implementation of entrepreneurial orientation in small and medium enterprises in Taiwan. It is also designed to examine the effects of leadersh...

one of the most important steps in policy making process is the implementation phase. unsuccessful implementation of complied policies especially industrial policies is one of the problems that almost all developing countries and developed ones, face with and they have paid irreparable costs for this problem too. the model for implementation of industrial policies in qom province presented in t...

This chapter explores the relation between the concepts of entrepreneurial universities (EU) within the framework of Smart Specialization Strategies (S3). The latter is arising as a new competitive paradigm and universities can be of great importance for its successful implementation because of their contribution both as a partner institution, policy actor and producer of knowledge and social c...

This paper is motivated by the reported poor performance of IS implementations. In contrast to the dominant emphasis on formal approaches such as structured methods, this paper takes a position drawing upon research in management science, organizational science and psychology. It focuses on key personal and organizational capabilities in the IS implementation project, and in particular, entrepr...

nowadays universities are keen to play a more effective role in the development of their societies. entrepreneurial education for enhancing entrepreneurial mentality in students is one of the new functions of universities and educational centers in meeting society's needs. so, an identification of entrepreneurial characteristics of students can help fostering goals of universities for plan...

Sweden has succeeded to maintain a high level of growth and development and has managed to sustain highly ranked position among the world’s developed countries. In this regard, Swedish universities are playing a vital role in supporting innovation and entrepreneurship at all levels and developing Swedish knowledge economy. This paper is aiming to draw on the experiences of two leading Swedish u...

Purpose: This article examines the significance of innovation to organisations following strategies of entrepreneurial orientation. In particular, the study looks at the significance innovation adds to the implementation of contemporary management control systems (MCSs) and to improved performance in these organisations. Design/methodology/approach: A quantitative analysis was conducted based o...

Entrepreneurship is widely recognized as a key factor in economic growth [Leibenstein, 1968]. Historical studies of commercialization a d industrialization suggest that the speed of "take off' is higher when entrepreneurs in related lines of activity work well together [Grassby, 1995]. In the aggregate, ntrepreneurs may work better as a cooperative network than as a collection of competitive in...