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The development of Local Innovation Systems and firm performance: empirical evidence from the South of Italy
No full textThe entrepreneurial ecosystem governance: Evolution of policy and roles
No full textDespite the popularity of the entrepreneurial ecosystem literature, scholars have almost overlooked and largely ignored policies that regional institutions deploy to grow their entrepreneurial ecosystems. The paper explores the nature of policies and programs that drive entrepreneurial ecosystems and shows how these changes overtime with the ecosystem evolution. The study represents an original attempt in clustering policy measures during entrepreneurial ecosystem's evolution. Evidence is taken from the Campania entrepreneurial ecosystem (South of Italy) and shows that a blend of top-down and bottom-up approaches are beneficial for the Campania ecosystem evolution. In addition, we identify three roles played by the regional institution along with three phases of ecosystem evolution: set-upper, dirigist and broker
What drives technology transitions? An integration of different approaches within transition studies
No full textThis paper aims to provide a deeper understanding of transition drivers by reviewing four major strands of inquiry in transition studies: Multi Level Perspective (MLP); Strategic Niche Management (SNM); Transition Management (TM); Technological Innovation Systems (TIS). To the best of our knowledge, none of these contributions have so far provided a clear-cut classification of main drivers of transitions, as evidenced by the difficulty of practitioners in reaching goals as entrepreneurs, or policy makers in supporting economic growth. We believe that these theoretical streams share views relating the origin and drivers of transitions and that the analysis of the multi-level developments and systemic sub-processes by using the Integrative Propositional Analysis (IPA) allows for a more comprehensive identification of transition drivers. By mapping causal relationships within each perspective and by developing an integrative framework that takes in due account of overlaps between theories, we derived a new conceptual structure for the identification of transitions’ drivers
Near or far? The role of micro-geographic distance in inter-organizational relationships in local innovation ecosystems
Full text linkNear or far? How geographic distance affects the inter-organizational relationships in local innovation systems.
No full textSustainability Reporting and Firms’ Economic Performance: Evidence from Asia and Africa
Full text linkGiven the increasing concern for the global environmental issues and the relating need for preservation of the ecosystem, sustainability reporting has become more and more important, to both developed and developing economies, sparking the interest of the literature. This study primarily aims to investigate the factors that influence the adoption of new sustainability reporting practices and external assurance. Also, this paper examines the relationship between the reporting activity and firms’ economic performance. The paper combines data from the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) Sustainability Disclosure Database and the Orbis database, from Bureau van Dijk. More specifically, the study uses two logit models and one regression model based on a sample of 366 large Asian and African companies which have addressed the SDGs in their sustainability reports published in 2017. The results reveal that operating in the manufacturing sector and having a higher percentage of women directors in the company’s management structure are positively related to the adoption of sustainability reporting and external assurance. Also, operating in the manufacturing sector leads to better firms’ economic performance. Contrarily from previous studies, the age of the company’s board of directors does not have influences on the use of sustainability reporting. This research contributes to the sustainability issues in the context of emerging markets by explaining the driving factors behind it and its linkage with firms’ performance
Institutional entrepreneurs and socio-institutional changes in Medellín, Colombia
Full text linkDuring a period of regional structural change, the socio-institutional structure and the techno-economic structure are temporarily decoupled due to the relative inertia of the former compared with the rapid changes in the latter. The lag in the coevolution of the socio-institutional and techno-economic structures generates inefficiencies and instabilities, causing transitional failure. In exploring the rationale for policy intervention, this paper examines the actors that aim to influence socio-institutional changes in Medellín, Colombia. It finds that the private sector, under the informal leadership of the Grupo Empresarial Antioqueño, has played the role of institutional entrepreneurs to influence socio-institutional changes. In regions located on the knowledge periphery, in which the socio-institutional structure has not yet fully coevolved with the novel techno-economic structure, policy-makers can induce socio-institutional changes by learning from regions that have already transitioned to the novel techno-economic paradigm
Determinants in adopting the Internet of Things in the transport and logistics industry
No full textThis work assesses the factors affecting a firm's adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the transport and logistics (T&L) industry. This study uses mixed methods research to explore the determinants of IoT. First, we gathered information on firms’ structural characteristics through a questionnaire. Then, we used an OLS regression analysis to determine which factors drive IoT adoption. The results suggested that the level of IoT technologies’ adoption within firms in T&L is positively affected by firm size, the firm's absorptive capacity, and entrepreneurs’ perception of the benefits of related technologies. Implications and limitations of the study are also provided
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