The emergence of exponential technologies, along with the affirmation of a collective intelligence paradigm, is creating new competitive pressures and entrepreneurial opportunities for organizations aiming to generate a spectrum of diverse outputs ranging from product innovation to large-scale corporate …

In dynamic and competitive environment, the importance of innovation is accepted as a necessary ingredients for firms to create value and sustain competitive advantage. However, very little empirical research has specifically addressed to what extent different kinds of innovation rely on specific knowledge …

Een transitie naar een Circulaire Economie kan een oplossing betekenen voor bedrijfsleven en consument om de ecologische voetafdruk drastisch te verkleinen. Deze transitie staat echter nog in de kinderschoenen. Terwijl bedrijven misschien vinden dat ze duurzaam denken en doen, opereren ze vaak nog vanuit …

As part of the EU project TraCS3 this report is ther product of an analysis of the innovation capacity of the universitry of applied sciences Hanzehogeschool and its effects on sme's in the region Groningen

The research concerned semi-dyadic relations in SMEs and large companies that managed innovative suppliers in New Zealand construction supply chains. It explored effects of (independent) company variables on (mediating) procurement management variables, and also the effects of these variable types on …

Visual Thinking (VT) is concerned with the use of visual resources (diagrams, simple drawings, short texts) to represent, organize or communicate ideas or contents. VT aims to favor the understanding of concepts to `translate' to a visual representation a content or process. Lower thinking skills to …

Het winkellandschap in Nederland verandert in steeds sneller tempo. En de binnensteden veranderen mee. Door de voortschrijdende digitalisering ontstaan nieuwe manieren van communiceren en leveren. Nieuwe generaties zoals millennials (20-40 jaar) en nieuwe ouderen tonen een ander winkelgedrag dan voorgaande …

Are migrant entrepreneurs innovative with their business ideas and practices? The introduction of novel business ideas would provide migrant entrepreneurs with a cutting edge advantage against competitors, but the research about this topic is thin on the ground. I propose that the opportunity of migrant …

Rob van Haren is lector van de lectoraten Transitie Bioeconomie en Art & Sustainability. Het onderzoek binnen Transitie Bioeconomie richt zich op drie thema's: Transitie groen ondernemerschap; Transitie groene procestechnologie en ingredienten en Transitie groene producten. Binnen deze onderzoekslijnen …

From the article: Globalization and technological innovation has led to an increasing competition between telecommunication service providers and has eroded traditional product- and service-based differentiation. One way to gain a competitive advantage is to create distinctiveness by improving customer …