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This research responds to calls for research on the relationship between social enterprises (SEs) and the environment (Bacq & Janssen, 2011), establishing linkage between entrepreneurial behaviour and the context (Welter, 2011; Zahra & Wright, 2011) and examining the effect of i…

Small businesses, particularly growing small businesses, are regarded by policy makers and academics alike as being important sources of wealth creation, employment generation and innovation. Yet, few small businesses grow. One potential way of explaining why so many businesses …

This dissertation consists of three essays broadly centering on external changes and how organizations respond to these change by altering themselves. My investigations focus on knowledge transfer and innovation related firm responses with an emphasis on firms¿ especially, Multi…

The entry of China into the globalized world and onto the stage of the global automarket has presented auto manufacturers with the largest ever market opportunity. While global competitive forces drive firms to develop product innovation through their global supply chains, the a…