High-tech horticulture production methods (such as vertical farming, hydroponics and other related technology possibilities), combined with evolving market side possibilities (consumer’s willingness to pay for variety, food safety and security), are opening new ways to create and deliver value. In this …

The economic situation of Europe and growth of employment largely depends on small sized and medium sized enterprises that provides around 4 million jobs every year. Young people face increasing difficulties in finding jobs and therefore there is a pressing need to promote entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurial …

Twee jaar draaide het project Slim Organiseren in het MKB. Studenten en docent-onderzoekers gingen bij twintig bedrijven aan de slag om de bedrijfsvoering en de productieprocessen te verbeteren. Gaandeweg ontstond een duurzaam en stabiel bedrijvennetwerk. Film in het kader van het project Van Weten naar …

Conference report ´The Musician as Creative Entrepreneur´, Polifonia 3, The Hague (NL), 19-20/9/2014.

Congres 'Slim Organiseren in het MKB' georganiseerd door het Kenniscentrum Arbeid op 4 februari 2014. Hanzehogeschool Groningen april 2014.

This chapter proposes an integrated perspective on institutional work as ingenious actions of entrepreneurs for the purpose of opportunity development. Ingenuity refers to actions undertaken by entrepreneurs who work within ‘the institutional setting and uses this embeddedness by co-opting, coordinating, …

Aimforthemoon, a collective of young entrepreneurs who start ventures and carry out business development projects for experience entrepreneurs, was looking for an effective and focused brand identity as a way to structure their marketing and communication strategy. Using the archetypal theory of Carol …

This is a case study which discusses the journey of a successful Ethiopian dairy entrepreneur. It turned out that the inclusiveness of the small holder farmer into the chain with fair incentive sharing mechainsms and guarenteed market access made her chain more efficient, reliable and profitable.

In the nineties of the last century, a lot of (ICT) incubators started in the Netherlands, many private (GorillaPark, Ant Factory, Lost Boys and Newconomy), some public, such as Twinning. Most of them stopped early this century or gone bankrupt. From 2005 university incubators like YesDelft!, Erasmus …

By assessing four cases, this paper develops propositions about the transfer of employee oriented corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices within multinational SMEs. Specifically we explore whether an individual owner-manager can add value within a foreign subsidiary by means of normatively-based, …