Both research and practice acknowledge that an increasing number of business models are realized by multiple organizations in innovation ecosystems. Little research addresses how organizations develop these business models jointly over time and balance the tensions that occur from the divergent goals …

Annual conference EU project REFRAME

Lezing over de voortgang van het lopende onderzoek op de herbouw van de regionale voedselketen REFRAME.

This document focuses on the Bottom-up Business Opportunity (BUBO) method developed by the Knowledge Center Biobased Economy (KCBBE) of the Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen as part of the Interreg North Sea PERISCOPE program1. In short, the PERISCOPE program includes the start of a permanent …

The future of the business sector for students in higher education is uncertain. The reasons for this are technological developments, the effects of globalisation and the shifting of business models (Brynjolfsson & McAfee, 2014; Helbing, 2014). The consequences of digitalisation and robotisation are …

Across Western Europe, the emphasis has shifted from physical manufacturing to the development of ideas, new products and creative processes. This has become known as the knowledge economy. While much has been written about this concept, so far there has been little focus on the role of the city. Bringing …

Met dit opdrachtenboek wordt een brug geslagen tussen het onderwijs en externe bedrijven met onderzoeksvragen. In deze tweede versie van het IWP-opdrachtenboek in het kader van het IWP/Krachtig MKB van het Kenniscentrum Biobased Economy (KC BBE) en het Instituut voor Life Sciences & Technology (ILST) …

Understanding the changing landscapes of business and the need for new strategies

Aligning project partners

According to some, developing a strategy results in producing a paper report, that does not ft the nature of SMEs. They are used to adapting pragmatically to changes. However, shifts in the economy and society are now so great that neither plans nor pragmatism is suffcient to survive. Many SMEs show …