...Rotem Shneor, Jan Inge Jenssen and Tiia Vissak; Lasse Torkkeli; Olli Kuivalainen; Sami Saarenketo; Kaisu Puumalainen Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how network competence is related to the growth of domestic and international SMEs originating from the Nordic region. Business...

... and experienced entrepreneurs may suffer from the liability of smallness, but novices more so than experienced entrepreneurs because of the latter group’s previously established reputation in the industry environment. Furthermore, young firms tend to have smaller and less diverse networks than larger and more...

... at: monikagolonka@kozminski.edu.pl © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Competitive strategy Networking Communication technologies Managers One of managers’ responses to environmental uncertainty (Knight, 1921 ; Spender, 2014) of modern business and increasingly unstable settings (Kreiser...

... Hospitality management Networking All over the world, firms are forming alliances (Crotts et al., 2000 ; Das and Teng, 1998, 2000 ; Gulati, 1998 ; Zollo et al., 2002 ; Chen and Chen, 2003). The sharp increase in alliances has been attributed to firms adopting this strategy...

...Vesa Harmaakorpi; Harri Niukkanen Purpose The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of network leadership in meeting the requirements for regional development networks imposed by the network society. Design/methodology/approach A new framework of three different archetypes...

...Tõnu Roolaht Purpose The purpose is to show the interconnections between the management style of an internationally expanding company and the pattern of its network connections, while incorporating the company size and corporate traditions as secondary determinants. Design/methodology/approach...