...Sha Xu; Jie He; Alastair M. Morrison; Xiaohua Su; Renhong Zhu Purpose Drawing from resource orchestration theory, this research proposed an integrative model that leverages insights into counter resource constraints and uncertainty in start-up business model innovation (BMI). It investigated...

...Mohammed Almansour Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the food and beverage sector very severely. The complete breakdown of the supply chain and lack of customers was particularly challenging for start-ups in the industry. Those that survived were the ones who made a timely and smooth...

... and proactive management are more effective in triggering innovation. Design/methodology/approach Research reported in this paper employs constructivist grounded theory, Gioia methodology, and the abductive approach. The data collected through semi-structured interviews administered to 20 Italian start-up...

... and bankrupted soon after receiving substantial state support (Lukeš, 2017). On the other hand, there are also good cases of top start-ups, such as Kiwi.com, that quickly scaled internationally after receiving support from the publicly funded infrastructure. Even so, incubators’ performance has not been...

...Muhammad Usman; Wim Vanhaverbeke Purpose Open innovation in start-ups is a relatively unexplored field and studies focusing on collaborative innovation between start-ups with large companies seen from the former’s point of view are virtually inexistent. The authors address this gap...

...Francesca Michelino; Antonello Cammarano; Emilia Lamberti; Mauro Caputo Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a methodological framework for evaluating the impact of open innovation (OI) adoption on start-up ventures at the knowledge domain level, taking into account the technological...

...Richard A. Hunt Purpose Existing theories of innovation posit a split between incremental innovations produced by large incumbents and radical innovations produced by entrepreneurial start‐ups. The purpose of this paper is to present empirical evidence challenging this foundational assumption...