... M&A deals Decentralized management Entrepreneurship Innovation Merger and acquisitions (M&As) appropriately structured can generate significant value for both the acquirer and the acquired firms. Yet the outcome of M&As is most often not successful because acquiring...

.... Findings The paper suggests that entanglement with the customers, value sharing based on a holistic win-win approach, organizational entrepreneurship alignment and continuous smart learning are four dimensions of criticality for designing an effective business ecosystem. These four dimensions nurture...

... a 2 × 2 framework outlining the different entrepreneurial contexts. This is done because even within entrepreneurship and small businesses, based on the digital nature of the business and the kind of data it handles, we would see a variation in cybersecurity needed. We then discuss risk management...

... practitioners regarding implementation. Section 4 concludes and offers extensions for future research. Innovation and entrepreneurship are crucial for organizations and individuals to address the major issues faced by humankind. They require an entrepreneurial mindset and an ability to overcome...

... Michael Braun can be contacted at: michael.braun@business.umt.edu © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Innovation Entrepreneurship Risk management Business models Value proposition Business model design Over the past decade...

... Product innovation Entrepreneurship Case study Cyber risk Since the first insurance contract, dating from over 600 years ago, the basic model of how insurance companies work has remained unchanged. Companies compensate clients financially against loss or damage from a specified event. Customers...

... Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Entrepreneurship Strategy Scale Mistakes Digital platform Launch The media attention surrounding the rise of platforms such as Facebook, Uber and Airbnb has motivated a storm of research...

... Publishing Limited 2013 Leadership Entrepreneurship Venture capital CEO succession Small and medium-sized enterprises Top management teams Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are important drivers of the economy: not only do they create between 65 and 80 percent of all new jobs...