...Céline Bérard; Hélène Delerue Purpose This paper aims to examine the effect of national culture on the capacity of small and medium‐sized biotechnology enterprises to protect their intellectual assets by analysing the mediator role of environmental scanning behaviour. The extent to which...

... than as a replacement. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Chinese people Entrepreneurs National cultures China Interpersonal relations China is often viewed as a traditional society imbued with a unique culture and where this traditional and conservative way (Tan, 2002...

... Networking National cultures Strategy Ethnography Small firms Information on “professional management” processes is important for providing owner‐managers with ideas and visions for developing their business. Owner‐managers need to carefully evaluate when, why (or if) “professional...

... theorising and research would be stronger, achieving closer relations with other social science disciplines. Idea generation Knowledge transfer Small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises National cultures © MCB UP Limited 2000 ...