...Claudia Yáñez-Valdés Purpose Technological entrepreneurship is distinguished from other types of initiatives by its innovative characteristics and rapid growth, as well as by the high uncertainty it faces, both in terms of investment cost and capacity for continuous adaptation. The purpose...

.... Three dimensions of barriers and facilitators were considered – individuals, socio‐organizational processes, and technology. Regarding both barriers and facilitators, but mainly barriers, the findings suggest that researchers are more sensitive to the “soft” aspects of knowledge management (i.e...

... for future research are also highlighted. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Latin America Cultural invariance Behaviour Technology BIRDS OF A FEATHER? A Test of Cultural Homogeneity Among a Sample of Latin American Countries OTMAR E. VARELA, SOFIA ESQUEDA, AND OLIVIA PEREZ ABSTRACT...

... and technology and, at other times, they exercise agency to circumvent those constraints. The differences in organizational development are explained with the concept of bricolage and the structural characteristics that facilitate its occurrence. A culture supportive of learning and perceptions of psychological...

...Giovanni Valentini; Maria Chiara Di Guardo The paper explores the impact of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) on technological performance. We posit that the post‐acquisition technological performance is positively related to the technological combination potential of the merging firms...

... to establish and govern them. Knowledge management tools often include cultural, structural strategic, and technological factors. It is necessary to realize, however, that learning complexities and singularities (Shrivastava, 1983) make the recognition of these knowledge management tools, as well...