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Proceedings of ECIE 2011
The 6th European Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
15-16 September 2011


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Volume 1

Paper Title

Author(s)

Page No.

Preface

 

viii

Programme Committee

 

ix

Biographies of Conference Chairs, Programme Chair, Keynote Speaker and Mini-track Chairs

 

xi

Biographies of contributing authors

 

xii

Strategizing Through Networking in Interplay With Aspired Positions

Lise Aaboen, Frida Lind and Anna Dubois

1

Identifying the Social and Cultural Factors that affect Teenager’s Entrepreneurial Readiness in Iran

Arezou Abasian, Mostafa Alimiri, and Amin Salari

 8

Assessing the use of M-Learning Support in a Higher Education Context: A Study Approach Based on Innovation Spreading

Steven Abrantes and Luis Borges Gouveia

13

Comparing the Approaches of two UK Universities to Teaching Business Enterprise

Nigel Adams and Joan Lockyer

24

Conceiving Science Policies’ Contribution to Regional Development: Evidence From Netherlands and Sweden

Antonios Aggelakis

33

Formalising Network Development in Manufacturing SMEs

Merja Airola, Erno Salmela and Ari Happonen

42

The Effect of TQM and R&D Capability on Innovation Performance

Ali Ekber Akgün et al

51

Social Technology Interaction for Innovation Generation in a Propelling Middle East Country: The Development of LINKING Oman Program

Abeer Al-Mukhaini, Luiza Sarayeddin Yaqoob Al-Farsi and Mohammed Al-Mughairi

61

Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East With More Emphasis on the Gulf Region

Mohammed Alsahlawi

68

Teaching Entrepreneurship to non Business Majors: The Case of EARTH University Constructivist Learning Approach

Irene Alvarado-Van der Laat  and Aloyce Lekuton

73

Strategy for Social Enterprises or Never Say Never

Christos Apostolakis

84

Teaching methods in entrepreneurship education: the case of business students in Iran

Zahra Arasti, Mansoreh Kiani Falavarjani and Narges Imanipour

92

From Technological Innovation to Innovation in Management Practices: The Case of Episkin®

Claire Auplat

98

Impact of PDDC in Promoting Entrepreneurship in Pakistan: A Case Study of Dairy Farmers

Farah Naz Baig and Saima Husain

104

Necessity versus Opportunity Immigrant Entrepreneurs: the Case of Argentineans in Spain.

Fabiola Baltar,  Aleix Gregori and Ignasi Brunet 

112

A Case Study of Entrepreneuring: Redesigning Technologies for a Commercially Viable Cancer Detection Product

Lynne Baxter and Cathie Wright

121

Linking Industry-University in Proximity: The Innovative Outcome of R&D Contracts in SMEs

Cristina Bayona-Sáez and Raquel González-Eransus

128

Dialogic Dissensus Approach – a Model for Research Based Facilitation of Innovation?

Jørgen Bloch-Poulsen

136

Stimulating / Blocking Factors of Female Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas of Western Romania

Elena Botezat

144

Jungian Archetypes, Social Entrepreneurs and the ‘Big Society’

Mary Brown

151

Ambiguity – A Useful Component of “Fuzziness” in new Product Development

Eric Brun

159

Workplace Related Determinants on Innovation Success and Characteristics

Cagri Bulut, Selin Gencturk and Duygu Seckin Halac

167

Does Really Innovative Work Behaviors of Emloyees Mediate the Innovative Performance Impacts of Intrapreneurship?

Cagri Bulut, Seray Begum Samur and Duygu Seckin Halac

173

Comparative Analysis of two Software Companies’ Performances Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Competitive Intelligence Tool

Alexandru Capatina and Dragos Cristea

183

The Influence of Triad Participants on the Competitiveness of Regions: the Zlín Region in Europe

Jaromír Černý

190

The Regional Cluster of SME’s in Romania

Gabriel Croitoru, Alexandru Badea, Florin Radu and Valentin Radu

197

The Role of the University in the Promotion of the Entrepreneurial Culture Under the Triple Helix Model

Isidro de Pablo et al

205

The Steps of an Organisational Routine’s Transformation: The Case of the Employee Driven Innovation Routine at the French National Railways Company (SNCF)

Carine Deslee

214

Beyond Entrepreneurial Education: The Access to Finance as an Obstacle to Female Entrepreneurship in Western Romania

Anca Dodescu, Alina Badulescu and Tomina Saveanu

225

Sensitive Innovation – How to Conceptualise Heterogenic and Intangible Innovation Processes

Katia Dupret Søndergaard

235

Innovative Practices and Success of Small Agro-Processing Enterprises in Ghana

Smile Dzisi and Faustina Aku Otsyina

242

Entrepreneurs and the Choice Process for Business Partners

Scott Erickson

250

Location Determining Factors of Rural and Urban Knowledge Intensive Business Services: Empirical Evidence

Cristina Fernandes, João Ferreira and Carla Marques

256

The Role of Business Opportunity Prototypes at the Recognition and Decision Stages of the Entrepreneurial Process

Sílvia Fernandes Costa, António Caetano and Susana Correia Santo

269

Exploring the Synergy Between Total Quality Management and Innovation

António Fernandes, Luís Lourenço and Maria Jose Silva

278

Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Small Businesses Owners: The Comparative Experiences of Women and Men

Sandra Fielden and Marilyn Davidson

285

An Entrepreneurship Training Program that works: Ahikaa

Dennis Foley, Ngatata Love and Catherine Love

292

Innovation Performance, Innovation Capacity and Growth in Small Enterprises: an Enterprise-Level Analysis

Helena Forsman

299

The Role of Networks for Small Technology-Based Firms

Mário Franco and Heiko Haase

309

Creating an Index of Local Software Economy Maturity: Driving Innovation and Productivity

Malcolm Fraser, Jennifer Harrison and Stephen Kelly

319

What we have Learned About Time in Corporate Entrepreneurship Research: Some Growth Recommendations From a Transition Economy

Bartłomiej Gabryś and Mariusz Bratnicki

327

Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Middle Belt States of Nigeria

Cephas Gbande,

337

Strategic Management in Public Enterprise Based on  a Corporate Entrepreneurship Model: The Nigerian Experience

Cephas Gbande and Helen Elena Jekelle-Mohammed

346

The role of Emotional Intelligence in the Entrepreneurial Intention of University Students

Parvaneh Gelard and Korosh EmamiSaleh

353

Modelling innovations in maternity care based upon uncertain evidence.

Alan Gillies, Alison Holbourn, and Karen Shawhan

362

Competitive Advantages of the Romanian Entrepreneurs in the Foreign Trade Sector

Adriana Giurgiu, Mihai Berinde and Adrian Negrea

368

The Models of Innovative Behaviour in Europe and Russia

Oleg Golichenko and Yulia Balycheva

378

A new Model of Factors That Influence Innovation Activities – Application to Basque Country Innovative Companies

Álvaro Gómez Vieites, Carlos Suárez Rey and Begoña Pereira Otero

388

Innovation and Competitive Advantage in Mexican Firms

Mario Gómez and José Carlos Rodríguez

400

Knowledge Management and Open Innovation in a Bioengineering Research Case

Manel González-Piñero et al

408

Social and Symbolic Capital in Firm Clusters: An Empirical Investigation of Relational Resources and Innovation Capabilities

Susanne Gretzinger and Susanne Royer

417

Innovation and regional economic development, in Romania – theoretical aspects

Corina Grigore

426

Impact of the Family and Non-Family Relational Capital on the Adoption of Innovation in Canadian Family Businesses: a Conceptual Model

Izold Guihur and Vivi Koff

429

New Generation of the University Strategy Formulation Processes to Achieve a Competitive Advantage in Egypt

Mahmoud Hassanin

436

Identifying Environmental Influencing Factors on the Growth of Research-Based Spin-Offs in Iran

Seyed Reza Hejazi, Atefeh Zolfaghari and Arta Farhoudi

446

A Multi-Faceted Approach to Innovation Capacity Building

John Howard

457

Social Entrepreneurship: Setting Boundaries for a Conceptual Framework

Xiaoti Hu, Regina Frank and Laurie Cohen

466

Building Technological Innovation Capabilities: Enhancing Technological Innovation Performance

Hüseyin İnce et al

476

Uncertainty in the Innovation Process

Harri Jalonen and Annina Lehtonen

486

Trends in Financial Services Delivery: Implications for a User-centric Mobile Banking Business Model

Esad Kadušić, Petar Bojović and Amela Žgalj

493

On the impact of entrepreneurship education: self-efficacy and shift in perceptions

Alexandros Kakouris

504

 

Volume 2

Paper Title

Author(s)

Page No.

The role of state in innovation to stimulate entrepreneurship: Emerging Countries Perspectives

Oskar Kayasan

510

The Fertile Synergy Between Artistic Experimentation and Scientific Research

Eva Kekou

518

Conceptions and Attitudes towards Social Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprises: The Case of Northern Greek For-Profit Companies

Panayiotis Ketikidis and Panagiotis Parcharidis

523

Entrepreneurship and the Dark Triad of Personality: How Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy Relate to Entrepreneurial Intention and Performance

Matthias Kramer  et al

534

The Hidden Dimensions of Cognition in the Production Processes of Innovation

Erwan Lamy and Noreen O’Shea

542

Chinese Returnee Entrepreneurs: The Essential Human Capital for a Chinese Innovative State

Nicholas Laroche et al

549

Is Your Open-Innovation Successful? The Moderating Role of the Human and Organizational Internal Context

Valentina Lazzarotti, Raffaella Manzini, and Luisa Pellegrini

558

Moderating Effects of Venture Types on Motivation and Venture Growth – Some Lessons From Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana’s Tourism Industry

Angela Lemaire and Hong-bumm Kim

569

China's Talent Policy towards Overseas Returnee Entrepreneurs: Origin, Trends and Impact

Kai Liu

578

How Small Enterprises Manage Resource Scarcity in their Product Innovation Processes

Lars Lofqvist

582

Tight time - to be or not to be Creative?

Eva Lovén

592

Commercialization of University Research: A View from the Social Science and Humanities

Manjari Maheshwari and Ranjana Bird

598

The Governance of International Enterprises Under the Influence of Innovative Phenomena

Simone Manfredi, Mirella Battista and Fabio Nappo

608

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Greece: Do Small and Medium Enterprises Innovate?

Maria Markatou

620

Research-Based Spin-Off Creation Models in Polish Economic Conditions

Adam Mazurkiewicz, Beata Poteralska and Urszula Wnuk

628

Service Innovation: A Smaller Firm Perspective

Edward McKeever, Sarah Jack and Danny Soetanto

636

A Study of IT Innovation Adoption and Entrepreneurship in Malaysia

Sedigheh Moghavvemi et al

645

Climar, S.A.: Entrepreneurship and “Design-driven Innovation”. A Case Study in the Lighting Business

José Monteiro-Barata

654

The Influence of Action in International Markets on Marketing Innovation: Study of Portuguese Firms

Jacinta Moreira and Maria José Silva

664

How Community Context Impacts the Entrepreneurial Process at Commercialization Challenged Universities

Peter Moroz, Kevin Hindle and Robert Anderson

672

Beyond Financial Performance and Corporate Greening: Mapping out the Research Field of Sustainability Entrepreneurship

Pablo Munoz and Dimo Dimov

683

Consumer Integration in the Innovation Process and Its Impact on the Success of Innovations

Ramazan Nacar and Sitki Gozlu

691

Absorptive Capacity as a Device for Entrepreneurship : A Primer on Firm-Level Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance

Emeran Nziali

699

The Issues surrounding the delivery of Entrepreneurship Education are evident at all levels of Education

Breda O’Dwyer and Clare Rigg

711

Peer Assessment: A Conduit for Developing Graduate Attributes?

Judy Pate et al

720

Innovation and Entrepreneurial Approach: A Sociological Contingency Explication of the Success in Traditional Sectors

Massimiliano Matteo Pellegrini

728

Entrepreneurship Development through Entrepreneurship Education with Special Emphasis on the Role of Business Incubators: Evidence from the Czech Republic

Petra Taušl Procházková and Michaela Horová

736

Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Economic Development: A Configuration Approach

Colin Reddy, Boris Urban and Ralph Hamann

741

Identification and Classification of Entrepreneurial Competencies Mapped With Human Personalities

Morteza Rezaei-Zadeh et al

752

The Organisation of Knowledge in High Technology-Based Firms: Evidence From the Emilia-Romagna Region

Ugo Rizzo and Francesco Nicolli

761

Patent Aggregating Companies: Motives, Activities and a Classification

Frauke Rüther, Nicole Ziegler and Martin Bader

769

Entrepreneurs as Agents of Change: Sustainable Innovation in the Dutch Construction Industry

Henk Schout, Damon Hassanpur Golriz and Saskia Harkema

777

Creating a Collaborative Learning Space Using Wikis:  Interaction in Enterprise Projects With International Student Groups

Anne Smith, Keith Halcro and Peter Duncan

786

Differentiating Between SMEs and Large Enterprises in External Knowledge Linkages

André Spithoven and Peter Teirlinck

794

Pedagogical Methods and Models for Entrepreneurship Education in Romania: Case study

Zsuzsanna Szabó and Liviu Marian

804

Strategic Creativity as a Strength in Microsized Enterprises

Tiina Tarvainen

811

Formal R&D Management , Research Collaboration and R&D Outsourcing in SMEs

Peter Teirlinck and André Spithoven

819

Strategy of the Future: Rising Stock Options Through Innovative Performance Measurement – is it Possible?

Yanka Todorova

826

Using the Balanced Scorecard and Forecasting Tools for Innovation Strategy Development

Yanka Todorova, Dimitar Birov, Elissaveta Gourova

831

Role of Intelligence Generation Activities in Building Legitimacy for Ideas in the Front-end of Innovation

Outi Vanharanta and Jaana Näsänen

836

Awakening Resilience! An Innovative Pedagogical Approach: Enculturated and Domain-Centered Learning

Christopher Walach

843

New Perspectives on Open Innovation: Sources of Openness for Innovation in UK high-tech SMEs

David Weiss

852

The Role of Standardization and Standards in the Context of Entrepreneurship: Conceptional Model and Insights from Case Studies

Simone Wurster and Knut Blind

860

Examination Into the Firm Without Fundamental Technology: A Case Study of Nintendo

Kiyohiro Yamazaki

873

Comparative Assessment of Entrepreneurs and Non-Entrepreneurs Cognitive Style Index

Mohammad Reza Zali, Saeed Rezaei Toroghi, and Maryam Mirzaei

881

Positive Leadership, Shared Values and Key Performance Indicators in the Pursuit of High Performance

Przemyslaw Zbierowski and Mariusz Bratnicki

890

Much Room to Foster the Motivation of Researchers: Evidence from Slovenia

Elizabeta Zirnstein

898

PhD Papers

 

907

Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs) role in Innovation Systems

Jaione Agirre Uranga and Antonio Gil Ruiz

909

Analyzing intellectual property rights: Current private reward system and alternative institutional solutions

Maiia Deutschmann

920

Toward a Theory of Indigenous Entrepreneurship in Screen Production

Ella Henry

930

Literature Review of Business Incubation

Søren Berg Jørgensen

939

Entrepreneurial Success Model of Services SMEs

Noor Hasni Juhdi

946

Application of Structural Equation Modelling to Assess the Impact of Entrepreneurial Characteristics on Students’ Entrepreneurial Intentions

Saeid Karimi, Harm Biemans, Thomas Lans, Zahra Arasti, Mohammad Chizari and Martin Mulder

954

An Investigation Into Small Business Activities of Croatian Migrants in Australia

Miro Ljubicic, John Breen and Santina Bertone

967

A Conceptual Framework of the Relationship Between Values and Small and Medium Entrepreneurs’ Export Intentions

Kim Hoe Looi , and Yusniza Kamarulzaman

975

A Framework Relating Innovation Strategy and Business Growth in Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)

Roopa  Nagaraju and.Elly Philpott

984

A Conceptual Framework of Agribusiness Product Development: Carrot, Stick or Both?

Sophie Payne-Gifford

997

Paving the Path for Innovation: the case of Romanian SMEs

Irina Purcarea and Marieta Olaru

1006

Innovation Capital and Firm’s Performance in Malaysian Public Companies

Azlina Rahim, Ruhaya Atan and Amrizah Kamaluddin

1013

Can Innovation be Institutionally-Driven?- The Case of Institutional Entrepreneurs in the Restructuration of the Mauritian Vegetable Supply Chain.

Brinda Ramasawmy and Fatiha Fort

1020

Technological Competence and Sustainable Competitive Advantage of Technology-Intensive SMEs - a Quantitative Approach

Birgit Stelzer and  Leo Brecht

1029

Firm Innovation and Role of Geography and Clusters in Bosnia-Herzegovina - Firm Level Insights

Amira Vejzagic-Ramhorst, Panayiotis Ketikidis and Robert Huggins

1040

Exploring the Role of Perceived Media Needs and Technology Characteristics in Determining Social Media Adoption: Conceptual Framework

Izzal Asnira Zolkepli and Yusniza Kamarulzaman

1048

Work in Progress

 

1057

How narrative structures entrepreneurial discovery

Adam  Bock and Gajendran Kandasamy

1059

Fostering Innovation in Product Design through Business Incubators in the Arab World

H Emhamad and L Arthur

1064

Importance of Entrepreneurial Activity for Entrepreneurial Orientation

Torsten Fiegler and Michael Schefczyk

1069

How to Support Innovation Process of SMEs in Metals Industry and Mechanical Engineering

Anneli Manninen, Jukka Laitinen and Tarja Meristö

1073

Innovative e-Tool for Construction SMEs: Enabling Collaborative Restoration of Old Buildings

Mikel Sorli, Alberto Armijo and Alfredo Soeiro

1077

 

 

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