Global Opportunities for Entrepreneurial Growth

Through 24 chapters, researchers working in various business fields around the world consider theoretical and practical elements of business concepts and models involved in international business and the cooperative interactions among businesses in conjunction with competition. They explore the value of “coopetition” in entrepreneurial internationalization and business development, the process of knowledge flows, and organizational sustainability for coopetitive entrepreneurship. They address innovation and entrepreneurship, knowledge management and learning, organizational sustainability and growth, politics and regulation, and economic, technological, and social development. They examine whether innovation is different across sectors and disciplines, to discover emerging patterns, factors, triggers, catalysts, and accelerators to innovation and their impact on research, practice, and policy. They discuss the concept of coopetition, the coexistence of both collaborative and competitive forces in interorganizational settings, and a new way of thinking for accelerating the innovation process and generating greater value; the temporal dimension of multinational enterprises; entrepreneurial initiatives and the basic traits of knowledge management in business development; the role of transformational leadership, technicality and entrepreneurship, and innovativeness in going international; knowledge-based entrepreneurship formation; the internationalization process of Internet of Things firms; and coopetitive aspects of international brand licensing. Further chapters cover knowledge flows and dynamics for organizational performance and coopetitive entrepreneurship through innovative and technological strategies, including intangible assets, specific knowledge and knowledge-related assets, interface features, establishing a startup, mobile phone innovation, and digital food hubs as disruptive business models, and a framework involving the World Trade Organization, sustainability, and green growth.

• Chapter 1: Introduction - Stavros Sindakis and Panagiotis TheodorouSection A: Coopetition, Entrepreneurial Internationalization, and Business DevelopmentChapter 2: Effectuated Innovation Process in Entrepreneurial Firms: A Conceptual Model - Jacky F. L. Hong and Xi ZhaoChapter 3: A Time Use Perspective on Entrepreneurial Initiatives in the Multinational Enterprise - Christopher Williams and Wendelien van EerdeChapter 4: Business Model Used in Companies Representing Creative Industries - Mieczysław MorawskiChapter 5: Entrepreneurial SMEs Surviving in the Era of Globalisation: Critical Success Factors - Hee Song Ng and Daisy Mui Hung KeeChapter 6: Hidden Champions from Small Catching up Country: Leveraging Entrepreneurial Orientation, Organizational Capabilities and Global Networks - Monika Petraite and Vytaute DlugoborskyteChapter 7: Internet of Things” Firms and New Patterns of Internationalization - Valerio VeglioChapter 8: Coopetition through International Luxury Brand Licensing: Burberry in Japan - Kenichi OhkitaSection B: Knowledge Flows and Coopetitive Entrepreneurship for Organizational SustainabilityKnowledge Dynamics and Flows for Organisational PerformanceChapter 9: Coopetition and Knowledge Dynamics: Knowledge Creation and Management for Growth - Stavros Sindakis, Sakshi Aggarwal and Panagiotis TheodorouChapter 10: Managing Coopetition in Knowledge-based Industries - Frédéric Le Roy, Anne-Sophie Fernandez and Paul Chiambaretto Chapter 11: Knowledge Dynamics and Resource Efficiency in International Business Relations - Francesco Rizzi, Chiara Pellegrini and Niccolò TodaroChapter 12: Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Leakage in Dyadic Coopetitive Alliances involving SMEs - Tatbeeq Raza-Ullah and Jessica ErikssonChapter 13: External Knowledge Sources and Knowledge Integration Mechanisms for Organizational Performance: Evidence from Italian SMEs - Daria SartiCoopetitive Entrepreneurship through Innovative and Technological StrategiesChapter 14: Predicting Strategic Actions Across Industry Sectors: The Role of Intangible Dynamics - G. Scott Erickson and Helen N. RothbergChapter 15: University-Industry Interface: Open and Dynamic Business Models to Reduce Spin-offs Risk of Failure - Angelo Corallo, Fabrizio Errico, Laura Fortunato, Maria Elena Latino and Marta Menegoli Chapter 16: From Apps to Start-ups: Success Factors for New Entries in Open Data Ecosystem - Fotis Kitsios and Maria KamariotouChapter 17: Accelerating Innovation in the UAE: The 3i Framework - Alexandros Papaspyridis and Tatiana ZalanChapter 18: Mobile Phone Innovation and Technology-driven Exports in Sub-Saharan Africa - Simplice A. AsonguChapter 19: Digital Food Hubs as Disruptive Business Models Based on Coopetition and “Shared Value” for the Sustainability in the Agri-food Sector - Giaime Berti, Catherine Mulligan and Han YapSection C: Politics, Ecology, and Social Scopes on Coopetition and GrowthChapter 20: World Trade Organisation and Stimulating Innovation: An Outline Approach Towards Growth in the Chinese Market - Panagiotis TheodorouChapter 21: Sustainability and Knowledge Dynamics in Entrepreneurial Growth: Evidence from Internationalizing Finnish SMEs - Lasse Torkkeli, Maria Uzhegova, Hanna Salojärvi and Sami SaarenketoChapter 22: Building Green Growth and Entrepreneurship in the Pacific through Knowledge and Innovation - Evanthie ΜichalenaChapter 23: Discussing Practical and Educational Challenges in Teaching Circular Economy - Helen KopninaChapter 24: Conclusion - Stavros Sindakis and Panagiotis Theodorou