SME roles in modular value chains : perspectives for growth and innovativeness

Objective: The aim of the paper is to present modular value chains (MVCs) as a technological and organisational phenomenon that affects industrial organisation and innovation, and to identify the characteristics and types of SME positions (roles) in modular value chains that are associated with innovation development and growth. Research Design & Methods: The study employs two methods, which are literature review and a multiple-case study approach based on two SMEs in the IT industry of which one acts as an independent innovator generating proprietary solutions and the other one is a supplier of production capacity in the area of lower to medium value-adding solutions. Findings: SME roles in modular value chains range from lowest-tire subcontractors in captive or market-based governance to major roles typical of large players in modular governance, e.g., quasi-lead firms and quasi-contract manufacturers. The latter two roles are associated with innovation and high growth. Implications & Recommendations: The recommendations as to the role of public policy and geographical context are provided regarding how to facilitate SMEs' integration into MVCs with a focus on innovativeness and expansion. The question for further research is whether the roles identified in the case studies can be treated as SME-specific models of participation in modular value chains, or are they only development stages of growth SMEs towards the roles of large firms - leader firms and contract manufacturers (system integrators). Contribution & Value Added: The paper contributes by identifying the roles that SMEs can play in modular value chains and by identifying governance arrangements that SMEs apply to accomplish innovation and high growth

The fintech transformation of banking : governance dynamics and socio-economic outcomes in spatial contexts

Objective: The objective of the article is to identify and systemize the governance dynamics and related socioeconomic consequences of the fintech transformation in banking, while acknowledging spatial contexts. Research Design & Methods: The research framework comprised Global Production Networks (GPN), Global Value Chain (GVC), and co-evolutionary approaches to guide a systematic literature review in the Scopus, Web of Science, and Taylor & Francis databases for 2016-2021. The final sample comprised 76 sources that became the basis for selective coding and the synthesis of the results. Findings: Fintech impacted banking governance by creating a dual and interrelated system of global financial networks and a ‘mosaic’ of territorial financial ecologies and ecosystems, where incumbent banks held an important but not exclusive position. The fintech-enhanced governance transformations had both positive socioeconomic effects (improved efficiency, expanded range of services, and inclusion of unbanked or under-served customers) and negative effects (over-indebtedness, surveillance, and exclusion of some customers). Wider socio-economic consequences refered to sustainable development and changes in economic and social behaviour. Implications & Recommendations: A research framework and agenda for future studies related to the dynamics of fintech-driven governance in banking have been elaborated. The article derives the immediate and wider economic and social consequences of fintech-driven transformations. The results can also be applied in public policies oriented towards sustainable socio-economic development. Contribution & Value Added: The study provides theoretical and policy-relevant contributions. Firstly, it broadens the research on the transformation of banking governance in the spatial context. Secondly, it contributes theoretically by proposing a research framework of GVC and GPN governance augmented by a co-evolutionary perspective. Thirdly, the article informs policy that seeks financial inclusion for cohesive and sustainable development

Exploring regional innovation policies and regional industrial transformation from a coevolutionary perspective : the case of Małopolska, Poland

This article aims to explain the role of regional innovation policies in regional industrial transformation (RIT) from a coevolutionary perspective. The empirical basis is the case study of Małopolska, a Polish region undergoing an industrial transformation in parallel with the launch and development of its innovation policies after the EU accession in 2004. To accomplish its purpose, our research extends the common coevolutionary theoretical framework with interaction mechanisms (IMs), that is, the outcome-oriented processes underlying policy-industry mutual influences, and thus explaining their coevolution. IMs allow us to better understand the reciprocal roles of policy and industry, and the major paths in industrial development and policy approach. The role of innovation policy in the Małopolska RIT can be described as predominantly accommodating and complementing industrial change with some level of proactive promotion of new industrial opportunities. Moreover, we observe reciprocal relationships with regional industry, rather than the unidirectional influence of this policy. This dynamic interaction enabled the evolution of policy to balance the exploitative and explorative approaches to industrial development

Georg Knoff’s Collection in Gdańsk: Remarks on Collecting and Disseminating Printed Music

Georg Knoff, patricij iz mesta Gdansk, je proti koncu 16. stoletja ustvaril zbirko 267 glasbenih tiskov večinoma beneškega izvora. Avtor te razprave predvideva, da je Knoff glasbene tiske pridobival po poti neposrednih stikov z Benetkami. Zbirka očitno ni bila namenjena izvajanju glasbe, temveč bolj izrazu Knoffovega družbenega položaja.Georg Knoff, a patrician from Gdańsk, amassed towards the end of the sixteenth century a collection of 267 music prints, the majority of them originating from Venice. The author puts forward the hypothesis that Knoff obtained the editions by making use of direct contacts with Italy. The aim of the collection was not so much to provide repertory for performance as to emphasize Knoff’s social status

Višeglasje iz 15. i 16. stoljeća u gradualu Franjevačkog samostana na Badiji kraj Korčule

The Music Archive of the Franciscan Monastery in Dubrovnik holds a Gradual de sanctis (MS XII), containing short polyphonic compositions. Of particular interest is the two-part setting of the introit In medio ecclesie, written in black mensural notation during the first half of the fifteenth century. The manuscript also contains four-part Mass responses belonging to the current of simple polyphony, dating from the sixteenth century. The author puts forward arguments for the view that these entries were made in one of the Dominican monasteries in the territory of the Republic of Dubrovnik. The manuscript then found its way to the Franciscan monastery on the island of Badija near Korčula, and was moved to Dubrovnik after the Second World War.Glazbeni arhiv franjevačkog samostana Male braće u Dubrovniku čuva i fond ukinutog franjevačkog samostana s otoka Badije kraj Korčule. Među njegovim rukopisnim kodeksima nalazi se i gradual de sanctis (MS XII), koji sadrži kratke višeglasne kompozicije. Osobito je zanimljiv dvoglasni introit In medio ecclesie, ispisan crnom menzuralnom notacijom tijekom prve polovice 15. stoljeća, kojim započinju mise za sv. Ivana Krstitelja (fol. 5r) i sv. Dominika (fol. 42r). Pripada kategoriji musica figurata i nesumnjivo se rabio u liturgiji u prigodi neke važne svečanosti, najvjerojatnije one za sv. Dominika. Tenor ove kompozicije sastoji se od nepromijenjene gregorijanske melodije, a diskant je vođen u ornamentiranom kontrapunktu u tempus perfectum s uporabom četiriju ritamskih vrijednosti, brevis, semibrevis, minima i semiminima. U ovom rukopisu nalaze se također četveroglasni odgovori u misama koji spadaju u jednostavnu polifoniju iz 16. stoljeća, a sastoje se od kratkih formula uglazbljenih u tehnici nota contra notam. Ova vrsta višeglasja vezana je uz oralnu tradiciju, a njezina zabilježba u ovome kodeksu posljedično očituje neke pogrješke u vođenju dionica i uporabi bijele menzuralne notacije. Autor postavlja tezu da su svi ovi dodatci napravljeni i ispisani u jednom od dominikanskih samostana na teritoriju Dubrovačke Republike. (Cijeli rukopis se potom našao u posjedu franjevačkog samostana na otoku Badiji kraj Korčule, odakle je nakon Drugog svjetskog rata prenesen u Dubrovnik.) Višeglasne kompozicije u ovom gradualu na taj način potvrđuju pretpostavku, da su dominikanci imali važnu ulogu u širenju polifonije na području Dalmacije. Kao jedno od najstarijih pronađenih višeglasnih djela na teritoriju Hrvatske, In medio ecclesie ispunjava prazninu između benediktinskog kartulara iz Zadra (Codex Jadrensis) iz 13. stoljeća i polifonijskih uglazbljenja Benedicamus domino, datiranih u 15/16. st., iz Starog Grada na Hvaru. Gradual de sanctis (MS XII) zaslužuje daljnje podrobnije liturgičko i muzikologijsko istraživanje, a ovaj članak obrađuje i izvješćuje tek o početnim rezultatima istraživanja

Strategic entrepreneurship : essence and definition

The aim of the paper is to discuss the essence of strategic entrepreneurship and some relationships between entrepreneurship and strategic management. Strategic entrepreneurship is a relatively new concept of management, derived from entrepreneurship and strategic management. The existing scientific achievements of strategic entrepreneurship has largely theoretical in nature, and the practice is not yet well understood. The article attempts to understand the essence of strategic entrepreneurship and review the proposed definitions by different researchers. The article was based on an analysis of subject literature and research on strategic entrepreneurship

The performance of high-growers and regional entrepreneurial ecosystems : a research framework

Objective: The objective of this research is to elaborate a framework that explores the relationships between the performance of high-growth enterprises and the characteristics of regional entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs). Research Design & Methods: This conceptual article adopts a multidimensional and profiling approach to the characteristics of EEs. The methodology is based on the combined narrative and systematic literature reviews. Findings: Five propositions as to the relationship between growth and performance of firms in the regional context, as well as to the impact of various regional profiles on the growth and profitability of firms were elaborated. The final outcome of this synthesis is a research framework. Implications & Recommendations: The implication of the proposed framework includes the development of testable hypotheses for further empirical investigation. The recommendation is to adopt a profiling method of assessing the effect of EEs. Contribution & Value Added: The research contributes by setting out a direction for empirical studies that would test the impact of EE profiles and result in their quantitative taxonomies. The value added consists in reflecting the heterogeneity of EEs and their output evaluation rather than input characteristics

Višeglasje iz 15. i 16. stoljeća u gradualu Franjevačkog samostana na Badiji kraj Korčule

The Music Archive of the Franciscan Monastery in Dubrovnik holds a Gradual de sanctis (MS XII), containing short polyphonic compositions. Of particular interest is the two-part setting of the introit In medio ecclesie, written in black mensural notation during the first half of the fifteenth century. The manuscript also contains four-part Mass responses belonging to the current of simple polyphony, dating from the sixteenth century. The author puts forward arguments for the view that these entries were made in one of the Dominican monasteries in the territory of the Republic of Dubrovnik. The manuscript then found its way to the Franciscan monastery on the island of Badija near Korčula, and was moved to Dubrovnik after the Second World War.Glazbeni arhiv franjevačkog samostana Male braće u Dubrovniku čuva i fond ukinutog franjevačkog samostana s otoka Badije kraj Korčule. Među njegovim rukopisnim kodeksima nalazi se i gradual de sanctis (MS XII), koji sadrži kratke višeglasne kompozicije. Osobito je zanimljiv dvoglasni introit In medio ecclesie, ispisan crnom menzuralnom notacijom tijekom prve polovice 15. stoljeća, kojim započinju mise za sv. Ivana Krstitelja (fol. 5r) i sv. Dominika (fol. 42r). Pripada kategoriji musica figurata i nesumnjivo se rabio u liturgiji u prigodi neke važne svečanosti, najvjerojatnije one za sv. Dominika. Tenor ove kompozicije sastoji se od nepromijenjene gregorijanske melodije, a diskant je vođen u ornamentiranom kontrapunktu u tempus perfectum s uporabom četiriju ritamskih vrijednosti, brevis, semibrevis, minima i semiminima. U ovom rukopisu nalaze se također četveroglasni odgovori u misama koji spadaju u jednostavnu polifoniju iz 16. stoljeća, a sastoje se od kratkih formula uglazbljenih u tehnici nota contra notam. Ova vrsta višeglasja vezana je uz oralnu tradiciju, a njezina zabilježba u ovome kodeksu posljedično očituje neke pogrješke u vođenju dionica i uporabi bijele menzuralne notacije. Autor postavlja tezu da su svi ovi dodatci napravljeni i ispisani u jednom od dominikanskih samostana na teritoriju Dubrovačke Republike. (Cijeli rukopis se potom našao u posjedu franjevačkog samostana na otoku Badiji kraj Korčule, odakle je nakon Drugog svjetskog rata prenesen u Dubrovnik.) Višeglasne kompozicije u ovom gradualu na taj način potvrđuju pretpostavku, da su dominikanci imali važnu ulogu u širenju polifonije na području Dalmacije. Kao jedno od najstarijih pronađenih višeglasnih djela na teritoriju Hrvatske, In medio ecclesie ispunjava prazninu između benediktinskog kartulara iz Zadra (Codex Jadrensis) iz 13. stoljeća i polifonijskih uglazbljenja Benedicamus domino, datiranih u 15/16. st., iz Starog Grada na Hvaru. Gradual de sanctis (MS XII) zaslužuje daljnje podrobnije liturgičko i muzikologijsko istraživanje, a ovaj članak obrađuje i izvješćuje tek o početnim rezultatima istraživanja