The Triple Helix model for regional development and innovation : context of Nordic countries

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Hybrid Entrepreneurship : How and Why Entrepreneurs Combine Employment with Self-Employment

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Partner Selection for Open Innovation

In this article, we consider open innovation from the perspectives of: i) causation and effectuation, and ii) social networking. Our empirical evidence consists of a case study of a late-stage open-innovation project aimed at creating a hybrid ship that uses liquid natural gas and hydrogen as power sources. The results show that the effectuation approach is preferable to open innovation when the initiator of open innovation aims to keep sensitive information inside the closed group, when the initiator has established an effective team of representatives from other firms from earlier innovation projects, and when the participants are geographically close

ATTITUDE TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG STUDENTS : TESTING A MEASUREMENT SCALE

The overwhelming goal of the research is to evaluate the attitudes and behaviours of youth towards sustain-ability issues and sustainable entrepreneurship. The current paper reflects the results of the first research stage and aims at testing a measurement scale that consists of three groups of items: 1) statements about environmental attitudes and behaviours, 2) general intention to start a sustainable business, 3) intention to start a social business in the field of the circular economy. The reliability analysis to measure the internal consistency of the scale was performed in SPSS environment, using Cronbach alpha. A focus group discussion was organized among business students to evaluate the perceived quality of the questionnaire.publishersversionPeer reviewe

Attitudes Towards Sustainable Entrepreneurship among Students : A Pilot Study in Latvia and Lithuania

Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Jelena Titko et al.Sustainable economic development is driven by sustainable entrepreneurial activities, generated by the personal attitudes of entrepreneurs. The present and future of sustainable entrepreneurship are shaped by the youth, including students, which is why it is important to understand their attitudes towards this type of entrepreneurship. Therefore, the key goal of the research is to evaluate the attitudes and behaviours of the youth towards sustainability issues and sustainable entrepreneurship. The current article reflects the results of the second research stage and aims at evaluating attitudes towards sustainable entrepreneurship among Latvian and Lithuanian students. The results reveal that gender/age affect personal environmental attitudes, however gender/age has no effect on personal willingness to start a sustainable business. The analysis results of the personal attitudes to sustainable entrepreneurship differ by age and gender. Gender has no effect and age strongly affects personal attitudes to sustainable development.Peer reviewe

EQUITY ISSUANCE AND CORPORATE DIVIDEND POLICY IN EMERGING ECONOMY CONTEXT

This article explores links between the size of a company, industrial sector in which a company operates, concentration of capital, size of business and emission and dividend policy in the Ukrainian corporate sector. Guided by insights from the bird-in-hand theory, clientele theory, signaling theory, and agency theory, we justify factors that determine the choice of shares’ placement by Ukrainian public joint stock companies and forming of their dividend policy related to the current operating conditions of the Ukrainian corporate sector. Using mathematical approach of tree classification construction in the form of random forest algorithm, we found out that maximization of the share capital value, that is involved in shares issuance of Ukrainian PJSCs, is not a priority for owners of corporate rights. 86.1 per cent of companies have selected private placements of shares. In the non-financial sector, 87.5 per cent of companies opted private placements. The study revealed also only a small share (3.5%) of Ukrainian joint stock companies paid dividends to shareholders. However, the dividend policy of Ukrainian joint stock companies changed when they listed their shares on foreign stock markets. In this case two thirds of explored firms paid dividends