The Impact of Global Acquisitions on the Capacity of Indigenous High Tech Software Start-Ups to Develop Technology Clusters in Local Economies: Case Studies on Emerging Economies (Brazil)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Ojo
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Local Economies ◽  
Develop Technology ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
The Impact

SECURE – a new business model framework for measuring start-up performance

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tahseen Anwer Arshi ◽  
Venkoba Rao ◽  
Sardar Islam ◽  
Swapnil Morande
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Model Framework ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Start Up ◽  
New Business ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Existing business model frameworks show weak conceptual unification, a paucity of measurement focus and limitations when applied in emerging economies. The study proposes a new business model framework – “Start-up Evaluation Calculus Using Research Evidence” (SECURE). The purpose of this study is to allow the measurement of the impact of business model design on start-up performance in emerging economies. Design/methodology/approach Data collected from 713 entrepreneurs in select cities of India, Oman and the United Arab Emirates is analyzed through structural equation modeling. The study uses measurement and structural models to examine the validity of measures and additionally tests the five hypothesized relationships proposed in the study. Findings The SECURE’s components comprising desirability, marketability, feasibility, scalability and viability showed validity and reliability. They synergistically demonstrated a statistically significant effect on a mix of financial and non-financial start-up performance outcomes. An alternative structural relationship that examined the impact of SECURE on only financial performance outcomes showed a weaker model fit. The findings indicate that a business model framework is useful when its ex ante measures show a positive causal effect on the desired performance outcomes. Practical implications The scores obtained by the SECURE framework serve as an evaluative tool that informs entrepreneurs and start-ups on the readiness of their proposed, incubated or existing start-ups. Originality/value Replacing subjective judgments with objective assessment criteria, SECURE is one of the first quantitative and performance-driven business model frameworks that contain measures from all functional domains of a start-up business. Start-ups can evaluate their business models against the SECURE model’s research-driven quantitative criteria and assess their impact on start-up performance.

scholarly journals World Turned Upside Down: Entrepreneurial Decline, Its Reluctant Myths and Troubling Realities

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Cooke
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Economies ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Great Success ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Productivity Paradox ◽  
The Past ◽  
Advanced Economies ◽  
The Us ◽  
Policy Field ◽  
Start Ups

The aim of this paper is to attempt to understand why the popular academic and policy field of promoting, studying and evangelising “entrepreneurship” should have been associated with great success but, in the past twenty years or more in many advanced economies, so much failure. From the US to lesser and developing countries, emerging economies and the European Union, entrepreneurship, especially in regard to start-ups and particularly high-tech start-ups have been in constant more or less recent decline. This is seldom registered in the mainstream literature where a positive and benign profile is generally presented. The paper examines this phenomenon, ties it partly with the “productivity paradox” and seeks tentative hypotheses in relation to the apparent illusions if not delusions regarding “entrepreneurship”.

scholarly journals World Turned Upside Down: Entrepreneurial Decline, Its Reluctant Myths and Troubling Realities

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Cooke
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Economies ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Great Success ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Productivity Paradox ◽  
The Past ◽  
Advanced Economies ◽  
The Us ◽  
Policy Field ◽  
Start Ups

The aim of this paper is to attempt to understand why the popular academic and policy field of promoting, studying and evangelising “entrepreneurship” should have been associated with great success but, in the past twenty years or more in many advanced economies, so much failure. From the US to lesser and developing countries, emerging economies and the European Union, entrepreneurship, especially in regard to start-ups and particularly high-tech start-ups, has been in constant more or less recent decline. This is seldom registered in the mainstream literature where a positive and benign profile is generally presented. The paper examines this phenomenon, ties it partly with the “productivity paradox” and seeks tentative hypotheses in relation to the apparent illusions if not delusions regarding “entrepreneurship”.

Factors leading to early internationalization in emerging Central and Eastern European economies

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jurgita Sekliuckiene
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Transition Economy ◽  
International Entrepreneurship ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
Future Research ◽  
High Tech ◽  
International New Ventures ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Early Internationalization

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore factors leading to the early internationalization of international new ventures (INVs) in Lithuania – a transition economy in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The determinants of early internationalization were grouped into three categories: entrepreneurial, firm-related and contextual determinants, and their impact on high-tech INVs that operate in emerging economies was investigated. Design/methodology/approach The research design is a case study approach. Case studies are presented of six Lithuanian entrepreneurial firms that demonstrated successful internationalization and rapidly expanded into foreign markets during the preceding year. Findings Region-specific theoretical propositions are provided for new ventures in CEE emerging economies. The results reveal that essential factors leading to the early internationalization of INVs operating in Lithuania, a transition economy, are entrepreneurial factors. Internationalization of INVs from CEE emerging economies is driven by push factors related to domestic market specifics; however, institutional factors do not seem to have a significant impact on INVs’ internationalization. Research limitations/implications The results of the analysis of the case studies are not generalizable to the entire population of INVs in Lithuania. However, the results are substantial considering the success of high-tech Lithuanian firms that started their international activities shortly after their inception. Future research can contribute to the literature by seeking to apply international new venture theory in the context of emerging economies with larger samples and a focus on distinct patterns of internationalization. Originality/value The findings contribute to the literature on international entrepreneurship by exploring early internationalization of INVs in the context of transition economies in CEE. This study’s contribution is based on theory building, especially in understanding the driving factors related to the early internationalization of new ventures founded by Lithuanian entrepreneurs. International entrepreneurship studies in the CEE, as well as Baltic countries, are limited, and this research contributes to filling this gap.

Supply chain capabilities and competitiveness of high-tech manufacturing start-ups in India

2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Debabrata Ghosh ◽  
Peeyush Mehta ◽  
Balram Avittathur
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Quality Material ◽  
Start Ups

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the practices and policies unique to high-tech manufacturing start-ups in emerging economies, such as India. The study analyzes the main features and challenges of the high-tech manufacturing sector, and the way in which enabling environment including policy making, supply chain capability and related technologies through Industry 4.0 could be leveraged to foster growth. Design/methodology/approach The paper undertakes an exploratory approach through in-depth semi-structured interviews conducted with high-tech manufacturing firms in various stages of their growth. The paper provides evidence of the challenges that high-tech manufacturing firms face in India, the strategies they adopt and highlights the role of institutional structures and policies. Findings Findings show that high-tech manufacturing start-ups in India face various challenges in the upstream, production and downstream supply chain processes. Further, issues related to availability of quality material, quality suppliers, contracts, funding and access to markets remain. Results also show that enabling operational and financial levers could be created by policy makers and other stakeholders to help the high-tech manufacturing start-ups scale faster and create value. Originality/value This paper contributes to the R&D intensive industry and high-tech manufacturing literature in the context of emerging economies, such as India, and provides a rigorous overview of the start-up ecosystem in high-tech manufacturing.

scholarly journals Local multiplier of industrial employment: Brazilian mesoregions (2000-2010)

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 827-839
Author(s):  
GUILHERME MACEDO ◽  
LEONARDO MONASTERIO
Keyword(s):  
Instrumental Variables ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Local Economies ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Industrial Employment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Employment Data ◽  
The U.S

ABSTRACT This paper estimates the local multiplier of manufacturing for Brazil (2000-2010). The method is based on (Moretti, 2010) and on (Moretti and Thulin, 2012), who estimated these multipliers for the U.S. and Sweden. The local multiplier of manufacturing estimates the impacts of employment changes in the industrial sectors on employment in the services sectors, and the impact of changes in employment in the high-tech and low-tech tradable sectors on employment in the services sectors. These estimates help to assess the importance of industrial employment changes over local economies. We created instrumental variables, based on the shift-share method. The employment data cover 21 economic subsectors and 123 regions in 2000, 2005 and 2010. We have estimated that in the Brazilian mesorregions, for each new job in the tradable sectors, almost four jobs were created locally in the services sectors. Additionally, each job in the high-tech industrial sectors was estimated to create approximately seven jobs in the services sectors over the long term.

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