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Thierry Volery
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Volery
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PublicationThe evolution of the small business and entrepreneurship field: A bibliometric investigation of articles published in the International Small Business JournalAbstract This article analyses the evolution of the small business management and entrepreneurship fields as reflected in articles published in its premier journal, the International Small Business Journal. It investigates the evolution of the fields through bibliometric examination of all 660 articles published between 1982 and 2012. While small business management has remained the main focus of the journal, there has been a significant growth in the number of articles focusing specifically on entrepreneurship. Also identified in this analysis are the rise of theoretical studies and the relative decline of descriptive work. Parallel to a clear improvement in the rigour of the articles published, the field of small business and entrepreneurship has relied on a multidisciplinary foundation which offers a diverse and multifaceted engagement. Despite this increasing diversity, it appears that small business and entrepreneurship have unique characteristics that distinguish this field from the broader economics and or management discipline.Type: journal articleJournal: International Small Business JournalVolume: 33Issue: 4
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PublicationType: journal articleJournal: Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship : ZfKEVolume: 63Issue: 2DOI: 10.3790/zfke.63.2.99
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PublicationThe influence of size, age and growth on innovation management in small firmsThis study examines the innovation management practices of small firms in Australia, France and Switzerland. The focus was on how firm size, age and growth influence the commercialisation process. A sample of 143 firms was surveyed across the three countries. Findings from the study suggest that the size of the firm, its age and pace of growth are important determinants in influencing how firms behave. Consistent with the findings from earlier studies the need for greater formalisation and external assistance as firms grow, and the need for customer research and independent testing when innovations are in their early stages were found.Type: journal articleJournal: International Journal of Technology Management (IJTM)Volume: 52Issue: 1/2
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PublicationHealthy Entrepreneurs for Healthy Businesses : An Exploratory Study of the Perception of Health and Well-Being by EntrepreneursWith this paper, we want to emphasise the importance of healthy entrepreneurs for sustainable business development. We contribute to the field of entrepreneurship and show how entrepreneurs assess their own health state. We contribute to the field of occupational health by explicitly focusing the social dimension of health besides the physical and mental well-being. Drawing on a multiple-case study of six entrepreneurs, we show that entrepreneurs' rarely perceive their health as a resource for business performance. Whereas the concept of physical well-being is relatively well understood by the entrepreneurs, they have a very limited awareness and understanding of the mental and social well-being dimensions.Type: journal articleJournal: New Zealand Journal of Employment RelationsVolume: 35Issue: 1
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PublicationInnovation Commercialisation and Anticipated Return : A Typology of Innovative SMEsThis study presents a typology of innovative small to medium size enterprises (SMEs) based on their anticipated returns to an investment in the commercialisation of an innovation. A large multi-country sample was surveyed in relation to the process of commercialisation. A discriminant analysis identified four distinct groups based on their anticipated returns from the innovation, and how systematic they were in their process of commercialisation. The findings suggest that differences exist between firms in relation to age, size, R&D intensity, preference for project financing, treatment of intellectual property and the novelty of the innovation. Younger firms were more likely to have higher anticipated innovation returns, but a less systematic commercialisation processes. Adolescent firms were more systematic and more optimistic over returns. However, as firms matured and increased in size their commercialisation process became more systematic, but their anticipated returns more subdued. Older firms were both unsystematic and anticipating low returns.Type: conference paper
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PublicationManagement competencies in the biotech industry in Switzerland( 2007-09-13)
;Doclo, Karel ;Munton, RichardShea, JohnThe aim of this analysis is to determine the major challenges in the Swiss biotech industry. After face-to-face interviews with executive management of 17 early stage biotech companies and several associated stakeholders in the therapeutic and product/service biotech sectors, we extracted quantitative and qualitative empirical data on a variety of management issues including strategy, marketing, human resources and intellectual property. The quantitative analysis showed some interesting correlation, such as the maturation of product/service biotech companies over time. However, this learning curve is not so obvious in therapeutic biotech, due to the capital intensive and inherently risky nature of these ventures. There was a clear indication that those companies that did very well in business planning, were likely to be the most promising overall. The results of the qualitative analysis revealed several key challenges for the management of young biotech companies. These include managing funding and planning strategies, marketing and sales, intellectual property, and human resources.Type: conference paper -
PublicationFinancial performance of privately held family firms(KMU Verlag HSG, 2006-09-18)The present text examines how the organizational input variable "family" and the financial output variable "return" are interrelated. This question is crucial since there are serious doubts brought forward by Schulze et al. (2003) whether family firms really exhibit the ideal precondition of low agency costs as hypothesized by Fama and Jensen (1983a and 1983b). Schulze et al. (2003) find that family firms suffer from costly agency conflicts induced by altruism between family principals (e.g. parents) and family agents (e.g. children). Hence there is a need for research that examines the question whether family influence on a firm is boosting or hampering the financial performance.Type: conference paper
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PublicationMasterpieces of Swiss Entrepreneurship - Swiss SMEs Competing in Global Markets(Springer International Publishing, 2021-05-01)
;Jeannet, Jean-PierreAmstutz, CorneliaScopus© Citations 3