Born to flip. Exit decisions of entrepreneurial firms in high-tech and low-tech industries

High Tech versus Low Tech Training

The United States Marine Corps has some of the most advanced weapons systems and training in the world, yet they make extensive use of “low tech” training tools. Sand table exercises and tactical decision games are used by Marines all over the world, at sea and on land. Although the U.S. Department of Defense has a nearly $18 billion annual training budget, the Marines choose to teach decision ...

Electronic Procurement in Today’s High-Tech Firms

9. Knowledge Management of High- Tech Firms

Based on an analysis of six high-tech firms in mainland China, this chapter examines knowledge management issues by focusing on its acquisition, dissemination, and commercialization. We found that most firms emphasized knowledge acquisition. SOE-based firms relied more on their parents for early key technologies, confirming that institutional support and social capital are influential in knowle...

Entrepreneurial resources, dynamic capabilities and start-up performance of Taiwan's high-tech firms

This study addresses the resources and performance of start-ups in a rapidly changing market. Using data from Taiwanese high-tech firms, this investigation demonstrated that dynamic capabilities were significantly helping to leverage entrepreneurial resources to benefit start-up performance, and moreover demonstrated that dynamic capabilities mediated between entrepreneurial resources and perfo...

Healing Touch: a low-tech intervention in high-tech settings.

Healing Touch is a complementary therapy that can be used as a nursing intervention for patients in critical care settings. Use of healing touch may facilitate positive patient outcomes. However, further research is needed to adequately evaluate the effectiveness of healing touch in the critical care setting. The use of Healing Touch in critically ill patients is explored in this article.