Information technology (IT) services industry has become a mainstay for talent in the last few decades. Recently, emergence of startups high-tech sector also contributed to demand sector. This led situation, where both incumbent listed companies and venture capital-backed startups, compete ecosystem. We probe this from convergence average per employee labor costs between IT funded entrepreneuri...

Software startups work in an uncertain environment with limited resources. Thus, user experience (UX) practices can help their product development process and provide greater chances of survival for these companies. It is necessary to know what UX software have used, how they are using them, effects on the organization. Therefore, this paper aims present a systematic mapping study (SMS) conduct...

In an increasingly competitive environment subject to uncontrollable risks, the continuity of organizations can be severely threatened, and decision-making process takes place under circumstances great uncertainty. Therefore, it is necessary develop strategies competencies that allow business thrive. Startups, particularly technology-based ones, are essential source innovation. However, several...

Purpose This study aims to analyze the phenomenon of entrepreneurial spawning in new context software startups, revisiting theory and identifying patterns within emergence startups/spin-offs Brazil. Design/methodology/approach A two cases startups recognized for generating several spin-offs founded by former employees. The authors based data collection on following triangulation: 11 in-depth in...

Abstract Entrepreneurial ecosystems (EE) are composed not only of startups but also the organizations that support them. Theory has been ambivalent about whether an EE is spatially bounded or includes distant organizations. This exploratory study uses a time series all Internet industry initial public offerings (IPO) to explore locational changes four key service providers: lawyers, investment ...

In this paper, a multi-period assignment problem is studied that arises as part of a weekly planning problem at mail processing and distribution centers. These facilities contain a wide variety of automation equipment that is used to cancel, sort, and sequence the mail. The input to the problem is an equipment schedule that indicates the number of machines required for each job or operation dur...

In less than a decade, sharing economy platforms have fostered competition and redefined industry boundaries in a range of businesses. Two sharing economy pioneers—Uber and Airbnb—are now well-known global giants and leading players in the sector, which is estimated to reach $335 billion by 2025.3 At the other end of the spectrum are small startups focusing on different niches; several hundreds...

Purpose This study aims to analyze the influence of job autonomy and unscripted agility on ambidextrous innovation in startups times Covid-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach A survey was conducted with founders managers Brazilian e-commerce segment, resulting a sample 84 startups. Symmetric (structural equation modeling) asymmetric (fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis) analyses wer...

Clean technology startups face multiple sources of uncertainty, and require specialized knowhow and longer periods for revenue growth than their counterparts in other industries. These startups require large investments and have been hit hard during the current credit squeeze. On the other hand, clean technologies create important positive externalities for the economy. Hence, loan guarantees a...

Toder for helpful comments. The findings and conclusions contained within are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect positions or policies of the Tax Policy Center or its funders. ii ABSTRACT We examine how tax policies alter investment incentives, with a particular focus on startup and innovative businesses. Consistent with prior work, we find that existing pol...