This paper discusses the management of small-business/university (SBU) partnerships developed by the Institute for Technological Innovation. It addresses the managerial and technological issues for each SBU partnership in the USA and Europe.

This paper presents four innovative business models that are being developed in three countries to support the commercialisation of electric vehicles (EV). Using an original business model framework and interviews with EV company founders and directors, we analyse the coexistence of competing business models (China) and partnership strategies along the EV value chain (US and France). Findings e...

Further evidence in favor of the clinical IT business case is set forth in Kaiser Permanente's cost/benefit analysis for an electronic hospital information system. This article reviews the business case for an inpatient electronic medical record system, including 36 categories of quantifiable benefits that contribute to a positive cumulative net cash flow within an 8.5 year period. However, the...

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The issue of interaction between the state and business in mode public-private partnership pharmaceutical complex Russian Federation is investigated. concept "state" "business" defined, forms are considered, "public-private partnership" main features general particular identified, goals investments partners sector, studied prospects for development sector country as a form business. researcher ...

Prior to conducting business via the Web, business partners agree on the business processes they are able to support. In ebXML, the choreography of these business processes is described as an instance of the so-called business process specification schema (BPSS). For execution purposes the BPSS must be defined in the exact business context of the partnership. Reference models for B2B processes ...

This paper examines the role that social capital plays in organisations in creating alignment between the business and IT communities. The paper reports on an interpretative study in financial services looking at the impact that network associations, social norms, trust, reciprocity-expectation and collective efficacy have on alignment within four firms. The study found that firms with high lev...