This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between the finite duration of the VC fund and the exploratory nature of innovation pursued by the portfolio ventures and whether the relationship is contingent on fund performance relative to its expected performance (reference point). The paper draws on the theoretical framework of exploration-exploitation and provides an illustrative two-arm b...

This paper proposes a generic software architecture for the concurrent execution of social simulation models. Concurrent execution of simulation models has considerable advantages regarding other ways of comparing models, such as run-time comparison, performance evaluation, and the possibility of interaction between complementary models. A tool has been implemented and experiments have been car...

Muscle mechanical output such as force and power are governed by highly nonlinear intrinsic muscle properties associated with different muscle fiber types and are influenced by training and age. Many of the interactions between these properties pose trade-offs such that an individual's anthropometrics and muscle morphology may allow an athlete to excel in one sport but not in others. Advanced m...

Free stream tidal turbines are a source of growing interest in the marine renewable energy field. Some designs that use an actuated mechanism to control individual blade pitch, as the tidal current varies and even during a revolutionary cycle, face the challenge of ensuring high reliability under the loads imposed on the device in the harsh sub sea environment. Adaptive materials have been used...

---------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT------------------------------------------------The purpose of this study was to examine and analyzed the effect of business strategy on innovation and firm performance in the small industrial sector. Especially, to analyzed partially the effect of business strategy on innovation, the effect business strategy on firm performance, ...

How to effectively implement environmental management practices and supply chain integration to enhance technological innovation performance has become crucial in both research and practice. Based on resource-based view (RBV) theory, a theoretical model to determine the relationship between environmental management practices, supply chain integration, supply chain knowledge sharing, and technol...

In current research on open innovation, the impact of innovative openness on the effect of innovation capability on corporate operating performance has been ignored. This paper uses hierarchical linear regression model with financial data of 137 listed enterprises in Chinese Stock Exchanges to study the moderate effect of openness on relationship of innovation capability and operating performan...

This study applies organizational innovation theory to one specific type of innovation—electronic business. It describes e-business innovation along seven dimensions: organizational focus, radicalness, centrality, adaptability, uncertainty, pervasiveness, and communicability. E-business is identified as both an administrative and technical innovation that is flexible, has median centrality, hig...