International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship (IJTE)

摘要

The goal of this special issue is to attract research and papers on the important topic of the interaction between innovation, market and organisation. Some time ago, Schumpeter posed an important question about the organisational origin of innovation: do innovations originate in small or large firms? Prior research has examined if competence-destroying (and competence-enhancing) innovations are generated in small, innovative firms or in large firms. While this research is mostly geared towards understanding the origins of innovation, it has given much less importance to another critical link, i.e. that many of the founders of the small firms would have gained expertise by working in large organisations (or academic institutions) just before (or while) starting their venture.