Business development patterns of small knowledge intensive enterprises from Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.18267/pr.2019.dvo.2316.0" target="_blank" >10.18267/pr.2019.dvo.2316.0</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Business development patterns of small knowledge intensive enterprises from Czech Republic
Original language description
Purpose: Generally, there is agreement about the economic benefits of knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) in the contemporary empirical literature. Therefore, drawing on a survey-based firm-level dataset, identify whether different service-market scenarios are associated with different innovation and change activities, evaluating the explanatory power of traditional classifications of the service sector, as well as the heterogeneity is driven by a firm. Design/methodology/approach: The empirical evidence is based on quantitative data through an email questionnaire from July to September 2017. The basic population gathered from university database Amadeus after selected selection criteria included 1214 companies, operating in the knowledge-intensive business service sector. The total return rate from the survey was 128 valid answers in completely and correctly filled form (return 10.5%). The analysis is based on exploratory factor analyze, hierarchical cluster analysis and validation techniques such as one-way ANOVA and Duncan multiple range test to the original variables and testing for homogeneity within and differences between clusters. Findings: The analyses indicate four patterns of business development activities. Besides a conservative category of KIBS in cluster 1, that do not carry out any relevant development activity, we found cluster 2, characterized by market penetration through service modification of existing services, cluster 3 is represented by new service development and finally, a cluster 4 includes service repositioning strategy to the new markets. Research/practical implications: The research contributions of this study are twofold. First, the results have implications for owners and managers involved in business development in the services industry and second, results could be useful for government efforts to support the development activities of KIBS as a heterogeneous category.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50204 - Business and management
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
ISBN
978-80-245-2316-3
ISSN
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e-ISSN
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Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
89-103
Publisher name
Oeconomica Publishing House
Place of publication
Praha
Event location
Praha
Event date
May 30, 2019
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
000518586600007