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Publikation The Sources of Entrepreneurial Opportunities: Perspectives on individuals and institutions(Aalborg Universitet, 2008) Fuduric, NikolinaThis paper has five goals. The first is to offer a literature review on the sources of opportunities in the entrepreneurship process. The literature review shows that the theoretical and empirical contributions are quite fragmented and in need of a framework. The second goal is to explore the generally accepted view in the field that entrepreneurs can be described from a Schumpeterian or Kirznerian perspective. I propose that one entrepreneur has the opportunity to be both depending on which stage of the entrepreneurial process he is in and in what environmental context he finds himself in. The third and fourth goals are to delineate which individual and environmental factors provide the entrepreneur with opportunities by examining existing research. Finally, the fifth goal is to develop a framework including the individual and environmental factors affecting the discovery and exploitation of opportunities. This framework will be used to structure my empirical research in a post-socialist periphery.02 - MonographiePublikation Entrepreneurship in the Periphery: Geography and resources(Aalborg Universitet, 2008) Fuduric, NikolinaThis paper acknowledges that many peripheral regions are in a state of transformation due to globalization, shortened spatial, technological and even cognitive distances. Likewise, entrepreneurial activity in peripheral regions is in a state of transformation often benefiting from these changes. What is often thought to be a bastion of non-novel, imitative entrepreneurship, the periphery is showing signs of flourishing entrepreneurial activity that is at times quite creative. In some cases, if entrepreneurial action is not necessarily creative, it still holds benefits to the individual or community in question. To better understand entrepreneurship in the periphery, this paper places four different types of peripheries in a matrix comparing them to the structures of entrepreneurial resources (institutional, industrial, human capabilities, and socio-cultural). By doing this, the resource palette of a region can be examined as to it’s viability in sustaining desired forms of entrepreneurship. It can also isolate specific resource weaknesses before entrepreneurship development programs are carried out.02 - MonographiePublikation Formal Institutions and Environmental Factors Framing Entrepreneurship in Croatia(Aalborg Universitet, 2008) Fuduric, Nikolina; Smallbone, David; Welter, Friederike; Busck, OleThis paper has two purposes. First, it provides an assessment of the factors framing entrepreneurship in Croatia and how they influence the predominantly necessity-oriented entrepreneurship in the nation. The factors considered include – economics, formal institutions, culture, the industrial structure, human capital and social capital. The second purpose is to present possibilities on how different institutions, through their policies, programs and implementing organizations, impact the above factors. Understanding the sources influencing necessity entrepreneurship is important because the Croatian government’s goal is to reach 75% of the EU25 mean GDP by 2013, partly using entrepreneurship development as an engine of this growth.05 - Forschungs- oder ArbeitsberichtPublikation Individuals and Opportunities: A resource-based and institutional view of entrepreneurship(Aalborg Universitet, 2008) Fuduric, NikolinaEntrepreneurial activity holds many promises for economic well-being. Some of the most well-documented promises are economic growth and job creation. Considering entrepreneurship’s potential in creating jobs and economic growth, one would think that it is an ideal strategy to use in those places that need it the most; in the economically depleted regions of the world. The answer is yes and no. It is an ideal strategy because a healthy entrepreneurial base has far-reaching effects on the economy and society. It is not an ideal strategy if the human and institutional resource base is weak. Since entrepreneurship is a socially constructed phenomenon, it will only be as robust as the people practicing it and the institutional environment in which it is enacted. This paper has two goals. The first is to examine human capabilities and the institutional environment as a set of resources giving rise to different processes and forms of entrepreneurship. The second goal is to consider how novel (Schumpeterian) and non-novel (Kirznerian) forms of entrepreneurship are affected by resources on these levels. Two theoretical platforms aid in this consideration: Edith Penrose’s resource-based theory of firm growth and Douglass North’s Theory of Institutions and Institutional Change. Penrose’s theory supports the notion of the development of individual resources since the entrepreneur functions as a firm and is engaging in an individual process and not a collective one. His personal resources are anchored in his psychological traits and capability set. Douglass North and his Theory of Institutions and Institutional Change provide us with the missing context within which the entrepreneur acts. North sees institutions acting as societal rule or norm setters, thereby either permitting or constricting entrepreneurial economic action through the availability of resources in the environment. The point of departure for this paper is that it begins to conceptualize a research framework to observe the entrepreneurial process from the standpoint of individual and institutional resources. The implication of this framework is that it can act as a resource assessment structure which could reveal a region’s ability to support different forms of entrepreneurship. Regarding my future empirical research, it should provide more information as to what resources are used by non-novel entrepreneurs in what we deem as a resource-poor, post-socialist periphery.02 - MonographiePublikation Necessity Entrepreneurship in the Post-Socialist Periphery: A resource perspective(Aalborg Universitet, 2009) Fuduric, Nikolina; Smallbone, David; Welter, Friederike; Busck, Ole05 - Forschungs- oder ArbeitsberichtPublikation Menschlich-soziale Unternehmensführung: Strategischer Vorteil von KMU?(Luchterhand, 2008) Lombriser, Roman; Wunderer, RolfDie Diskussion zur Corporate Governance ist in vollem Gange, allerdings fokussiert sie nur auf die Interessen der Shareholder. Die sozialen und personellen Aspekte einer guten Unternehmensführung stehen dabei im Abseits. Dieses Ungleichgewicht will das Buch mindern. 48 Expertinnen und Experten aus der Unternehmens- und Beratungspraxis sowie aus Forschung und Lehre äußern sich dazu in bewusst knapp gehaltenen Statements konstruktiv-kritisch und zeigen Lösungswege wie -mittel auf.04A - Beitrag SammelbandPublikation Ab ins Ausland - Im Ausland leben, reisen, studieren, arbeiten(Beobachter, 2006-07-01 (6. Auflage)) Winistörfer, NorbertLust auf Kofferpacken? Sehnsucht nach Exotischem? Jährlich realisieren 32'000 Schweizerinnen und Schweizer diesen Wunsch und wandern aus. Die Neuausgabe des Beobachter-Standardwerks zeigt, wie der Auslandsaufenthalt gelingt. Welche Chancen bieten sich im Ausland? Wie bereiten sich Globetrotter, Arbeitnehmende, Pensionäre oder Studierende am besten vor? Was ist in Sachen AHV, Steuern, Kranken- und Pensionskasse vorzukehren? Wie gelingt die Rückkehr in die Schweiz? Das Handbuch bietet handfeste Informationen zu allen relevanten Themen: Finanzen, Versicherungen, Abmeldung und Umzug. Das neu erarbeitete Handbuch enthält viele praktische Tipps und rund 100 Adressen, die bei der seriösen Reiseplanung hilfreich sind. So rückt der Traum vom Ausland in greifbare Nähe.02 - MonographiePublikation Schaffung innovativer Wirtschaftsräume und wettbewerbsfähiger Unternehmen - Sind Cluster die Lösung?. FHNW Series A: Discussion Paper 2006-01(2006) Barjak, Franz; Abplanalp, Peter; Bienz, Phillip05 - Forschungs- oder ArbeitsberichtPublikation The Future of e-Research Infrastructures(25.06.2009) Schroeder, Ralph; Meyer, Eric; Eccles, Kathryn; Kertcher, Zack; Barjak, Franz; Hüsing, Tobias; Robinson, SimonIn this paper, we present selected results of a systematic study of different types of e-Research infrastructures. The paper is based on ongoing research to compare a range of e-Infrastructures of broad diversity focusing on: geographical diversity, representing efforts from around the globe; disciplinary diversity, including the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities; organizational diversity, for example, multi-institutional or federated; diverse levels of maturity, from those in the planning stage to those with a well-established user base; and diverse types of target user communities such as specialized niche, discipline-wide, or generic infrastructures. In presenting six initial cases, we discuss some general features that distinguish between different types of infrastructures across different fields of research. Previous analyses of e-Infrastructures have focused on the parallels between these infrastructures and the major infrastructures in society that support national populations. What our cases highlight instead is that e-Infrastructures consist of multiple types of overlapping and intersecting socio-technical configurations that serve quite diverse needs and groups of users. Indeed, the very term ‘infrastructures’ may be misleading insofar as it connotes support of whole communities of researchers on a large scale, which is currently still premature. The paper derives implications of this heterogeneity for the future outlook on e-Infrastructures.06 - PräsentationPublikation Strategien für KMU: Entwicklung und Umsetzung mit dem KMU*STAR-Navigator(Versus-Verlag, 2006) Lombriser, Roman; Abplanalp, Peter; Wernigk, KlausMit Hilfe des Handbuches und dem dazugehörigen Powerpoint-Tool KMU*STAR-Navigator lässt sich Schritt für Schritt ein pragmatischer und effektiver Strategieprozess gestalten von der Strategieentwicklung bis zur Umsetzungskontrolle.02 - Monographie