Essays about: "NTBFs"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word NTBFs.
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1. Technology start-ups in context : A case study investigating how contextual factors impact the performance of New Technology-BasedFirms (NTBFs) in Sweden
University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)Abstract : In recent decades, numerous prominent scholars have highlighted the fact that small and medium sized firms in general, and new technology-based firms in particular, represent an important source of innovation and economic growth. The success of new technology-based firms is further argued to be closely linked to innovation capacity and performance, which in turn depends on the context in which the company is located. READ MORE
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2. Marketing Communication Strategy for a Science Park
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Background: World economy of the 21st century places high demands on national economic systems. Governments implement various initiatives to enable a more effective cooperation between universities and industries in order to increase competitiveness of their economies. Science Parks represent one type of such initiatives. READ MORE
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3. Are Swedish venture capitalists stuck in the past? : An explorative study on Swedish venture capitalists' position in the funding landscape of new technology-based firms
University essay from KTH/Industriell Marknadsföring och EntreprenörskapAbstract : Currently, there are indications that Europe is facing an innovation deficit. The main explanation to the lack of innovation is considered to be that new technology-based firms are facing difficulties in receiving funding and consequently do not establish on the market. READ MORE
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4. The Figures that Matter: People-related criteria used by Swedish venture capitals in assessing new technology-based firms
University essay from KTH/Entreprenörskap och InnovationAbstract : Venture Capitals (VCs) are important providers of funds and competence to new technology-based firms (NTBFs) and VC-backed NTBFs are more likely to succeed than those that are not. Past researches into VC selection criteria suggested people-related criteria as being the most important out of all the criteria but as they were focused on ranking certain criteria against each other, they did not describe what they mean and how they are used and could have overlooked other criteria used that were not ranked. READ MORE
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5. Dialogue, Twitter and new technology-based firms : The communication practice on a social medium
University essay from Institutionen för mediestudierAbstract : Dialogical communication is considered to be the most ethical way of practicing public relations. Especially social medias’ potential for engaging in dialogue is mostly not exploited to its full potential. This study aims to shed light on new technology-based firms’ use of dialogical communication on Twitter. READ MORE