Hasil untuk "Small and medium-sized businesses, artisans, handicrafts, trades"

Raúl Gómez Martínez, Maria Luisa Medrano-Garcia, Daniel Amo Navas

This study examines the relationship between firm size and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) scores, with a focus on the growing importance of sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Drawing on data from 4,525 U.S. companies, an Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression analysis reveals a significant positive association between firm size and ESG performance, suggesting that larger firms are better positioned to allocate resources toward sustainability initiatives. Furthermore, the findings indicate that board gender diversity has a positive impact on ESG scores, underscoring the importance of diverse perspectives in corporate governance. The results highlight the need for standardized ESG reporting and provide insights into how firm characteristics shape sustainability outcomes. This research offers practical guidance for corporate leaders and policymakers seeking to advance sustainability practices across organizations.

Amy Whitaker

While artificial intelligence (AI) stands to transform artistic practice and creative industries, little has been theorized about who owns AI for creative work. Lawsuits brought against AI companies such as OpenAI and Meta under copyright law invite novel reconsideration of the value of creative work. This paper synthesizes across copyright, hybrid practice, and cooperative governance to work toward collective ownership and decision-making. This work adds to research in arts entrepreneurship because copyright and shared value is so vital to the livelihood of working artists, including writers, filmmakers, and others in the creative industries. Sarah Silverman’s lawsuit against OpenAI is used as the main case study. The conceptual framework of material and machine, one and many, offers a lens onto value creation and shared ownership of AI. The framework includes a reinterpretation of the fourth factor of fair use under U.S. copyright law to refocus on the doctrinal language of value. AI uses the entirety of creative work in a way that is overlooked because of the small scale of one whole work relative to the overall size of the AI model. Yet a theory of value for creative work gives it dignity in its smallness, the way that one vote still has dignity in a national election of millions. As we navigate these frontiers of AI, experimental models pioneered by artists may be instructive far outside the arts.

Parvathy Viswanath, A. Sadananda Reddy

PurposeThis paper explores the motivating factors that lead to opportunity recognition among social entrepreneurs in India.Design/methodology/approachThe study followed an exploratory, qualitative design based on thematic analysis of the interview data collected from 13 Indian social entrepreneurs.FindingsThe study identifies two aggregate factors that motivate social entrepreneurs: personal and contextual. Personal factors include life experiences, social awareness, social inclination since childhood, spiritual motives, the need for a meaningful career and entrepreneurial intention. Contextual factors included institutional voids, community development, the presence of a role model and volunteer experiences.Research limitations/implicationsThis study contributes to the social entrepreneurship literature by providing a model for motivating factors that lead to opportunity recognition. This study enables policymakers and social entrepreneurship educators to identify aspiring social entrepreneurs and provide target-specific support to them.Practical implicationsThis study enables policymakers and social entrepreneurship educators to identify aspiring social entrepreneurs and provide target-specific support to them.Originality/valueThe study uniquely contributes to the social entrepreneurship field by offering deep qualitative insights into the motivational and opportunity recognition patterns of social entrepreneurship.

Amber Y. Chang, Yalan Xu

Purpose – Driving economic development at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP) is an enduring global challenge. While the market-based approach places hope on entrepreneurship as a major impetus to drive the underdeveloped economy, the performance of entrepreneurial businesses and their impact on poverty reduction are sometimes below expectations. This paper seeks to examine the factors that may be hindering entrepreneurship within the BOP context. This paper presents preliminary answers and provides research suggestions related to this question. Design/methodology/approach – In order to identify the reasons behind the underperformance of entrepreneurship at the BOP, a comprehensive literature review was conducted to see what is already known about this puzzle. Findings – By reviewing extant literature, four clusters of factors were found to shape entrepreneurial activities at BOP: (1) Individual-level factors may be restraining entrepreneurial activities within BOP context, (2) gender inequality at BOP is hindering female entrepreneurship, (3) insufficient institutional support is holding back entrepreneurial activities in BOP and (4) business development initiatives are making multi-faceted impacts on entrepreneurial activities in BOP. Originality/value – This paper contributes to theory in that it is the first comprehensive review of literature on constraints of entrepreneurship in the context of BOP. In investigating influential factors of entrepreneurial success in the BOP context, the authors recognize four major influential forces that are shaping entrepreneurial processes at the bottom of the pyramid and further propose three directions of future research that are worthy for further exploration.

Kathryn Brown

An arts entrepreneurship professor reviews Jason White's Innovation in the Arts: Concepts, Theories, and Practices.

Charlie Wall-Andrews

This article draws on research to evaluate the skills and traits required to be a successful music entrepreneur and Canadian musician in the face of digitalization. Theoretical and empirical studies emphasize entrepreneurship in every career. Researchers found that successful businessmen had unique skills that helped them achieve their goals faster. Creativity, timing, resource management, and opportunity awareness are connected to career success. This research explores academic entrepreneurs’ best practices. Entrepreneurship is varied; therefore, the study found comparable effects and distinct conflict causes. Comparing general commercial success determinants to the skills musicians need to succeed in Canada and abroad generated four surprising findings: 1. Musicians require entrepreneurial skills. Musicians need skills to succeed and make money. 2. To capitalize on music industry digitalization, Canadian artists must strengthen their business skills. 3. Canadian artists need digital distribution and copyright skills to succeed in the internet era. 4. Entrepreneurship may be taught. Empirical research shows that entrepreneurs can learn better via experience than didactic training. These findings should support earlier research and assist policymakers develop “industry-specific” entrepreneurship tools for Canadian music practitioners. 

D. V. Polyatsky

According to the World Bank, small and medium–sized enterprises (SMEs) represent 90% of enterprises and more than 50% of jobs worldwide, they contribute almost 50% of gross domestic product (GDP) to global GDP. Small business is important for any economy in terms of employment and contribution to the national gross domestic product. Despite its importance, small businesses continue to face various unresolved problems. The latest technological innovations in the field of finance, which are collectively called fintech, seem to solve some problems, causing the development of a steady trend of digitalization of the sphere of small and medium–sized businesses. Fintech–based business models, such as crowdfunding, peer–to–peer lending, billing, mobile wallets and payments, as well as supply chain financing on the platform, are changing the ecosystem of small and medium–sized businesses. The article examines the current trends in the development of small and medium–sized businesses in the context of digital financial products developed within the framework of fintech innovations.

Jun Li, Irem Demirkan, Younggeun Lee et al.

Stan Renard, Gianluca Zanella

Although there has been a proliferation of metrics to evaluate arts incubators, the academic field is still developing. Different models and methods of education are applied to the complex phenomena of arts incubators; therefore, it is crucial to measure the effectiveness of education programs from many different perspectives. Our aim is to propose a metric that can estimate the effect of each incubator activity based on the geospatial distribution of its participants. This GIS-based metric will provide a descriptive measure for the quantity and density of the geographical communities affected by the incubator’s activity as well as a socio-economic and demographic benchmarks. Our study investigates 14 US-based arts incubators that offer entrepreneurial training to their associated 1,087 incubatees. The goal of this study is to provide a metric that can assist arts incubators, program directors, arts administrators, and university programs assess program growth as well as funding and marketing efforts.

A. A. Paskova

Small and medium-sized enterprises provide economic growth in many countries of the world. Economic pressure requires continuous improvement of the company's efficiency, staff knowledge, training to survive or remain competitive. Due to limited resources, often financial, SME managers reduce training activities and the introduction of new technologies in their companies.The purpose of this article was to study the possibilities of e-learning in SMEs. The main trends of modern e-learning were considered.It was noted that, despite the obvious advantages of using e-learning in SMEs, there were a number of obstacles to the active introduction of e-learning, namely: lack of availability of e-learning, lack of management support, lack of quality courses, reluctance of staff to use technology, lack of investment by companies in technology and lack of University-level and non-academic courses tailored to the needs of the enterprise.The article considers possible ways of overcoming the described problems and suggests ways to solve them.

Susan Badger Booth

Artivate’s Winter 2020 issue will highlight the role of arts entrepreneurship in Detroit. Artists, cultural organizations, and creative entrepreneurs have been critical to Detroit’s recovery from bankruptcy. The highly publicized rescue of the Detroit Institute of Art as part of the “Grand Bargain” is but one example of entrepreneurial work that has built up the city’s creative infrastructure in support of a vital city. Featured essays will be focused on, but not limited to workforce development, repurposed buildings, innovations to the city’s arts education programs, and creative placemaking. Deadline Extended: December 15, 2019

Nataliia Klymenko

У роботі розглядається проблематика фінансового забезпечення інноваційного розвитку в державі

Linda Essig

Editor Linda Essig introduces the Winter 2018 issue.

Linda Essig

This Winter 2016 issue of Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts focuses on curriculum and pedagogy. Two book reviews also contribute to this theme. Both feature articles, Marco Thom's “Crucial Skills for the Entrepreneurial Success of Fine Artists” and Stephen Brandenburg, Tim Roosen, and Mettina Veenstra's “Toward an Adapted Business Modeling Method to Improve Entrepreneurial Skills Among Art Students” delineate skills required for entrepreneurial success by artists and creative industries professionals as determined through qualitative or quantitative surveys of art and design instructors and students. Brandenburg and his collaborators evaluate the usefulness of several common business modeling tools for teaching toward these skillsets and find that these tools are more effective for teaching entrepreneurial process than for building personal skills.

Joshua Shuart

The handmade bicycle industry has grown exponentially over the past decade. Although existing for decades in much smaller numbers, the popularity and credibility of framebuilder entrepreneurship–custom, handmade bike frames–has increased significantly in the past 10 years. The companies that specialize in custom-producing bicycle frames vary in size, scope, reputation, profitability, and even building materials.

Nobuyoshi YAMORI

Ted Leonsis, Miles K. Davis

In 1983 Ted Leonsis survived a crash landing of a plane he was on.This fateful event proved to be a pivotal point in his life. One of the byproducts of that near-death experiences is Leonsisʼ list of 101 things to do before he died‐a “bucket list” before the movie of that title came out. Leonsis has managed to accomplish more than two-thirds of the things on his list including owning a sports franchise (the Washington Capitals), changing someoneʼs life via a charity, sailing the Caribbean, and being on the cover of a magazine. As impressive as these accomplishments are, they do not reveal the person underneath these accomplishments or what has driven this serial entrepreneur. In previous interviews appearing in NEJE, we have explored how a personʼs faith tradition impacts how they run and manage their businesses. In this interview Leonsis reveals how his life was shaped by both his early childhood and the transformational experience of a crash landing. This interview examines not only what drove Leonsis to success, but also why he feels failure is important. Along, the way he offers his perspective on corporate social responsibility and why it is so critical for individuals and companies to give back to society. And finally, Leonsis shares what he has learned about the secret to happiness.

Donald J.R. Macrae

This paper describes the results of research into the characteristics of high and low growth small and medium sized businesses in Scotland.

Stephen C. Jones, Tami L. Knotts, Gerald G. Udell

This study examines the results of a program intended to act as a selection tool for mass merchandisers and a development tool for small manufacturers. The evaluation program assessed the management practices and products of potential suppliers. Based on past experience, buyers for mass merchandisers consider small manufacturing enterprises a poor risk as potential suppliers of retail goods. As part of the evaluation process, firms were asked 34 closed-end questions regarding their management practices, and each product was evaluated on 41 specific qualities necessary for the mass merchandising market. Of the 1,690 firms that participated in this project, about 5 percent had their products accepted by a national mass merchandiser. A review of the evaluation data reveals that firms needed high performance in both areas of evaluation to be successful in the marketplace, not just a strong firm or a marketable product. However, each of these areas separately had a statistically significant effect on the success of the product in gaining a retail buyer’s attention.

David Gooding

David and Capucine Gooding are completing their third year in business, directing the growing activities of their import business located in Stamford, Connecticut. Their niche is marketing handblown glass which is historically accurate and inspired by such disparate designs as 14th-century French, 16th-century Dutch, and 19th-century Venetian glassware. We interviewed David on a “quiet” day when the phones didn℉t seem to be ringing constantly.