Publicaties

Governing Collaborative Value Creation in the Context of Grand Challenges: A Case Study of a Cross-Sectoral Collaboration in the Textile Industry

The aim of this study is to understand how governance mechanisms in cross-sector collaborations (CSCs) for sustainability affect value creation and capture and subsequently the survival of this organizational form.

An Investigation of Factors Influencing Entrepreneurial Intention amongst University Students

The aim of this study is to investigate the factors affecting the entrepreneurial intention (EI) of university students. In order to do so, EI, individual entrepreneurial orientation, self-efficacy, perceived ...

Toward a theory of affordable loss

Although dozens of empirical studies have been published on effectuation as a whole, much work remains to be done on elaborating each principle in more depth. Based on an exploratory study of seven ventures from the ...

Tackling Food Waste: Factors that influence food waste

The increased generation of food waste is a global and national problem. The purpose of the study is to investigate the factors that influence food waste and the role of technology in tackling food waste in the ...

Looking beyond individual-based diversity

Amsterdam is known to be a cosmopolitan and multicultural city with multiple economic opportunities. Such context provides suitable legal, political and economic conditions where newly arrived migrants are ...

Entrepreneurship for Society: developing a transdisciplinary minor program

‘Entrepreneurship for Society’ is a new minor program at Amsterdam UAS, the Netherlands. Using the concept of the ‘Doughnut Economy’ by Kate Raworth as theoretical baseline, focus is on social ...

The Development of Entrepreneurial Intention amongst University Students: The Influence of Individual and Contextual Factors

The swift enhancement of technology has affected the business environment while higher education alone no longer plays a definitive role in the employment process. To meet the emerging requirements of employers, ...

Academic entrepreneurship in the context of education

Purpose: This study aims to extend literature on academic entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial networking by examining how academics, in their role of entrepreneurial educators, network for the creation and execution ...

Country of Origin Criteria for Digitalization with National IT Products

In today’s world, digital transformation enhancement in IT sector becomes crucial for efficient solutions in organizations. Institutions in public sector try to enrich its process solutions with additional ...

Information security behaviour

In today’s world, information security is a trending as well as a crucial topic for both individuals and organizations. Experts believe that nothing can guarantee any system’s security unless ...

Governance of urban collectives in Amsterdam

Across European cities local entrepreneurs are joining forces in new ways, forming collectives to stimulate business growth and innovation and to create a more attractive business environment. The value of such ...

How to facilitate different types of innovation in an organization through entrepreneurial orientation and knowledge management

In dynamic and competitive environment, the importance of innovation is accepted as a necessary ingredients for firms to create value and sustain competitive advantage. However, very little empirical research has ...

Hulp voor ondernemers in nood

In deze studie onderzoeken we ondernemers die tegenslagen hebben en de factoren die hiermee te maken hebben. We beschrijven de kenmerken van ondernemers die in de problemen komen en soms zelfs failliet gaan en we ...

The university’s role in sustainable development

The role of (entrepreneurial) universities as change agents in regional economic development has been highlighted before, but how they can drive regional sustainable development in developing countries has been ...

The Street-Wise University: The Amsterdam Knowledge Mile as an Intermediary and Place-Making Concept

Universities have become more engaged or entrepreneurial, forging deeper relations with society beyond the economic sphere. To foster, structure, and institutionalize a broader spectrum of engagement, new types of ...

Working Passionately Does Not Always Pay Off: The Negative Moderating Role of Passion on the Relationship Between Deliberate Practice and Venture Performance

Deliberate practice, an iterative process that leads to expertise, is found to be positively associated with superior performance in domains such as sports, education, and entrepreneurship. At the same time, ...

Ideas, Context and Connections: Conceptual Framing of the Opportunity to Innovate for Migrant Entrepreneurs

Are migrant entrepreneurs innovative with their business ideas and practices? The introduction of novel business ideas would provide migrant entrepreneurs with a cutting edge advantage against competitors, but the ...

The story of Tony’s Chocolonely

Sociaal ondernemerschap

Wat is het doel van een bedrijf: zoveel mogelijk winst maken, of helpen maatschappelijke problemen op te lossen? Deze vraag helpt om onderscheid te maken tussen traditionele ondernemingen, die primair op ...

Meting Aanbod Gemeentelijke Digitale Dienstverlening aan "Ondernemers in zwaar weer" - 2018

De Overheid beloofde in 2012 dat burgers en ondernemers binnen vijf jaar digitaal zaken konden doen met de Overheid. Voor ondernemers, die bijstand nodig hebben, is dit bij slechts één op de drie ...

Open Hiring in Nederland

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Developing stereotypes to facilitate dialogue between social entrepreneurs and local government

Social enterprises and government share the ultimate goal of solving societal problems, which provides a lot of potential for collaboration between the two parties. While the local government level is the most ...

Reconceptualization of entrepreneurial expertise

Knowledge about entrepreneurial expertise, how experts think and make decisions have progressed in the last decade. Despite this advancement, studies have difficulties in providing a general conceptual model of ...

Reconceptualization of entrepreneurial expertise

Knowledge about entrepreneurial expertise, how experts think and make decisions have progressed in the last decade. Despite this advancement, studies have difficulties in providing a general conceptual model of ...

Entrepreneurship education for the acquisition of entrepreneurial expertise

Questions we care about Entrepreneurship education (EE) has grown exponentially over the last decade. A shift can be observed from teaching about entrepreneurship to teach for and through entrepreneurship ...

Embedding entrepreneurship at AUAS

The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) wants to further expand its reputation as the place where students can develop relevant skills, expertise and networks to either become professional entrepreneurs ...

The development of entrepreneurial intention amongst university students

The swift enhancement of technology has affected the business environment as higher education alone no longer plays a definitive role in the employment process. To meet the emerging requirements of employers, ...

Can startups solve urban problems?

Can city administrations benefit from the entrepreneurial spirit of startups, and create better urban solutions with their help? The paper Can startups solve urban problems? critically assesses the interplay between ...

The university’s role in sustainable development: activating students as agents of change

The role of universities in regional economic development has been highlighted in many study but the way in which a university can drive regional sustainable development in developing countries has been largely ...

Problematizing opportunity pursuit multidimensional embeddedness of international entrepreneurship

International business scholars are increasingly calling for more awareness of the local context in which international entrepreneurs pursue business opportunities. In this paper, we respond to this call, arguing ...