%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2020 %T Correlation between Entrepreneurial Orientation and Implementation of AI in Human Resources Management %A Rico Baldegger %A Maurizio Caon %A Kreshnik Sadiku %K artificial intelligence %K entrepreneurial orientation %K Human Resource Management %X This paper develops the concept of adopting artificial intelligence (AI) in human resources management (HRM) through a research questionnaire and reports the results of a study designed to investigate the perception of adopting and introducing AI in HRM processes. In addition, it investigates the correlation between entrepreneurship orientation (EO) and AI in HRM processes. A survey was conducted with a sample of 310 firm members in the HR Section Romande, as well as a literature review on the adoption of new technologies. The results indicate a perceived positive value of introducing AI in HRM and a correlation between the level of a company's EO and the introduction of AI in HRM. This means that the more a company is entrepreneurially oriented, the more it tends to implement or include already implemented AI projects and tools in HRM processes. The perceived value of AI in HRM was evaluated by comparing answers to research questions involving the introduction of AI in HRM tools, and expectations of widely implementing AI in the next five years. The main barrier of adopting AI in HRM appeared to be a lack of skills and training. In addition, potential features of implementing AI in HRM were identified as potential steps toward introducing AI as a new technology. Questions regarding the evaluation of EO were based on a research Colvin Slevin (1989). It is important for SMEs to invest in information technology to set the basis for further development. Owing to intensified competitive pressures and the necessity of entering global markets, SMEs are incrementally employing Information Technology (IT) to create substantial benefits. Most prior research has focused more on IT adoption in large organizations, yet when regarding the limited resources of SMEs, the IT adoption process is considerably different. (Ghobakhloo, Sabouri, Hong and Zulkifli, 2011). %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 10 %P 72-79 %8 04/2020 %G eng %U timreview.ca/article/1348 %N 4 %1 School of Management Fribourg Prof. Rico Baldegger is Director and Professor of Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the School of Management Fribourg (HEG-FR), Switzerland. He has studied at the Universities of St. Gallen and Fribourg, Switzerland. His research activities concentrate on innovative start-ups, the entrepreneurial behavior of individuals and organizations, as well as the phenomenon of rapid-growth companies. He has published several books and articles and, since the beginning of the 1990s, he has been the manager of a business for company development. Moreover, he is a business angel and serial entrepreneur, as is demonstrated by the many companies he has created. %2 School of Management Fribourg Maurizio Caon is currently Associate Professor and Leader of the Digital Business Center at the School of Management Fribourg, member of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO). He is also lecturer at the College of Engineering Fribourg, director of design and innovation at the HumanTech Institute and member of Centre Compétences Numériques (also part of HES-SO). He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science issued by the University of Bedfordshire, UK, and a Master’s degree in Telecommunications and Computer Engineering issued by the University of Perugia, Italy. His research interests include human-computer interaction, human factors in digital technologies and digital transformation. %3 School of Management Fribourg Kreshnik Sadiku graduated in the MSc in Business Administration major Entrepreneurship in HES-SO. He published a book “Path toward Entrepreneurship” on 2012 and works currently as Regional Manager in a company that provides financial services. %& 72 %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1348 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2020 %T Editorial: Digitalization and Internationalization (April 2020) %A Christophe Schmitt %A Rico Baldegger %K business network hubs %K businessmodel %K coaching %K digital entrepreneurship %K digitalization %K digitalmarketing %K entrepreneurial orientation %K export practices %K facilitators %K impacts %K international entrepreneurship %K internationalization %K liability of foreignness %K MSMEs %K network view %K scaling %K SME internationalization %K SMEs %K support institutions %K training %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 10 %P 3-4 %8 04/2020 %G eng %U timreview.ca/article/1342 %N 4 %1 Université de Lorraine Prof. Christophe Schmitt is a Professor in Entrepreneurship at the Université de Lorraine (IAE de Metz and CEREFIGE), he holds the research Chair “Entreprendre”, and he is responsible for PeeL (the Lorraine Student Entrepreneurship Pole). He is also an Associate Professor at the Louvain School of Management in Belgium and at the School of Management Fribourg in Switzerland. His articles and books mostly concern the notion of value design and knowledge building for action as well as the development of entrepreneurial practices. %2 School of Management Fribourg Prof. Rico Baldegger is Director and Professor of Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the School of Management Fribourg (HEG-FR), Switzerland. He has studied at the Universities of St. Gallen and Fribourg, Switzerland. His research activities concentrate on innovative start-ups, the entrepreneurial behavior of individuals and organizations, as well as the phenomenon of rapid-growth companies. He has published several books and articles and, since the beginning of the 1990s, he has been the manager of a business for company development. Moreover, he is a business angel and serial entrepreneur, as is demonstrated by the many companies he has created. %& 3 %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1342 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2018 %T In Competition with Oneself: A Qualitative Inquiry into Amazon’s Entrepreneurial Culture %A Dev K. Dutta %K corporate entrepreneurship %K entrepreneurial culture %K entrepreneurial orientation %K innovation %K qualitative methods %X Utilizing a historiographic approach based on Amazon’s Letters to Shareholders (LTS) over a twenty-year timeframe (1997–2016), this article identifies the discerning features of the company’s entrepreneurial culture that enabled it to become one of today’s most innovative organizations. A content analysis of the LTS while coding for underlying theoretical themes reveals Amazon’s entrepreneurial culture has been increasingly celebrating a spirit of “Self-Competition”, and by embracing ideas such as “Day 1 Mentality”, “Customer Centricity”, and “Human Capital Focus”. The study findings have useful insights for entrepreneurs, founding teams, and corporate managers engaged in developing an entrepreneurial culture within their own organizations. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 8 %P 5-14 %8 06/2018 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/1161 %N 6 %1 University of New Hampshire Dev K Dutta is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship in the Management Department at the University of New Hampshire in the United States. His research and teaching focus on the intersection of entrepreneurship and innovation, especially the way these concepts apply at the firm and ecosystem levels. Dev has over 25 research publications in his field in peer-reviewed journals as well as books, book chapters, and research monographs. He also holds national certifications as an academic coach and facilitator in technology entrepreneurship, innovator mindset, lean launch pad, and design thinking (MIT and Stanford D-School). Before joining academia, Dev worked for 15 years as a corporate strategy consultant in some of the largest Indian IT multinationals. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1161 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2014 %T Editorial: Seeking Solutions (February 2014) %A Chris McPhee %K collaboration %K employee entrepreneurship %K entrepreneurial orientation %K entrepreneurship %K innovation %K local open innovation %K Open innovation %K Seeking Solutions %K technology adoption %K value creation %K virtual proximity %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 4 %P 3-4 %8 02/2014 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/762 %N 2 %1 Technology Innovation Management Review Chris McPhee is Editor-in-Chief of the Technology Innovation Management Review. Chris holds an MASc degree in Technology Innovation Management from Carleton University in Ottawa and BScH and MSc degrees in Biology from Queen's University in Kingston. He has over 15 years of management, design, and content-development experience in Canada and Scotland, primarily in the science, health, and education sectors. As an advisor and editor, he helps entrepreneurs, executives, and researchers develop and express their ideas. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/762 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2014 %T Enabling Employee Entrepreneurship in Large Technology Firms %A Walter Miron %A David Hudson %K autonomy %K competitive aggressiveness %K corporate venturing %K development projects %K emancipation %K employee entrepreneurship %K entrepreneurial orientation %K innovativeness %K intrapraneurship %K proactiveness %K risk taking %K value creation %X Managers of development projects in large technology firms face a dilemma. They operate under pressure to achieve predictable quality, cost, and schedule objectives but are also expected to encourage their employees to act entrepreneurially. Given the uncertain nature of the entrepreneurial process, these managers often cling to existing practices and values and consequently inhibit their employees’ ability to act entrepreneurially. In this article, we examine the product development and entrepreneurship literature streams to identify the barriers that managers of development projects of large technology firms face in allowing employees to act entrepreneurially. We organize these barriers using the five components of entrepreneurial orientation: risk taking, proactiveness, innovativeness, competitive aggressiveness, and autonomy. Then, building on the literature and our combined 40 years of experience managing development projects in large technology firms, we provide recommendations to managers on how to overcome these barriers. A better understanding of how to enable employees to act entrepreneurially will increase the entrepreneurial orientation of development projects in large technology firms. The relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and development project performance is expected to be curvilinear. Therefore, an increase in entrepreneurial orientation is expected to improve the performance of development projects up to a point after which it is expected to decrease it. This article will be particularly relevant to researchers interested in the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and project performance as well as managers in technology firms who want to achieve their operational milestones while maximizing the entrepreneurial value creation of their employees. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 4 %P 23-32 %8 02/2014 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/766 %N 2 %1 TELUS Communications Walter Miron is a Director of Technology Strategy at TELUS Communications, where he is responsible for the evolution of their TCP/IP and optical networks. He has over 20 years of experience in enterprise and service provider networking conducting technology selection and service development projects. Walter is a member of the research program committee of the SAVI project, the Heavy Reading Global Ethernet Executive Council, the ATOPs SDN/nFV Working Group, and he represents TELUS at the Venus Cybersecurity Corporation and Invest Ottawa. He is frequently a speaker at industry conferences and working groups. Walter is currently a graduate student in the Technology Innovation Management (TIM) program at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. %2 Carleton University David Hudson is a lecturer in information technology and innovation in the MBA program at Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business in Ottawa, Canada. He is a Director of the Venus Cybersecurity Corporation and the Lead To Win entrepreneurship program, and he is the Chair of the Advisory Board for the Province of Ontario Centres of Excellence Information, Communication, and Digital Media Sector. David also consults with F500 firms on innovation management. David's doctoral research at Carleton focused on IT consumerization and how employees create value for themselves and their firms when they "BYOD". Previously, he was the Vice President for advanced research and development at a large technology firm and has had an extensive career in technology development and product line management. David received Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/766 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2013 %T Editorial: Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship (April 2013) %A Chris McPhee %A Jean-Pierre Segers %K business ecosystems %K entrepreneurial orientation %K entrepreneurship %K incubation %K innovation %K Open innovation %K partnership %K R&D %K regional innovation system %K strategy %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 3 %P 3-5 %8 04/2013 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/672 %N 4 %1 Technology Innovation Management Review Chris McPhee is Editor-in-Chief of the Technology Innovation Management Review. Chris holds an MASc degree in Technology Innovation Management from Carleton University in Ottawa and BScH and MSc degrees in Biology from Queen's University in Kingston. He has over 15 years of management, design, and content-development experience in Canada and Scotland, primarily in the science, health, and education sectors. As an advisor and editor, he helps entrepreneurs, executives, and researchers develop and express their ideas. %2 PXL University College Jean-Pierre Segers is Dean of the Business School at PXL University College in Hasselt, Belgium, and he is the Chairman and co-founder of Creative Inc.. He holds a Master's degree in Applied Economics and Public Affairs and is a former researcher in the Small Business Research Institute at the University of Brussels. His main research interests are small businesses and entrepreneurship; innovation and technology management; national and regional systems of innovation; and public-private partnerships. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/672 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2013 %T Open Innovation at the Root of Entrepreneurial Strategy: A Case from the Norwegian Oil Industry %A Tatiana Iakovleva %K entrepreneurial orientation %K entrepreneurial strategies %K Open innovation %K SMEs %X This article aims to extend the discussion about entrepreneurial strategies of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by including the concept of open innovation. How can SMEs overcome the challenges of resource scarcity and harsh competition? How they can gain competitive advantage in today’s ever-changing business environment? The answer to both of these questions might be through open innovation: collaborating with researchers, customers, suppliers – even competitors – as well as research institutions and universities. A common barrier to open innovation in an SME is the perception that it will be too time consuming to gain access to a knowledge base of external knowledge providers and link to “gatekeepers” of knowledge. However, an entrepreneurial mindset might help SMEs to move toward an open-innovation approach, where more codified and transferrable knowledge are important. This article discusses the implications of an entrepreneurial focus for open-innovation activities. The usefulness of the open-innovation principles are highlighted through a case study of an Norwegian SME operating in the maritime-oil industry. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 3 %P 17-22 %8 04/2013 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/675 %N 4 %1 Stavanger School of Business Tatiana Iakovleva is an Associate Professor in the Stavanger School of Business at Stavanger University, Norway. She received Master of Science degrees in Business in Norway (1998) and in Russia (1999), and a PhD in Management (Innovation and Entrepreneurship) from Bode Graduate School of Business, Norway (2007). Dr. Iakovleva’s research interests include personal and organizational antecedents leading to innovation and superior entrepreneurial performance, female entrepreneurship, as well as factors affecting entrepreneurial intentions. Dr. Iakovleva has published over 20 articles in international journals and has received multiple best paper awards at entrepreneurship-related conferences. She also does consulting work in relation to firm strategies and entrepreneurial startups. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/675 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2011 %T Entrepreneurial Orientation and Company Performance: Can the Academic Literature Guide Managers? %A R. Sandra Schillo %K entrepreneurial orientation %K entrepreneurship %X This article comments on the management implications of the various approaches to measuring entrepreneurial orientation (EO), and it discusses the implications of a range of empirical findings for management decisions. On the whole, the argument is that academic research needs to increase its understanding of the differences in empirical results between different studies. To date, the research mostly spells a small number of useful warnings, for example that the positive impact of EO may level off or turn negative beyond a certain point and that it may not have the anticipated positive effect in all circumstances. However, the academic research has yet to identify these circumstances to a level of specificity that could provide useful guidance to managers. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 1 %P 20-25 %8 11/2011 %U http://timreview.ca/article/497 %N 2 %1 Innovation Impact Inc. Sandra Schillo is a researcher and consultant in the area of innovation and entrepreneurship. She is the Founding Editor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, a publication founded to make academic literature on innovation and entrepreneurship accessible to policy professionals and researchers. She also is the President of Innovation Impact Inc., a company specializing in custom research and consulting services in the areas of innovation, science and technology policy, and entrepreneurship. Dr. Schillo is also on the Review Board of the Technology Innovation Management Review. Dr. Schillo obtained her Doctorate from the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, University of Kiel, Germany, and received her Masters' degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. She has extensive experience working with government departments and agencies on innovation and entrepreneurship. Dr. Schillo draws on both her practical and academic experience to ensure the relevance and quality of her work. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/497