If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to reveal how managers of small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can utilise their participation in research-based training to enable innovation and growth. Design/methodology/approach -Action research and action learning from a longitudinal study of ten SME managers in the wind turbine industry are applied to reveal SME managers' learning and the impact of the application of learning in the wind turbine industry. Findings -The findings of this study show that SME managers employ a practice-shaped, holistic, cross-disciplinary approach to learning. This learning approach is supported by theory dissemination and collaboration on perceived business challenges. Open-mindedness to new learning by SME managers and to cross-disciplinary collaboration with SME managers by university facilitators/ researchers is required.Research limitations/implications -The research is conducted within the wind turbine industry, in which intense demands for innovation are pursued. The findings require verification in other industry contexts. Practical implications -This research contributes strategies for SME managers to utilise research-based training and for universities regarding how to work with SME training. In addition, public bodies can enhance their understanding of SMEs for innovation and growth. The learning approach that is suitable for specialisation in larger organisations is not suitable in the SME context. Social implications -SME learning is enhanced by a social approach to integrating essential large-scale industry players and other SME managers to create extended action and value from learning. Originality/value -The findings reveal the need for extended theory development for and a markedly different approach to SME training from that used for training managers in larger companies. This topic has received only limited attention in previous research.
This research reveals how small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can enable innovation and contribute to a reduction in the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) in offshore wind farms. The research provides findings from a longitudinal qualitative study of 10 SMEs for the understanding of the impact from integrating SMEs in a triple helix context. The triple helix approach with government, university and industry participants typically include larger organisations. The research indicates that SMEs could join the triple helix and both contribute and receive benefit from their presence. The findings show that SMEs need access to market and industry stakeholders to understand, learn and select among business innovation opportunities. Universities, governmental bodies and industries can create a knowledge space for organisational reciprocal learning between SMEs and larger enterprises to enable innovation for the reduction of the LCOE in the wind farm industry. This knowledge space also provides important insight and understanding for the governmental and university helices for active contribution to offshore wind energy. The governmental policy impact stresses the need for a more strategic long-term support of industry knowledge spaces for offshore wind energy. Governmental bodies would actively enhance political growth strategies regulating competition and collaboration. Universities can contribute actively towards knowledge creation and dissemination. All three helices could benefit from this approach to SMEs. Further research needs to be conducted on SMEs in the triple helix context. ResumenEsta investigación revela cómo las pequeñas y medianas empresas (PYME) pueden permitir la innovación y contribuir a una reducción en el coste normalizado de la energía (LCOE) en parques eólicos marinos. La investigación proporciona los resultados de un estudio cualitativo longitudinal de 10 pequeñas empresas para la comprensión del impacto de la integración de las PYME en un contexto de Triple Hélice. El enfoque de Triple Hélice con los participantes gubernamentales, universitarios, y de la industria suele incluir solamente empresas grandes. La investigación indica que las PYMEs podrían unirse a la triple hélice y aportar y recibir un beneficio. Los resultados muestran que las PYMEs necesitan tener acceso a mercados y a la industria para entender, aprender y seleccionar mejor entre las oportunidades de innovación empresarial. Universidades, organismos gubernamentales, y las industrias pueden crear un espacio de conocimiento para el aprendizaje recíproco de organización entre las PYMEs y las empresas de mayor tamaño para permitir la innovación para la reducción del LCOE en la industria de parques eólicos. Este espacio de conocimiento también proporciona información importante y la comprensión de las hélices gubernamentales y universidades para contribuir activamente a la energía eólica marina. El impacto de las políticas del gobierno hace hincapié en la necesidad de un apoyo más estratégico a largo plazo de los espacios de conoci...
Until the late 1980s, environmental regulation in Denmark was often carried out in an intensely politicized and confrontational climate marked by strong tensions between authorities and polluting firms. In recent years, however, the general spirit of regulation seems to have improved significantly. During this same period, 'generic' measures such as general discharge limits have been supplemented with more specific demands, tailored for individual companies. The present paper presents a case study based on the environmental regulation of TripleNine, a West Jutland fishmeal factory. In response to major changes in its market and regulatory environment, the firm has revised its general strategy and taken a more pro-active stance on environmental issues, pursuing a policy of active co-operation with local environmental authorities. Informed by this and other case studies, a theoretical model is developed to account for the incorporation of ecological concerns into firms' general business strategy. Against the background of this model, the paper addresses the long-term possibilities of reconciling business strategy and public regulation in the future.
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