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This paper aims to evaluate the practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) by managers of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in Cameroon. More specifically it aims to analyse the ecological behaviour of managers of SMEs in Cameroon and identify the determinants of the adoption of environmental dimension of CSR (e-CSR) measures in SMEs. Evidence from our analyses points the fact that the environmental protection is not yet a priority for managers of SMEs in Cameroon. There are several ways to increase the practice of e-CSR among SMEs managers, including the presence of an in-house department in charge of the environment, conducting environmental impact studies, and acquiring “clean equipment”.

Keywords: Corporate social responsibility, small and mediumsized enterprises, Managers, Adoption, Cameroon
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In this paper, we analyzed the relationship between gender, innovation and labour productivity in Ugandan manufacturing firms. An augmented Cobb Douglas production function was estimated using pseudo panel data. Little was known about the relationship between gender, innovation and labour productivity in Ugandan manufacturing firms. The descriptive results showed that manufacturing firms that are innovative using ICT usage as proxy had on average high levels of labour productivity than their counterparts. In addition, firms owned by male entrepreneurs had higher levels of labour productivity compared firms owned by female entrepreneurs. The regression results did not find any significant differences in terms of labour productivity between firms owned by female and male entrepreneurs. ICT usage was shown to be positively correlated with labour productivity although the correlation was weak. The results show that gender is not complementary to ICT usage in improving labour productivity. These findings have vital policy implications on innovation and gender consideration asa development strategy.

Keywords: ICT usage, gender, labour productivity, manufacturing firms
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Based on the global and technological nature of business environment, hyper-competition has highlighted the need for firms, particularly those operating in high-tech industries, to rely on cross-functional new product development (NPD) teams to produce innovations in a timely manner. Therefore, the ability of NPD teams for innovation becomes a matter of concern. Innovation ability arises as a result of the mutual interactions among team members, structure, and NPD processes. In order to develop as well as to sustain such ability within NPD context, the motivation level of team members becomes very crucial. Previous studies revealed that motivation is highly dependent on the relationships and interactions between the leader and each team member and between each team member within the NPD context. However there is still a gap in the literature concerning how the leadership styles influence a team member’s motivation and how this given relationship is ultimately reflected on innovation ability. In this study, we aimed to investigate the influence of the leadership styles of team leaders on team member’s motivation; as well as to determine the role of team member motivation on developing innovation ability. Based on the fact that this study is conducted on NPD context, we also explored the potential moderator effect of project complexity on the relationship between the team member motivation and innovation ability. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) methodology was employed on the sample size of 145 NPD team members’ data. we found that (i) the directive management style of the NPD team leaders are associated with higher levels of both internal and external motivation of team members, (ii) the higher level of external motivation of team members result with a proficiency in the ability to innovate, and (iii) the higher the project complexity the stronger the relationship between internal motivation and the innovative capability. Implications for both theory and practice were discussed.

Keywords: New product development, directive management style, motivation, innovation capability
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This study applies a literature-based analysis in its discussion of the research field of strategic entrepreneurship. It uses bibliometric techniques (Citation analysis) as its primary research method to present a general picture of the strategic entrepreneurship research. Paper covers 123 research articles published in the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal between 2007-2013.Upon observing the citation analysis and evaluation of topics that result, it becomes clear that the research on strategic entrepreneurship is influenced by both the scientific fields of economics, competition, strategic management, and the topics of resource-based theory, organizational behaviour, innovation and learning.

Keywords: Strategic Entrepreneurship, Bibliometrics, Citation Analysis.
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This study aims to identify the port innovations adopted and to reveal the effects of port information systems usage on port innovations. In accordance with the aim, a field study encompassing a sample of 39 Turkish ports was employed. The results showed that since the usage of port management information systems and terminal operating systems by Turkish ports has been accelerated in the recent years, the renewal of port information systems did not appear as a priority for the ports. The results revealed that port innovations employed are concentrated on eco-innovations, technological (equipment) innovations and port service innovations. Results supported all of the five hypotheses. An important finding was that port traffic type impacts the adoption of port innovations. Besides, it has been found out that while the usage of terminal operating systems has impacts on operational process innovations; the usage of port community information systems has effects on port service innovations.

Keywords: Port Innovation, Eco-innovation, Port Management Information System, Terminal Operations System, Port Community Information System.
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