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Administrative sciences, Feb 19, 2024

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY

International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, Sep 1, 2014

The objective of this research paper is to assess the impact of intellectual property (IP) owners... more The objective of this research paper is to assess the impact of intellectual property (IP) ownership regimes (professor's privilege vs institutional ownership) on the knowledge transfer and academia-industry collaboration. One of the aims is also to define the advantages and challenges of both ownership regimes and different reward policies. The article analyses IP management systems at Uppsala University and the University of Tartu. Management of IP rights is not a thing in itself and its functioning and effectiveness cannot be evaluated without understanding its objectives. The basic idea behind the establishment of IP management systems in academia is to support academia-industry collaboration, which should result in increased welfare in a country and region. up till October 2013. In the year 2010, Dr Jonsson headed a group, who evaluated the innovation support at the

Societies and political orders in transition, 2017

Entrepreneurship as a private economic initiative in Estonia became legal with Gorbachev Perestro... more Entrepreneurship as a private economic initiative in Estonia became legal with Gorbachev Perestroika at the end of the long period of Soviet occupation. Therefore, political agenda of transition from command to market economy also marks entrepreneurship development trajectory. Efforts of the Estonian government, for ICT development, from the 1990s, and entrepreneurship promotion in the twenty-first century manifest as political entrepreneurship. In a combination of these two aspirations, technology startup boom characterizes Estonian entrepreneurship in the second decade of the twenty-first century.

Estonia has enjoyed success stories in ICT implementation in a broad field of public and private ... more Estonia has enjoyed success stories in ICT implementation in a broad field of public and private sectors for last 15–20 years. The key event for that development was the launching of the Tiger Leap program in Estonian schools, 1996. The program fully equipped schools with computers and Internet access and other ICT services. Computer science classes were provided in 84% of schools in the following eight years. Since 2014 World Economic Forum considered Estonia among innovation-driven knowledge-based societies, and some years later — being hidden entrepreneurship champion in Europe. Besides, Estonia has become one of the developed startup ecosystems where young ICT companies are booming. These events mentioned above refer to the successful combination of educational and entrepreneurial ecosystems in Estonia. The paper aims to disclose the role of ICT as the engine of the innovation-driven development in a small society. Findings of the study show a growing importance of digital technology, ICT startups and the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the welfare of Estonian citizens.

Organizacijų vadyba: sisteminiai tyrimai, 2007

(Latvia), Latvian Technological Center (Latvia). The purpose of the project was to contribute met... more (Latvia), Latvian Technological Center (Latvia). The purpose of the project was to contribute methodologically, via knowledge creation and transfer of latest innovative tools in entrepreneurship education to the Central Baltic regional development. Teachers and lecturers at all the educational levels will promote entrepreneurship more effectively and will interact more intensively with novel business platforms in the HEIs, entrepreneurship support organisations, and NGOs.

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2006

Preface as Estonia. Universities' entrepreneurial spirit is a precondition for creating intangibl... more Preface as Estonia. Universities' entrepreneurial spirit is a precondition for creating intangible resources for new opportunities. On our way towards an entrepreneurial university we have received kind support from all our eleven BEPARTners around the Baltic Sea. The editors are very grateful to all the authors for their contribu tions and peer reviews, to the language editor, Eda Tammelo, and to the technical assistant, Merike Kaseorg, for their outstanding work.

The Emergence of Entrepreneurial Behaviour

The empirical study presented in this chapter addresses a major gap in entrepreneurship education... more The empirical study presented in this chapter addresses a major gap in entrepreneurship education (EE) research: the lack of empirical evidence that the experiential approach to teaching is associated with superior outcomes in comparison to the traditional approach. It focuses on perceived learning outcomes specifically and applies the tripartite competence framework to assess them. The analysis is based on eight semi-structured interviews with entrepreneurship educators and a survey of 306 imminent and recent bachelor’s graduates taught by the interviewed educators at four Latvian business schools. The study has somewhat unexpected results, revealing that more experiential EE does not necessarily lead to better outcomes, and in some cases is even associated with an adverse effect, and that other factors unrelated to the interventions-in-question directly exhibit significant influence on these outcomes.

Administrative Sciences, Jun 6, 2022

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Jun 1, 2019

Entrepreneurial opportunities and the entrepreneurial process have long been understood as the fo... more Entrepreneurial opportunities and the entrepreneurial process have long been understood as the foundation and heart of entrepreneurship. In this article, using systems thinking and a systems approach, we reshape the dynamic stage model of the entrepreneurial process to create a novel method for the configuration and metrics of progression of the entrepreneurial journey. To this end, we justified venture maturity as the generalised dimension that characterises entrepreneurial journey in the temporal scale. Until the venture launch, perceived (by the entrepreneur) venture maturity describes the progression of the entrepreneurial journey. The artefacts generated within the stages of the entrepreneurial process serve as the markers of progression of the journey. We also suppose the combination of the discrete and continuous character of the entrepreneurial journey trajectory between the edges bordering the corridors of opportunity space. This article contributes to existing approaches that facilitate better understanding of the entrepreneurial journey and process concepts by examining the interconnections between entrepreneurial process, journey, venture maturity, time and space.

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks, Aug 30, 2013

Analyse des motivations des entreprises développant une activité de CV

Review of Central and East European Law, 2007

Spin-off biotech companies often have difficulties in creating competitive advantage through prot... more Spin-off biotech companies often have difficulties in creating competitive advantage through protection of their intellectual property, due to their limited human and financial resources. Having considered the value of the intellectual property and questions of enforceability, spin-off companies should use patenting only for inventions with a high market value and high patent enforceability; otherwise, publishing early or keeping the invention a trade secret should be preferred. This allows the inventor to benefit from operational freedom while maintaining low costs. The impact of the protected intellectual property on the success of the firm depends on its speed of entry into the market and when it reaches break-even point. In a transition country with a poorly developed entrepreneurial environment, patents may expire before the spin-off company has produced any profit from its expenditures on the protection of the intellectual property. It should also be remembered that their products may contain modules which are already protected by other inventors. Consequently, a strategically fundamental issue for the success of spin-off firms is the careful selection of the markets in which to operate, and the choice of the proper degree and method of intellectual property protection.

Journal of enterprising communities, Aug 17, 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to map the current situation of entrepreneurship education in... more PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to map the current situation of entrepreneurship education in higher education institutions (HEIs) of 22 European transition economy countries.Design/methodology/approachThe approach taken was an internet survey and analysis covering 774 HEIs of the region.FindingsIn 332 institutions, entrepreneurship‐oriented courses, modules or curricula are offered. Croatia and Slovenia are the leading countries in terms of the coverage of teaching entrepreneurship in universities and colleges, followed by the Baltic countries and the Czech and Slovak Republics. The highest entrepreneurship orientation is found in new and private universities and colleges. In a majority of schools, the theory of entrepreneurship is taught but practice‐oriented training in entrepreneurship is rather limited. The current number of centres of entrepreneurship in the region is small, and the research‐oriented model of entrepreneurship education is used in three to five institutions only.Practical implicationsThe paper provides a useful source of information for entrepreneurship education researchers, developers and education policy makers.Originality/valueThe paper maps the HEIs entrepreneurship teaching in post‐communist European countries.

Baltic Journal of Management, Sep 14, 2010

PurposeThe software industry, especially software development (SD), in Estonia is at the present ... more PurposeThe software industry, especially software development (SD), in Estonia is at the present moment in the phase of expansion: first level of life cycle of the industry. Initial maturity level of the industry is among other factors characterized by lower maturity level of development process in companies/development teams. The goal of this paper is to analyze the maturity level of SD process in Estonian companies. Usually, poorly managed processes and low‐development performance are the major reasons for overrun deadlines and insufficient competitive advantages. Therefore, improved performance is the key factor of SD industry competitiveness.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology used in the paper is semi‐structured interviews with experienced software developers/project managers in Estonian SD enterprises. On the basis of the interviews, authors were analyzing the usability of capability maturity model integration (CMMI) in Estonian SD companies to perform/apply the software process improvement (SPI).FindingsResults based on self‐evaluation are describing the current level of SD process maturity in sense of CMMI in Estonian SD enterprises. Also, the difficulties of collecting process performance data were discovered. SD companies did not find it necessary to collect and save development process performance data, such as number of (corrected) errors, number of lines of code, etc.Originality/valueThe paper describes structured performance as SD process maturity in sense of CMMI together with development process performance as project characteristics: product quality, cycle‐time, development effort, product maintainability, etc.

University of Tartu - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, 2006

, when Tartu University joined the international project BEPART-the Baltic Entrepreneurship Partn... more , when Tartu University joined the international project BEPART-the Baltic Entrepreneurship Partners, the Tartu University Center for Entrepreneurship offered to review the situation in entrepreneurship studies in Estonia and thereafter publish the results jointly with its BEPART partner in Tallinn. Our colleagues in Tallinn University of Technology, Professor Ene Kolbre and Associate Professor Urve Venesaar, at once expressed readiness to contribute to the joint publication. PhD student Janita Andrijevskaja agreed to coordinate our joint activities. The writing and production process started in December 2004. Together with peer reviewing, it took eight months to prepare the book for international reviewing.

Organizacijų vadyba: sisteminiai tyrimai, 2015

Šiame straipsnyje apžvelgiamas besikeičiantis požiūris į verslumą, šio reiškinio paradigmas bei s... more Šiame straipsnyje apžvelgiamas besikeičiantis požiūris į verslumą, šio reiškinio paradigmas bei su šia sritimi susijusius tyrimus. Istoriškai verslumas buvo suprantamas kaip vieno žmogaus pelninga veikla rizikuojant asmeniniu turtu. Tačiau modernioji reikšmė yra daug platesnė. Šiuolaikinė verslininkystė apima ne tik pelno siekimą, bet ir galimybes spręsti socialines bei visuomenines problemas, siekiant socialinės naudos. Straipsnyje pateikiami tyrimo duomenys apie socialinės verslininkystės veiklą Estijoje, o šiam tyrimui atlikti buvo naudojama Globalios verslumo stebėsenos (GVS) tyrimo metodika. 2012 m. GVS tyrimas parodė, kad Estijos gyventojų įsitraukimas į socialinį verslumą (26,2 proc.) yra dvigubai didesnis nei į tradicinę verslininkystę.This article looks at the changing notion and paradigm of entrepreneurship and related research. Though previously “entrepreneurship” referred to a profitable action while risking one’s personal property, the modern connotation is much broader. The contemporary view is not just about profit orientation but also focuses on exploiting entrepreneurial opportunities for the sake of solving social and societal problems, and therefore, achieving social benefit. The paper presents the results of measuring social entrepreneurial activities in Estonia using the GEM survey methodology. The GEM 2012 study demonstrated that the involvement in social entrepreneurship among the Estonian population (26.2%) is nearly twice as high as the involvement in “mainstream” entrepreneurship

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2006

The editors of the current book represent two leading entrepreneurship research centers of Estoni... more The editors of the current book represent two leading entrepreneurship research centers of Estonia – the faculties of economics and business administration of the country’s largest seats of learning, the University of Tartu and Tallinn University of Technology. Joining their efforts, the staff of the two institutions contributed the articles to the present collection, providing an account of the development of entrepreneurship in Estonia. Not only the situation up to now, but also future trends in four domains: policies, practices, education, and research are covered.

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2003

Knowledge and competence as well as organisational values and culture are concepts related to a r... more Knowledge and competence as well as organisational values and culture are concepts related to a resource-based view of the firm. These factors acquire more power in global corporations using an organisational structure of leveraging. The main purpose of the present paper is to elaborate and specify the role and framework of coordination in leveraging of knowledge and competence. Knowledge and competence coordination is the determinant factor driving efficiency and profitability of knowledge-based innovation in the company. Leverage of competences is described by means of the model of overlapping divisions’ competences. The meaning of leverage can be different for core, key and general competences. The main tasks of coordination are maximising leverage efficiency, identifying the right competence to leverage over the corporation, creation the infrastructure for leveraging and renewal of competences. Coordination of knowledge and competence is considered to be one of the main compliments to management competences.

Administrative sciences, Feb 19, 2024

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY

International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, Sep 1, 2014

The objective of this research paper is to assess the impact of intellectual property (IP) owners... more The objective of this research paper is to assess the impact of intellectual property (IP) ownership regimes (professor's privilege vs institutional ownership) on the knowledge transfer and academia-industry collaboration. One of the aims is also to define the advantages and challenges of both ownership regimes and different reward policies. The article analyses IP management systems at Uppsala University and the University of Tartu. Management of IP rights is not a thing in itself and its functioning and effectiveness cannot be evaluated without understanding its objectives. The basic idea behind the establishment of IP management systems in academia is to support academia-industry collaboration, which should result in increased welfare in a country and region. up till October 2013. In the year 2010, Dr Jonsson headed a group, who evaluated the innovation support at the

Societies and political orders in transition, 2017

Entrepreneurship as a private economic initiative in Estonia became legal with Gorbachev Perestro... more Entrepreneurship as a private economic initiative in Estonia became legal with Gorbachev Perestroika at the end of the long period of Soviet occupation. Therefore, political agenda of transition from command to market economy also marks entrepreneurship development trajectory. Efforts of the Estonian government, for ICT development, from the 1990s, and entrepreneurship promotion in the twenty-first century manifest as political entrepreneurship. In a combination of these two aspirations, technology startup boom characterizes Estonian entrepreneurship in the second decade of the twenty-first century.

Estonia has enjoyed success stories in ICT implementation in a broad field of public and private ... more Estonia has enjoyed success stories in ICT implementation in a broad field of public and private sectors for last 15–20 years. The key event for that development was the launching of the Tiger Leap program in Estonian schools, 1996. The program fully equipped schools with computers and Internet access and other ICT services. Computer science classes were provided in 84% of schools in the following eight years. Since 2014 World Economic Forum considered Estonia among innovation-driven knowledge-based societies, and some years later — being hidden entrepreneurship champion in Europe. Besides, Estonia has become one of the developed startup ecosystems where young ICT companies are booming. These events mentioned above refer to the successful combination of educational and entrepreneurial ecosystems in Estonia. The paper aims to disclose the role of ICT as the engine of the innovation-driven development in a small society. Findings of the study show a growing importance of digital technology, ICT startups and the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the welfare of Estonian citizens.

Organizacijų vadyba: sisteminiai tyrimai, 2007

(Latvia), Latvian Technological Center (Latvia). The purpose of the project was to contribute met... more (Latvia), Latvian Technological Center (Latvia). The purpose of the project was to contribute methodologically, via knowledge creation and transfer of latest innovative tools in entrepreneurship education to the Central Baltic regional development. Teachers and lecturers at all the educational levels will promote entrepreneurship more effectively and will interact more intensively with novel business platforms in the HEIs, entrepreneurship support organisations, and NGOs.

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2006

Preface as Estonia. Universities' entrepreneurial spirit is a precondition for creating intangibl... more Preface as Estonia. Universities' entrepreneurial spirit is a precondition for creating intangible resources for new opportunities. On our way towards an entrepreneurial university we have received kind support from all our eleven BEPARTners around the Baltic Sea. The editors are very grateful to all the authors for their contribu tions and peer reviews, to the language editor, Eda Tammelo, and to the technical assistant, Merike Kaseorg, for their outstanding work.

The Emergence of Entrepreneurial Behaviour

The empirical study presented in this chapter addresses a major gap in entrepreneurship education... more The empirical study presented in this chapter addresses a major gap in entrepreneurship education (EE) research: the lack of empirical evidence that the experiential approach to teaching is associated with superior outcomes in comparison to the traditional approach. It focuses on perceived learning outcomes specifically and applies the tripartite competence framework to assess them. The analysis is based on eight semi-structured interviews with entrepreneurship educators and a survey of 306 imminent and recent bachelor’s graduates taught by the interviewed educators at four Latvian business schools. The study has somewhat unexpected results, revealing that more experiential EE does not necessarily lead to better outcomes, and in some cases is even associated with an adverse effect, and that other factors unrelated to the interventions-in-question directly exhibit significant influence on these outcomes.

Administrative Sciences, Jun 6, 2022

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Jun 1, 2019

Entrepreneurial opportunities and the entrepreneurial process have long been understood as the fo... more Entrepreneurial opportunities and the entrepreneurial process have long been understood as the foundation and heart of entrepreneurship. In this article, using systems thinking and a systems approach, we reshape the dynamic stage model of the entrepreneurial process to create a novel method for the configuration and metrics of progression of the entrepreneurial journey. To this end, we justified venture maturity as the generalised dimension that characterises entrepreneurial journey in the temporal scale. Until the venture launch, perceived (by the entrepreneur) venture maturity describes the progression of the entrepreneurial journey. The artefacts generated within the stages of the entrepreneurial process serve as the markers of progression of the journey. We also suppose the combination of the discrete and continuous character of the entrepreneurial journey trajectory between the edges bordering the corridors of opportunity space. This article contributes to existing approaches that facilitate better understanding of the entrepreneurial journey and process concepts by examining the interconnections between entrepreneurial process, journey, venture maturity, time and space.

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks, Aug 30, 2013

Analyse des motivations des entreprises développant une activité de CV

Review of Central and East European Law, 2007

Spin-off biotech companies often have difficulties in creating competitive advantage through prot... more Spin-off biotech companies often have difficulties in creating competitive advantage through protection of their intellectual property, due to their limited human and financial resources. Having considered the value of the intellectual property and questions of enforceability, spin-off companies should use patenting only for inventions with a high market value and high patent enforceability; otherwise, publishing early or keeping the invention a trade secret should be preferred. This allows the inventor to benefit from operational freedom while maintaining low costs. The impact of the protected intellectual property on the success of the firm depends on its speed of entry into the market and when it reaches break-even point. In a transition country with a poorly developed entrepreneurial environment, patents may expire before the spin-off company has produced any profit from its expenditures on the protection of the intellectual property. It should also be remembered that their products may contain modules which are already protected by other inventors. Consequently, a strategically fundamental issue for the success of spin-off firms is the careful selection of the markets in which to operate, and the choice of the proper degree and method of intellectual property protection.

Journal of enterprising communities, Aug 17, 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to map the current situation of entrepreneurship education in... more PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to map the current situation of entrepreneurship education in higher education institutions (HEIs) of 22 European transition economy countries.Design/methodology/approachThe approach taken was an internet survey and analysis covering 774 HEIs of the region.FindingsIn 332 institutions, entrepreneurship‐oriented courses, modules or curricula are offered. Croatia and Slovenia are the leading countries in terms of the coverage of teaching entrepreneurship in universities and colleges, followed by the Baltic countries and the Czech and Slovak Republics. The highest entrepreneurship orientation is found in new and private universities and colleges. In a majority of schools, the theory of entrepreneurship is taught but practice‐oriented training in entrepreneurship is rather limited. The current number of centres of entrepreneurship in the region is small, and the research‐oriented model of entrepreneurship education is used in three to five institutions only.Practical implicationsThe paper provides a useful source of information for entrepreneurship education researchers, developers and education policy makers.Originality/valueThe paper maps the HEIs entrepreneurship teaching in post‐communist European countries.

Baltic Journal of Management, Sep 14, 2010

PurposeThe software industry, especially software development (SD), in Estonia is at the present ... more PurposeThe software industry, especially software development (SD), in Estonia is at the present moment in the phase of expansion: first level of life cycle of the industry. Initial maturity level of the industry is among other factors characterized by lower maturity level of development process in companies/development teams. The goal of this paper is to analyze the maturity level of SD process in Estonian companies. Usually, poorly managed processes and low‐development performance are the major reasons for overrun deadlines and insufficient competitive advantages. Therefore, improved performance is the key factor of SD industry competitiveness.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology used in the paper is semi‐structured interviews with experienced software developers/project managers in Estonian SD enterprises. On the basis of the interviews, authors were analyzing the usability of capability maturity model integration (CMMI) in Estonian SD companies to perform/apply the software process improvement (SPI).FindingsResults based on self‐evaluation are describing the current level of SD process maturity in sense of CMMI in Estonian SD enterprises. Also, the difficulties of collecting process performance data were discovered. SD companies did not find it necessary to collect and save development process performance data, such as number of (corrected) errors, number of lines of code, etc.Originality/valueThe paper describes structured performance as SD process maturity in sense of CMMI together with development process performance as project characteristics: product quality, cycle‐time, development effort, product maintainability, etc.

University of Tartu - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, 2006

, when Tartu University joined the international project BEPART-the Baltic Entrepreneurship Partn... more , when Tartu University joined the international project BEPART-the Baltic Entrepreneurship Partners, the Tartu University Center for Entrepreneurship offered to review the situation in entrepreneurship studies in Estonia and thereafter publish the results jointly with its BEPART partner in Tallinn. Our colleagues in Tallinn University of Technology, Professor Ene Kolbre and Associate Professor Urve Venesaar, at once expressed readiness to contribute to the joint publication. PhD student Janita Andrijevskaja agreed to coordinate our joint activities. The writing and production process started in December 2004. Together with peer reviewing, it took eight months to prepare the book for international reviewing.

Organizacijų vadyba: sisteminiai tyrimai, 2015

Šiame straipsnyje apžvelgiamas besikeičiantis požiūris į verslumą, šio reiškinio paradigmas bei s... more Šiame straipsnyje apžvelgiamas besikeičiantis požiūris į verslumą, šio reiškinio paradigmas bei su šia sritimi susijusius tyrimus. Istoriškai verslumas buvo suprantamas kaip vieno žmogaus pelninga veikla rizikuojant asmeniniu turtu. Tačiau modernioji reikšmė yra daug platesnė. Šiuolaikinė verslininkystė apima ne tik pelno siekimą, bet ir galimybes spręsti socialines bei visuomenines problemas, siekiant socialinės naudos. Straipsnyje pateikiami tyrimo duomenys apie socialinės verslininkystės veiklą Estijoje, o šiam tyrimui atlikti buvo naudojama Globalios verslumo stebėsenos (GVS) tyrimo metodika. 2012 m. GVS tyrimas parodė, kad Estijos gyventojų įsitraukimas į socialinį verslumą (26,2 proc.) yra dvigubai didesnis nei į tradicinę verslininkystę.This article looks at the changing notion and paradigm of entrepreneurship and related research. Though previously “entrepreneurship” referred to a profitable action while risking one’s personal property, the modern connotation is much broader. The contemporary view is not just about profit orientation but also focuses on exploiting entrepreneurial opportunities for the sake of solving social and societal problems, and therefore, achieving social benefit. The paper presents the results of measuring social entrepreneurial activities in Estonia using the GEM survey methodology. The GEM 2012 study demonstrated that the involvement in social entrepreneurship among the Estonian population (26.2%) is nearly twice as high as the involvement in “mainstream” entrepreneurship

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2006

The editors of the current book represent two leading entrepreneurship research centers of Estoni... more The editors of the current book represent two leading entrepreneurship research centers of Estonia – the faculties of economics and business administration of the country’s largest seats of learning, the University of Tartu and Tallinn University of Technology. Joining their efforts, the staff of the two institutions contributed the articles to the present collection, providing an account of the development of entrepreneurship in Estonia. Not only the situation up to now, but also future trends in four domains: policies, practices, education, and research are covered.

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2003

Knowledge and competence as well as organisational values and culture are concepts related to a r... more Knowledge and competence as well as organisational values and culture are concepts related to a resource-based view of the firm. These factors acquire more power in global corporations using an organisational structure of leveraging. The main purpose of the present paper is to elaborate and specify the role and framework of coordination in leveraging of knowledge and competence. Knowledge and competence coordination is the determinant factor driving efficiency and profitability of knowledge-based innovation in the company. Leverage of competences is described by means of the model of overlapping divisions’ competences. The meaning of leverage can be different for core, key and general competences. The main tasks of coordination are maximising leverage efficiency, identifying the right competence to leverage over the corporation, creation the infrastructure for leveraging and renewal of competences. Coordination of knowledge and competence is considered to be one of the main compliments to management competences.

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY