High-Technology Entrepreneurship [Paperback]

With the global economy in a precarious position, nurturing new entrepreneurial high-technology firms is likely to comprise a key component of any policy to encourage economic growth, both in developed and developing countries. Recent high-technology ventures  such as retailing in the music industry  have shown how entrepreneurs can radically change, or even replace, the structure of existing industries.

High-Technology Entrepreneurshipintroduces and analyzes all the major aspects of high-technology small-firm formation and growth. Locational and functional aspects of the process, as well as how contexts for development may vary between developed and developing economies are also discussed. Other key topics that are addressed include:

• how high technology firms originate in theory and practice
• entrepreneurship theory
• incubators, science parks and clustering
• entrepreneurial strategy and finance.

Students taking Master's-level courses in entrepreneurship, technology, innovation, academic enterprise and industrial development will find this an essential textbook for completing their studies.

1. Introduction  2. The Role of the Technical Entrepreneur  3. Clusters, Incubators and Science Parks  4. Research and Development  5.  Selling HTSF Products  6. Strategy  7. Finance  8. Conclusions

'This is an excellent read. It is provocative, thought-provoking and challenging. It is not a run-of-the-mill textbook that tries to describe every aspect of the topic. It is essential reading for anyone interested in any form of technical or scientific/academic entrepreneurship.'

David Smith, Nottingham Business School, The Interl#@