Technology, Innovation and Enterprise The European Experience [Hardcover]

This book sets out to examine small technologically innovative enterprises in Europe from the viewpoint of ten international researchers. Drawing on original empirical research, the contributions describe the different aspects of the business development and innovation process, including the creation and development of technology-based enterprises, the growth of the firm, different types of networking activities, and various development strategies when the firm is established.List of Figures and Tables - Introduction - Technical Entrepreneurship, Experience and the Management of Small Technology-Based Firms; D.Jones-Evans - Patterns of Formation and Development of High-Technology Entrepreneurs; B.Tesfaye - Creation and Development of New Technology-Based Firms in Peripheral Economies; M.Fontes - Management of the Early Development Process in Technology-Based Firms; M.Klofsten - Success Strategies in High Growth SMEs; C.O'Gorman - New Technology-Based Firms in Innovation Networks; E.Autio - Informal Networks of Relationships in Successful Small Firm Innovation; S.Conway - Technological Interweavement: A Means for New Technology-Based Firms to Achieve Innovation Success; P.Heydebreck - Infant Multinationals: Internationalisation of Small, Technology-Based Firms; M.Lindquist - Spin-off and Acquisition of Small Technology-Based Firms; A.Lindholm - Bibliography