Knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship and innovation systems : evidence from Europe / / edited by Franco Malerba

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459138403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-135-15691-3; 1-135-15692-1; 1-282-57134-6; 9786612571343; 0-203-85740-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in global competition Knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship and innovation systems
• Altri autori (Persone): MalerbaFranco <1950->
• Disciplina: 658.4/038011
• Soggetti: Entrepreneurship - Europe; Knowledge management - Europe; Technological innovations - Economic aspects - Europe; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Part I: Introduction; 1 Knowledge- intensive entrepreneurship and innovation systems in Europe; Part II: Perspectives on knowledge- intensive entrepreneurship and innovation systems; 2 The knowledge- based entrepreneur: The need for a relevant theory of the firm; 3 What makes entrepreneurship systemic?; 4 Academic patents, spin- offs and beyond: The many faces of scientific entrepreneurship; Part III: Knowledge- intensive entrepreneurship and innovation systems: The European case; 5 Patterns of technological entry in different fields: An analysis of patent data6 Survival of innovative entrants in knowledge- based sectors; 7 Brokerage roles in academic patenting: An analysis of Italian inventors; 8 New innovators and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship in European sectoral systems: A field analysis; 9 Knowledge- intensive entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe: Results of a firm-level ; survey; 10 Diversity of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial firms: Struggling biotech firms despite opportunities; 11 Knowledge-based entrepreneurship and international technology transfer in the German laser industry12 Are the dynamics of knowledge-based industries any different?; 13 Entrepreneurship and growth; Part IV: Policy conclusions; 14 Knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship in Europe: Some policy conclusions; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines entrepreneurship from three interrelated perspectives. Firstly, it links entrepreneurship to innovation and to the generation, transformation and use of knowledge. Secondly, it inserts entrepreneurship in innovation systems of various types- national, sectoral and local. Thirdly, it views entrepreneurship not as a single event but as a process that evolves in time, from the pre-entry experience, to the entrepreneurial act, to the evolution of the entrepreneur and the new company.With chapters from a range of international contrib