New technology-based firms in the new millennium . Volume IX [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Aard Groen ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461352503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bingley [England], : Emerald Group Pub. Ltd., 2012
• ISBN: 1-280-12041-X; 9786613524270; 1-78052-119-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Collana: New technology-based firms in the new millennium ; ; v. 9
• Altri autori (Persone): GroenAard
• Disciplina: 338.064
• Soggetti: Technological innovations; Business; 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.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millennium Volume IX; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; 1. Introduction; Engaged Scholarship and the Study of High-Technology Small Firms; The Principles of Engagement and Embeddedness; The Papers; Entrepreneurship Education; Enterprise Internationalization; Strategies for Innovation and Growth; References; 2. Enterprise Education and the Adoption of New Technologies Within Small Firms; Introduction; Entrepreneurship Education and Innovation; Data and Methodology; Results; (i) Distribution of new technology entrepreneurs by population and firm groups(ii) Broad definition of technology adoption; (iii) Narrow definition of technology adoption; Conclusions; References; 3. Taking Technological Opportunities to the Market: The Role of University-Based Business Plan Competitions in Supporting High Technology Commercialisation; Introduction; Technology-Based Venture Creation; Bringing the Entrepreneurial Future Forward; Research Focus, Method and Empirical Findings; Focus; Methodology and Sample; Findings; The Company Location and Its 'Product'; The Team-Size, Gender, Age and 'Status'Education, Knowledge and ; Experience; Beyond the Team-Extended Networks; Markets and Customers; Discussion and Conclusions; References; 4. Coaching versus Mentoring: Are There Any Differences?; Introduction; Aim and Scope; Method and Data; Analysis and Discussion; Conclusions; References; 5. Clustering and the Internationalisation of High Technology Small Firms in Film and Television; Introduction; Literature Review; Clusters and Competitive Advantage; Clusters and Entrepreneurship; Clusters and International Linkages; The Internationalisation Strategies of Small FirmsConclusion; Formation and Growth of Entrepreneurial SMEs; Clusters and the Formation and Growth of Firms; Entrepreneurial Growth Processes Within the Clusters; Evidence on Clusters and their International Linkages; Influences on Import and Export Activity; The Role of Multinational Enterprises; Internationalisation Strategies; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 6. Strategies for Circumventing Born Global Firms' Resource Scarcity Dilemma; Introduction; Literature Review; Research Design and Methodology; Analysis and Discussion of the Case FirmsIndustry Background; Introduction to the Case Firms; Teams and Networks; Internationalization Efforts and Performance of the Firms; The Role of the Internet; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 7. Value Creation by Small Firm Internationalization: A Competence-Based Approach; Introduction; Conceptual Framework; Drivers for Small firm Internationalization; The Network Perspective; The Resource-Based Perspective; Toward a Competence-Based Approach; Methodology; Research Design; Findings; Principal Component Analysis; Discriminant Analysis; Conclusion
• Sommario/riassunto: The objectives of the series are to provide up to date research on a variety of aspects of High Technology Small Firm formation and growth (HTSFs) from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives