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Record Nr.

UNINA9910765482903321

Autore

Vekinis George

Titolo

The Researcher Entrepreneur : Best Practices for Successful Technological Entrepreneurship / / George Vekinis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, , [2023]

©2016

ISBN

3-031-44358-6

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (142 pages)

Collana

Management for Professionals Series

Disciplina

620

Soggetti

Engineering - Research

Entrepreneurship

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Researchers and Entrepreneurship -- Entrepreneurship -- A Meeting of Skills -- A New Set of Skills -- In Summary -- 2: Bridging Two Worlds -- In Summary -- 3: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained -- In Summary -- 4: Decisions, Decisions -- In Summary -- 5: An Invention Is not an Innovation -- In Summary -- 6: Opportunities Are Everywhere and if There Aren´t, Create Them! -- In Summary -- 7: Can You Manage as well as You Research? -- In Summary -- 8: Strong Foundations -- In Summary -- 9: Aim for Perfection -- In Summary -- 10: Strategise like a 5* General -- Protection Strategy -- Funding Strategy -- Investment Cycle Timing Strategy -- Partnership and Networking Strategies -- In Summary -- 11: There Is More than One Way to Rome -- In Summary -- 12: Be Disruptive... But Don't Disrupt! -- In Summary -- 13: Think Ahead and Fit the Purpose -- In Summary -- 14: Is Your Financial Base Solid? -- In Summary -- 15: In Agreements We Trust -- In Summary -- 16: Timing Is Critical -- In Summary -- 17: Risk Wisely -- In Summary -- 18: Protect Your Technology But Not Too Much! -- In Summary -- 19: Viability, Not Just Feasibility -- In Summary -- 20: Skilling and Re-skilling -- In Summary -- 21: The Market Is Your Guide -- In Summary -- 22: Position, Position, Position -- In Summary -- 23: Commercialisation Readiness Index -- Commercialisation Readiness Index -- In Summary -- 24: Obstacles Are Just Challenges -- In



Summary -- 25: There Is Always That Little Bit Extra You Can Offer -- In Summary -- 26: Consolidate First, Diversify Later -- A Market-Prioritisation Decision Matrix -- In Summary -- 27: Diamonds from Ashes -- In Summary -- 28: Open a Window to the World -- In Summary -- 29: A Final Thought: Proactivity Beats Reactivity Every Time -- In Summary -- Further Reading.