New Technology-Based Firms in the 1990s
Volume IV
1st Edition
Published on 1. June 1998
Book
Hardback
206 pages
978-1-85396-386-5 (ISBN)
Description
Originating in the High Technology Small Firms Conference, which have been held at Manchester Business School in England since 1993. This volume marks a departure for the Conference by reflecting a new collaboration between Manchester Business School and the University of Twente at Enschede in The Netherlands; offers the latest European perspectives on the field.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Weight
488 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85396-386-5 (9781853963865)
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Content
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
High-Technology Small Firms - W During and R P Oakley
Entrepreneurial Activity and the Cooperation Process
PART TWO: AN OVERVIEW OF NETWORK APPROACHES
The Theory and Practice of Innovative Networks - W G Biemans
Science in the Market Place - K Dickson, A M Coles and H Lawton Smith
The Role of the Scientific Entrepreneur
PART THREE: CHARACTERISTICS OF HTSF-ENTREPRENEURS AND THEIR COMPANIES
Management Styles and Excellence - W During and M Kerkhof
Different Ways to Business Success in European SMEs
PART FOUR: ENTREPRENEURIAL NETWORKING
Preconditions and Patterns of Entrepreneurial Networks in an Innovative Environment - K H Schmidt
Entrepreneurial Innovation Networks - M Laranja
Small Firms' Contribution to Collective Innovation Efforts
Support of Technology-Based SMEs - M Klofsten and A S Mikaelsson
An Analysis of the Owner Manager's Attitude
PART FIVE: TRUST IN FORMING AND OPERATING INNOVATIVE IORs
The Role and Means of Trust Creation in Partnership Formation between Small and Large Technology Firms - K Blomqvist
A Preliminary Study of how Small Firms Attempt to Create Trust in Their Potential Partners
Strategic Alliances as an Analytical Perspective for Innovative SMEs - M M[sl]onsted
How Entrepreneurial Networks Can Succeed - R K Woolthuis, D Schipper and M Stor
Cases from the Region of Twente
Trust and Management - E Krieger
As Applied to Innovative Small Companies
PART SIX: CO-OPERATION BETWEEN SMALL AND LARGE FIRMS
Dynamic Complementaries with Large Advanced Companies - M Fontes
The Impact of their Absence upon New Technology-Based Firms
David and Goliath - G M P Swann
To Compete or to Sell?
PART SEVEN: REGIONAL FACTORS AND THE HTSF
Knowledge Co-operation in the Dutch Pharmaceutical Industry - M Van Geenhuizen
Do Regions Matter?
Inter-firm Links between Regionally Clustered High-Technology SMEs - C Lawson et al
A Comparison of Cambridge and Oxford Innovation Networks
High-Technology Small Firms - W During and R P Oakley
Entrepreneurial Activity and the Cooperation Process
PART TWO: AN OVERVIEW OF NETWORK APPROACHES
The Theory and Practice of Innovative Networks - W G Biemans
Science in the Market Place - K Dickson, A M Coles and H Lawton Smith
The Role of the Scientific Entrepreneur
PART THREE: CHARACTERISTICS OF HTSF-ENTREPRENEURS AND THEIR COMPANIES
Management Styles and Excellence - W During and M Kerkhof
Different Ways to Business Success in European SMEs
PART FOUR: ENTREPRENEURIAL NETWORKING
Preconditions and Patterns of Entrepreneurial Networks in an Innovative Environment - K H Schmidt
Entrepreneurial Innovation Networks - M Laranja
Small Firms' Contribution to Collective Innovation Efforts
Support of Technology-Based SMEs - M Klofsten and A S Mikaelsson
An Analysis of the Owner Manager's Attitude
PART FIVE: TRUST IN FORMING AND OPERATING INNOVATIVE IORs
The Role and Means of Trust Creation in Partnership Formation between Small and Large Technology Firms - K Blomqvist
A Preliminary Study of how Small Firms Attempt to Create Trust in Their Potential Partners
Strategic Alliances as an Analytical Perspective for Innovative SMEs - M M[sl]onsted
How Entrepreneurial Networks Can Succeed - R K Woolthuis, D Schipper and M Stor
Cases from the Region of Twente
Trust and Management - E Krieger
As Applied to Innovative Small Companies
PART SIX: CO-OPERATION BETWEEN SMALL AND LARGE FIRMS
Dynamic Complementaries with Large Advanced Companies - M Fontes
The Impact of their Absence upon New Technology-Based Firms
David and Goliath - G M P Swann
To Compete or to Sell?
PART SEVEN: REGIONAL FACTORS AND THE HTSF
Knowledge Co-operation in the Dutch Pharmaceutical Industry - M Van Geenhuizen
Do Regions Matter?
Inter-firm Links between Regionally Clustered High-Technology SMEs - C Lawson et al
A Comparison of Cambridge and Oxford Innovation Networks