Handbook of Research on High-Technology Entrepreneurs

Contents:

Introduction
Ayala Malach-Pines and Mustafa F. OEzbilgin

PART I: HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS
1. The Right Entrepreneur for the Right Start-up - the Impact of Entrepreneurs' Personality on their Start-ups' Performance: A Contingency Approach
Dov Dvir, Arik Sadeh and Ayala Malach-Pines

2. The Entrepreneurial Posture of Information Technology Professionals
Agnieszka Postula

3. High-tech Entrepreneurs versus Entrepreneurs in Traditional Industries: Similarities and Differences in Family Portraits and Passion Quests
Orenia Yaffe-Yanai, Tamar Milo and Gilat Kaplan

PART II: HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP: PROCESSES AND STAGES
4. Exploration and Exploitation in High-technology Start-ups: A Process Model for New Firm Development
Bjoern Klocke and Hans Georg Gemuenden

5. Radical Strategic Change in High-technology New Ventures: A Multi-cultural View of Investors' Perspective
Eli Gimmon, Eyal Benjamin and Liora Katzenstein

6. Is Your Firm Established? The Role of Recognition in Entrepreneurial Firm Transition
Preeta M. Banerjee

PART III: CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVES TO HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS
Section A: National Perspectives
7. Gender Identity and ICT Entrepreneurship in an Irish Context
Anne Laure Humbert, Eileen Drew and Elisabeth Kelan

8. Technopreneurship in India: Two Case Studies of Information Technology Entrepreneurs
Radha R. Sharma

9. Attitudes Towards High-tech Entrepreneurs and Company Heads in Hungary
Agnes Utasi

Section B: Comparative Perspectives
10. University Technology Transfer: Comparative Study of US, European and Australian Universities
Tsvi Vinig and Paul van Rijsbergen

11. Regulatory Focus in Start-ups versus Established Firms in the High-tech Industry
Sharon Barkan

12. Person-Environment Fit (P-E Fit) in Values and Regulatory Focus and its Relationship to Stress, Burnout and Meaning Among High-tech Workers in Economically Stable versus Unstable Environments
Shira Milshtein

PART IV: ANTECEDENTS, CORRELATES AND CONSEQUENCES OF ENTREPRENEURIAL CAREERS IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY
13. Determinants of Intrapreneurship Among High-tech Engineers
Sigalit Ronen

14. Career Aspirations and Progression in UK Science: Perceptions and Reality
Sara Connolly and Susan Long

15. Entrepreneurial and Other Career Motivations Among Engineering Students
Nilusha De Alwis and Helen M.G. Watt

16. Nascent Technology Entrepreneurs: A Case Study of Setting up an Academic Research-driven Technology Business in Malaysia
Mine Karatas-OEzkan and Katerina Nicolopoulou

PART V: GENDER, ETHNICITY, CLASS AND HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS
17. High-technology Entrepreneurs: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Olca Suergevil and Mustafa F. OEzbilgin

18. Exploring Women Academics' Involvement in Science Entrepreneurship: A Structuration View
Elizabeth Chell, Mine Karatas-OEzkan and Rosie Read

19. Women Serial High-technology Entrepreneurs
Gilat Kaplan and Ayala Malach-Pines

PART VI: EMPOWERING HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS: MECHANISMS OF STRUCTURAL AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT
20. Social Networks and High-tech Entrepreneurs: The Power of Networks and How to Put it to Use
Yossi Dashti

21. Assisting the Growth of Small Technology Firms: An Educator's Perspective
William J. Lekse

22. Why Serial High-technology Entrepreneurs Don't Burn Out
Ayala Malach-Pines and Gilat Kaplan

Index