`Cases in Technological Entrepreneurship offers an updated and comprehensive view of the main issues and concepts related to the entrepreneurial activities in technology intensive environments. Filled with outstanding examples and case studies, it is a great book for managers looking for best-practices, for academics and students researching in the field of technoentrepreneurship looking for fresh material and for public organizations willing to foster technoentrepreneurship in their regions or countries.' - François Thérin, Executive Education (Europe) and U21 Global The book examines from different perspectives a number of fundamental issues in the process of transforming technological innovations into profits. Key cases and field insights from distinguished contributors show the role and the practices of government bodies, universities, private investors and companies within the transformation of new ideas into value, in start-ups as well as in incumbents. The book takes a systemic view of technological entrepreneurship, positioning the topic at the interface between entrepreneurial and strategic perspectives within the emergent strategic entrepreneurship field. The multidisciplinary topics and approaches analyzed within the book will be appreciated by international practitioners dealing with fostering and practising technological entrepreneurship for or inside public and private organizations, particularly in Europe and in Emerging Economies. The experiences and field analysis represent good cases and findings for scholars delivering courses in technology and innovation management, economics of innovation, strategic management of technology and innovation.
Author(s): Claudio Petti
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 176
Contents......Page 4
Figures and tables......Page 5
Contributors......Page 6
Preface......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Introduction......Page 10
1. Entrepreneurship, innovative enterprise and economic development......Page 22
2. The role of public policies in innovation processes......Page 47
3. Finding, financing and growing technology-based innovations: a perspective on MIT......Page 74
4. The role of angel funds in early stage start-ups......Page 88
5. The locus of innovation in small and medium-sized firms: the importance of social capital and networking in innovative entrepreneurship......Page 101
6. Building a business on open source software......Page 128
7. Using innovation, research and finance to build a company with a multi-option strategy......Page 143
8. Technology entrepreneurship education: the Intel–UC Berkeley Global Entrepreneurship Education Initiative......Page 161
Index......Page 172
