Energizing Management Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship: European Research and Practice (Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology)

"This book provides an in-depth understanding of key variables that play a significant role at the various stages of the innovation process, leading to successful commercialisation of products and services. Combining interdisciplinary studies in entrepreneurship and innovation, the book consists of contributions focusing on theory, research and practise in the field of innovation, management and entrepreneurship. The role of the entrepreneur is addressed as an innovator who recognises opportunities and convert these into marketable products and services through personal commitment, financial resources and management skill; taking appropriate level of risk. Terziovski has selected a variety of chapters focusing on a wide ranging number of topics including corporate entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial learning strategies, the impact of entrepreneurial practises on competitiveness, human resource management and knowledge management. The main conclusion of the analysis in these chapters is that there is a strong relationship between innovation and entrepreneurship. Moreover, this book articulates two contradictory schools of thought; first that firms with a higher entrepreneurial orientation have higher relative international sales and operate in a greater number of foreign countries; and secondly that entrepreneurial orientation is not associated with subsidiary financial or market performance, but is positively and significantly associated with subsidiary idea generation which are subsequently converted into marketable products and services through the innovation process. This book acts as a negotiation between these two perspectives."--Publisher's website Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 8 About the editor and authors......Page 12 Preface......Page 16 Acknowledgements......Page 18 1 Entrepreneurship and innovation management......Page 20 2 Developing a model of corporate entrepreneurship......Page 25 3 Entrepreneurial strategy: sequential investment and information gathering......Page 47 4 Entrepreneurship in the public sector......Page 59 5 The impact of management practices on industry level competitiveness in transition economies......Page 74 6 International entrepreneurship in established firms: does it matter?......Page 91 7 Human resource management and knowledge management as antecedents of innovation......Page 108 8 Implications of strategic planning in SMEs for international entrepreneurship research and practice......Page 129 9 Performance and entrepreneurial orientation in small firms: the moderating effects of strategy, structure, human resource policies and information systems......Page 147 10 Which roles in innovation processes? A matter of perspective......Page 165 11 Conclusion and implications......Page 186 References......Page 191 Index......Page 219