Handbook of Research on Techno-Entrepreneurship (Research Handbooks in Business and Management series)

Techno-entrepreneurship is broadly defined as the entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial activities of both existing and nascent companies operating in technology-intensive environments. Boasting rich conceptual and empirical contributions by leading international specialists, this highly original Handbook will prove an invaluable tool in advancing our understanding of the theory and practice of research in this emerging area. The expert contributors initially explore the foundations of the field, clearly defining the parameters of techno-entrepreneurship. The key processes of techno-entrepreneurship are identified and discussed: * commercialization strategies * the balance between exploration and exploitation of new competencies * radical innovation * corporate venture capital investment * the mentoring of high-tech entrepreneurs. The Handbook then shifts its focus to incubation and technology transfers, pivotal factors in the success of techno-entrepreneurship. Finally, in-depth case studies of leading e-business and biotechnology companies illustrate and substantiate the successful techno-entrepreneurship paradigm. Providing a comprehensive, highly accessible and innovative first insight into the developing sphere of techno-entrepreneurship, this international study will be essential reading for postgraduate students, academics and researchers with an interest in management and entrepreneurship. Managerial and entrepreneurial professionals in high-tech industries will also find much to interest them within this Handbook . COPYRIGHT......Page 4 CONTENTS......Page 5 Contributors......Page 7 Introduction......Page 9 PART 1 FOUNDATIONS OF THE FIELD......Page 11 1 How techno-entrepreneurs build a potentially exciting future?......Page 13 2 A model of technological entrepreneurship......Page 36 3 Exchange relationships in techno-entrepreneurship research: toward a multitheoretic, integrative view......Page 49 PART 2 PROCESSES......Page 71 4 S&T commercialization strategies and practices......Page 73 5 From the exploration of new possibilities to the exploitation of recently developed competencies: evidence from five ventures developing new-tothe- world technologies......Page 94 6 Fostering entrepreneurial firms: recognizing and adapting radical innovation through corporate venture capital investments......Page 121 7 Mentoring of Malaysian high-tech entrepreneurs in their pre-seeding phase......Page 136 PART 3 INCUBATORS AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS......Page 171 8 University technology transfer through university business incubators and how they help start-ups......Page 173 9 Determinants and consequences of university spin-oFF activity: a conceptual framework......Page 180 10 The size and the characteristics of the high-tech spin-oFF phenomenon in Sophia Antipolis......Page 194 PART 4 INDUSTRY SPECIFICS: E-ENTREPRENEURSHIP......Page 209 11 What is e-entrepreneurship? Fundamentals of company founding in the net economy......Page 211 12 Exploring the socio-demographic characteristics of the e-entrepreneur: an empirical study of Spanish ventures......Page 229 13 Virtual alliances as coordination and influence mechanisms in the Internet context: evidence from a cross-section of Internet-based firms......Page 244 PART 5 INDUSTRY SPECIFICS: BIOTECHNOLOGIES......Page 273 14 The St Louis BioBelt – centre for plant and life sciences: a triumph of converging individual efforts......Page 275 15 Small businesses for high targets: strategies in industrially exploiting the DNA–RNA biomechanisms......Page 306 Index......Page 333 Boasting rich conceptual and empirical contributions by leading international specialists, this highly original Handbook will prove an invaluable tool in advancing our understanding of the theory and practice of research in this emerging area. The expert contributors initially explore the foundations of the field, clearly defining the parameters of techno-entrepreneurship. The key processes of techno-entrepreneurship are identified and discussed: commercialization strategies; the balance between exploration and exploitation of new competencies; radical innovation; corporate venture capital investment; and the mentoring of high-tech entrepreneurs. The Handbook then shifts its focus to incubation and technology transfers, pivotal factors in the success of techno-entrepreneurship. Finally, in-depth case studies of leading e-business and biotechnology companies illustrate and substantiate the successful techno-entrepreneurship paradigm. Providing a comprehensive, highly accessible and innovative first insight into the developing sphere of techno-entrepreneurship, this international study will be essential reading for postgraduate students, academics and researchers with an interest in management and entrepreneurship Techno-entrepreneurship Is Defined As The Entrepreneurial And Intrapreneurial Activities Of Both Existing Companies And New Businesses Operating In Technology-intensive Environments. This Is An Ideal Text For Advancing An Understanding Of The Theory And Practice Of Research In This Area.