Technology-Based Firms in the Innovation Process: Management, Financing and Regional Networks (Technology, Innovation and Policy (ISI), 5)

Technology-based firms contribute to dynamic competition, ensure product variety, close market gaps and promote job creation. Their development is impeded by a difficult access to capital, high R & D costs and management deficits. The book analyses their chances and risks in the innovation process. Topics deal with the management of technology-based firms, different aspects on their financing, the spectrum of public promotion programmes and the venture capital market in Germany. Finally, the book centres on regional technology and economic promotion and the creation of regional networks for technology-based firms. The reader documents research of Fraunhofer-ISI on technology-based firms and their environment and aims at a better understanding of specific chances and risks in the development process of such firms Front Matter....Pages I-XII Introduction....Pages 1-8 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Development Problems of Small Technology-Based Firms and Ways of Overcoming Them....Pages 11-29 Marketing in New Technology-Based Firms....Pages 31-52 Crises of New Technology-Based Firms....Pages 53-79 Consulting for New Technology-Based Firms....Pages 81-103 Front Matter....Pages 105-105 The Promotion of New Technology-Based Firms in Germany....Pages 107-124 The Financing of New Technology-Based Firms....Pages 125-148 The Venture Capital Market in Germany....Pages 149-174 Front Matter....Pages 175-175 Innovative Regional Development Concepts and Technology-Based Firms....Pages 177-201 Innovation Networks for Small Enterprises....Pages 203-224 Technology and Incubator Centres as an Instrument of Regional Economic Promotion....Pages 225-243 Methods for Ascertaining Firms’ Needs for Innovation Services....Pages 245-262 The Adaptation of German Experiences to Building Up Innovation Networks in Central and Eastern Europe....Pages 263-286 Back Matter....Pages 287-291 Knut Koschatzky (ed.). Includes Bibliographical References.