Concise Guide to Entrepreneurship, Technology and Innovation

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David B. Audretsch, Christopher S. Hayter, Albert N. Link
Edward Elgar Publishing, Sep 25, 2015 - Business & Economics - 304 pages

This landmark book will be the first port of call for any student or scholar seeking a brief introduction to each of the fundamental topics in entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation. Written by the top international scholars in their field, this book has an encyclopedic range; from academic entrepreneurship to valuing an entrepreneurial enterprise. Each chapter provides an informed overview of the topic and references in each chapter guide the reader to the more advanced literature. Students of entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation as well as those who wish to have an introduction to the scope of this field of study will be benefit from this exemplary collection. 

 

Contents

1 Introduction
1
2 Academic Entrepreneurship
3
3 Backdoor Entrepreneurship
9
4 Bootstrapping Finance
13
5 Culture and Innovation
20
The quest for the entrepreneurial gene
28
7 Disruptive Technology
39
8 Education Entrepreneurship and the Unreasonable
47
25 Proof of Concept Centers
141
26 Protecting University Patents while Pursuing the Public Good
144
27 Public Sector Entrepreneurship
148
28 Research and Technology Alliances
153
29 Returnee Entrepreneurs
159
30 Risk Funding
163
31 Seed and Venture Capital
175
32 Serial Entrepreneurship
180

9 Engineering Research Centers
54
10 Entrepreneurial Buyouts
61
11 Entrepreneurial Networks
65
12 Entrepreneurial Risk and Uncertainty
70
13 The Entrepreneurship Theory Jungle
75
14 Evolution of the Concept of Entrepreneurship
82
15 Family Business and Innovation
89
16 Family Business Entrepreneurship
93
17 Habitual Entrepreneurs
97
18 Harnessing Radical Innovation
101
19 Impact of Entrepreneurship
105
20 Incubators and Accelerators
108
21 Innovating through Licensing
118
22 Managing Creativity
124
23 Nascent Entrepreneurship
131
24 Open Innovation
137
33 Social Entrepreneurship
183
34 Spatial Elements of Innovation
187
35 Student Entrepreneurship
190
36 Technology Transfer and Cluster Interactions
197
37 Technology Transfer from Public Institutions
201
38 Technology Transfer from Universities
205
39 Technology Transfer Models
210
40 Underexplored Issues in Entrepreneurial Finance
219
41 Universityderived Entrepreneurship
223
42 UniversityIndustry Relations
227
43 University Research Parks
234
44 University Technology Transfer Offices
236
45 University Venture Funds
242
46 Valuing an Entrepreneurial Enterprise
251
Index
255
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