Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship and Innovation Systems

The book examines the main dimensions of knowledge intensive entrepreneurship, the factors affecting its emergence, evolution and performance and the importance of knowledge intensive entrepreneurship for European growth and competitiveness.

Auteur

Franco Malerba is Professor of Industrial Economics and Director of CESPRI, Research Center on Innovation and Internationalization at Bocconi University.

Contenu

Part 1: Introduction 1. Knowledge intensive entrepreneurship and innovation systems in Europe Franco Malerba Part 2: Perspectives on Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship and Innovation Systems 2. The knowledge-based entrepreneur: the need for a relevant theory of the firm Patrick Cohendet, Patrick Llerena 3. What makes entrepreneurship systemic? Slavo Radosevic 4. Academic patents, spin-offs and beyond: the many faces of scientific entrepreneurship Chiara Franzoni, Francesco Lissoni Part 3: Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship and Innovation Systems: The European Case 5. Patterns of Technological Entry in Different Fields: an Analysis of Patent Data Roberto Camerani, Franco Malerba 6. Survival of innovative entrants in knowledge based sectors Stefano Breschi, Franco Malerba, Maria Luisa Mancusi 7. Academic inventors as brokers: An exploratory analysis of the KEINS database Francesco Lissoni 8. New innovators and knowledge intensive entrepreneurship in some European sectoral systems: a field Camilla Lenzi, Kate Bishop, Stefano Breschi,Guido Buenstorf, Patrick Llerena, Franco Malerba, Maria Luisa Mancusi, Maureen McKelvey 9. Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe: Results of a Firm Level Survey Slavo Radosevic, Maja Savic, Richard Woodward 10. Diversity of Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurial Firms: Struggling Biotech Firms Despite Opportunities Johan Brink and Maureen McKelvey 11. Knowledge-Based Entrepreneurship and International Technology Transfer in the German Laser Industry Guido Buenstorf 12. Are the dynamics of knowledge intensive industries any different? Ricardo Mamede, Daniel Mota, Manuel Mira Godinho 13. Entrepreneurship and Growth David B. Audretsch, Max Keilbach Part 4: Policy Conclusions 14. Knowledge intensive entrepreneurship in Europe: some policy conclusions Franco Malerba, Nicholas Vonortas