'This is a very timely book! Public procurement for innovation has become a prominent tool of demand-side innovation … this bundle of instruments and their limitations, is highly relevant for both innovation policy analysts, students and … innovation.'--Stefan Kuhlmann, University of Twente, the Netherlands, President of the European Forum for Studies of Policies for …

: an exploratory study / Kristin Cappuyns -- Family and cultural forces : shaping entrepreneurship and SME development in …

institutions in developing countries -- 7. Financial systems, investment in innovation, and venture capital : the case of China … -- 8. Venture capital and innovation : the Indian experience -- 9. The emergence of Singapore venture capital industry …

innovation. The book is extensively researched and provides compelling insights for IPR managers, technology investors and … policymakers trying to promote the efficiency of capital markets and national systems of innovation. Knut Blind, Berlin University … technological innovation has become a central issue in public policy, corporate finance and business management. This detailed book …

Europe needs more innovative companies that grow quickly and end up big. This book examines SME growth, innovation and …Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: innovation beyond national systems fragility: institutional bricolage …. 'reassembling the social', in entrepreneurial innovation and academic entrepreneurship studies: the 'amphibious scientists …

Introduction / Gerald I. Susman -- Exploring the reach. of innovation-related cooperation in small firms / Mark Freel … -- Innovation, productivity, and growth : an analysis of Irish data / James H. Love, Stephen Roper -- Innovation strategies and … conceptual framework to describe network effectiveness / Irene J. Petrick, Carleen Maitland -- Sourcing of innovation as …