competencies, radical innovation, corporate venture capital investment, the mentoring of high-tech entrepreneurs. The Handbook then …

, innovation and capability building processes through in-depth case studies in these industries and suggests that both … entrepreneurship and distributed innovation are critical for the growth of firms globally …ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Stages of globalization : from knowledge transfer to industrialized innovation -- ch. 3 …

point of this book. It is often overlooked that many of the current innovation activities are linked to developments inside … sectors -- pt. 3. Local versus global perspectives in innovation …

-tech achievements. The authors argue that since commercialization has become the ultimate objective of innovation activity, the … innovation capability of the corporate sector. They go on to explore regions with the greatest scale and depth of high …

Building strong and dynamic systems of innovation constitutes a key challenge for the post-socialist economies of … systems may emerge. The Dynamics of Innovation in Eastern Europe explains, in particular, how this has been possible in the … case of the Estonian system of innovation in telecommunications. The book shows that the socialist historical heritage, 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 …Europe needs more innovative companies that grow quickly and end up big. This book examines SME growth, innovation and …

-306 -- David B. Audretsch (1995), 'New Firms', in Innovation and Industry Evolution, Chapter 3, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 39 …. Acs and Attila Varga (2002), 'Geography, Endogenous Growth, and Innovation', International Regional Science Review, 25 (1 …-65 -- Zoltan J. Acs and David B. Audretsch (1988), 'Innovation in Large and Small Firms: An Empirical Analysis', American Economic …