Reviews empirical data related to public policy actions undertaken by European governments to provide support to new technology-based firms (NTBFs) in the 1980s and early 1990s. Five specific policy areas are examined: science parks (often nearby commercial spaces having formal and operational...

Pt. 1. The role of the individual versus that of the institution -- Pt. 2. The econo-geographic aspects of emergence, cooperation and survival -- Pt. 3. The cultural levels of nation, gender, profession, sector and region in emergence, cooperation and survival

Pt. 1. The role of the individual versus that of the institution -- Pt. 2. The econo-geographic aspects of emergence, cooperation and survival -- Pt. 3. The cultural levels of nation, gender, profession, sector and region in emergence, cooperation and survival.