New Technology-Based Firms in the 1990s

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Placing the Contributions in Context - R Oakey PART TWO: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT The Changing Nature of the Innovation Process - R Rothwell Implications for SMEs New Technology-Based Firms (NTBFs) and Interorganisation Networks - G J Stockport and A P Kakabadse Developing a Conceptual Framework Client Communication and Innovative Efficiency in US and UK Biotechnology Companies - D J Bower and E Whittaker Taxonomy of Management Attitudes towards Bootlegging, Uncertainty - P Ugsdorfer Sources of Technological Innovative Ideas and Their Significance for Commercial Outcomes in Small Companies - S Caird PART THREE: FINANCE Banking and New Technology-Based Small Firms - T Philpott A Study of Information Exchanges in the Financing Relationship The Growth and the Funding Mechanisms of New Technology-Based Firms - A Lumme, I Kauranen and E Autio A Comparative Study between the United Kingdom and Finland Comparative European Practices in the Finance of New Technology Entrepreneurs - D Deakins and T Philpott United Kingdom, Germany and Holland The Role of Informal and Formal Sources of Venture Capital in the Financing of Technology-Based SMEs in the United Kingdom - C Mason and R Harrison. PART FOUR: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Flexible Specialisation on a Global Basis and the Protection of Intellectual Property - E Garnsey and M Wilkinson A Problematic Case The Impact of Institutional Intellectual Property Policy on the Propensity of Individual UK Universities to Incubate NTBFs - K A Harvey Technology and Intellectual Property Strategies of Taiwan's Semiconductor Firms - J-T Chiang Implications for International Product Life Cycle Model PART FIVE: POLICY Technology Policies and Small Firms - J S Metcalfe An Evolutionary Perspective How NTBFs Acquire, Accumulate and Transfer Technology - M Laranja Implications for Catching-Up Policies of Less Developed Countries such as Portugal The Role of Science and Technology Parks in NTBF Development - J Hauschildt and R Steinkhler Policies and Founder Characteristics of New Technology-Based Firms (NTBFs) - M J Manimala A Comparison between British and Indian Firms Regional Influences and Policy in New Technology-Based Firm Creation and Growth - D Keeble