Cases in Technological Entrepreneurship

Contents......Page 4
Figures and tables......Page 5
Contributors......Page 6
Preface......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Introduction......Page 10
1. Entrepreneurship, innovative enterprise and economic development......Page 22
2. The role of public policies in innovation processes......Page 47
3. Finding, financing and growing technology-based innovations: a perspective on MIT......Page 74
4. The role of angel funds in early stage start-ups......Page 88
5. The locus of innovation in small and medium-sized firms: the importance of social capital and networking in innovative entrepreneurship......Page 101
6. Building a business on open source software......Page 128
7. Using innovation, research and finance to build a company with a multi-option strategy......Page 143
8. Technology entrepreneurship education: the Intel–UC Berkeley Global Entrepreneurship Education Initiative......Page 161
Index......Page 172