Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship and Innovation Systems : Evidence from Europe (Hardcover)

Part 1: Introduction  1. Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship and Innovation Systems in Europe Franco Malerba  Part 2: Perspectives on Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship and Innovation Systems  2. The Knowledge-Based Entrepreneur: The Need for a Relevant Theory of the Firm Patrick Cohendet and Patrick Llerena  3. What Makes Entrepreneurship Systemic? Slavo Radosevic  4. Academic Patents, Spin-Offs and Beyond: The Many Faces of Scientific Entrepreneurship Chiara Franzoni and Francesco Lissoni  Part 3: Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship and Innovation Systems: The European Case  5. Patterns of Technological Entry in Different Fields: an Analysis of Patent Data Roberto Camerani and Franco Malerba  6. Survival of Innovative Entrants in Knowledge Based Sectors Stefano Breschi, Franco Malerba and Maria Luisa Mancusi  7. Academic Inventors as Brokers: An Exploratory Analysis of the KEINS Database Francesco Lissoni  8. New Innovators and Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship in some European Sectoral Systems: A Field Camilla Lenzi, Kate Bishop, Stefano Breschi,Guido Buenstorf, Patrick Llerena, Franco Malerba, Maria Luisa Mancusi and Maureen McKelvey  9. Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe: Results of a Firm Level Survey Slavo Radosevic, Maja Savic and Richard Woodward  10. Diversity of Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurial Firms: Struggling Biotech Firms Despite Opportunities Johan Brink and Maureen McKelvey  11. Knowledge-Based Entrepreneurship and International Technology Transfer in the German Laser Industry Guido Buenstorf  12. Are the Dynamics of Knowledge Intensive Industries any Different? Ricardo Mamede, Daniel Mota and Manuel Mira Godinho  13. Entrepreneurship and Growth David B. Audretsch and Max Keilbach  Part 4: Policy Conclusions  14. Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship in Europe: Some Policy Conclusions Franco Malerba and Nicholas Vonortas