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