The chapters in this book represents foundational research for a nature versus nurture discussion as it relates to innovative behavior, especially a discussion that considers the innovative behavior within and…

Explores the search process for knowledge used by entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial firms in pursuit of new opportunities and presents empirical evidence about the sources of knowledge that entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial…

This book focuses on technology and innovation policies from an economic assessment or economic impacts perspective. The analysis, by eminent international scholars, covers policies relevant to countries in Europe and…

Examines an overlooked metric associated with the impact of the Bayh-Dole Act, namely its effect on influencing university-based technology transfer policies in other countries. To substantiate this thesis, Bayh-Dole like…

This book searches to understand the nature of the relationship, as well as the importance of the relationship, between sources of knowledge and entrepreneurial behavior. The conceptual foundation for our…

This book examines knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship (KIE) with a focus on the European textile and apparel industries. The primary purpose is to review the extant academic literature related to the European…

and (2) the provision of incentives to overcome the natural inclination of private parties to consider only their private benefits when choosing the level of innovation in which to invest…

The focus here is instead on the innovation process, and therefore examines framework issues about how we can assess networks of innovators, measurement issues for both researchers and official statisticians…