In March 2000, at the Lisbon European Council, heads of state and government set the
European Union (EU) the goal of becoming „the most competitive and dynamic knowledge …

The social knowledge system (Holzner et al., this volume) offers perspectives not found in
most economic approaches to science and technology. Although little of the content of the …

This book examines entrepreneurship from three interrelated perspectives. Firstly, it links
entrepreneurship to innovation and to the generation, transformation and use of knowledge …

Science, technology and innovation have grown in importance over the last 50 years as we
have moved towards a more knowledge-intensive society (the 'knowledge society'). A …

Venture capitalists find, fund, and assist high-impact entrepreneurs—individuals whose firms
are instruments of Schumpeter's (1939)“creative destruction” and the “creation of new …

This contribution intends to clarify for the current discussion about knowledge and its
importance within economic systems. It relies on the complementary character of the …

This book examines discourses of knowledge and innovation in post-industrial societies and
knowledge-based organizations. The author investigates the value of knowledge and the …

While technology entrepreneurship has been widely recognized as a driver of economic
growth, there exists little in the way of a unified framework for understanding technology …

In contemporary literature on venture capital financial infrastructures are identified as major
contributors to a large proportion of today's innovations. Yet quite contradictory the literature …

This paper develops a theory of the firm scope where not only research but also ordinary
production employees can generate inventions. Separating research from production …