New technology-based firms, particularly those that develop their business around a new
technological platform, are likely to be impacted by globalization, in terms of both pace of …

The objective of the paper is to examine the influence of innovation measures on the export
intensity of Italian high technology small and medium firms. In fact, despite a growing …

Abstract Be international? Be innovative? Be international and innovative? Following the
logic of the upper echelon (UE) perspective, this paper studies the impact of the …

This paper provides a link between social capital and the entrepreneurial activity of
university scientists in the life sciences. The two main hypotheses are that social capital …

This secondary data-based research defines and describes the role of venture capital (VC)
in the financing of the innovation system of the biotech industry; with a special focus on Italy …

Most books on the biotechnology industry focus on scientific and technological challenges,
ignoring the entrepreneurial and managerial complexities faced bio-entrepreneurs. The …

Una proposta originale di posizionamento strategico per le aziende intenzionate a
preservare nel tempo la propria capacità di innovazione. Le argomentazioni riportate nel …

Identifying which factors affect firms' performance is a critical issue. Within International
Entrepreneurship stream of search, most of the extant studies have focused on the individual …

Purpose of the paper: This work aims at shedding light on the most recent trends affecting
local systems and clusters through the analysis of international case studies. Methodology …

The present article explores the day surgery topic assuming a managerial perspective. If we
assume such a perspective, day surgery can be considered as a business model decision …