Entrepreneurship has become a cornerstone of economic development. The public
awareness of this phenomenon spurred great interest from the academic community and …

This paper reviews the evidence on financing technology-based small firms (TBSFs) in
Europe. European TBSFs finance new investments by relying primarily on internal funds …

The purpose of this article and the special issue is to improve our understanding of the
theoretical, managerial, and policy implications of entrepreneurial innovation. We …

This paper evaluates the impact of an R&D subsidy program implemented in a region of
northern Italy in the early 2000s on innovation by beneficiary firms. We use a regression …

In this book, leading authorities on project organizing explore the growing deployment of
projects and other types of temporary organizations, with a focus on the challenges created …

Innovation has moved to the foreground in regional policy in the last decade. Concrete
policies were shaped by “best practice models” derived from high-tech areas and well …

This is the second edition of Regional Innovation Systems, a book whose first edition
experienced an extended gestation period due to publishing industry takeover turmoil in the …

This paper focuses on interactive innovation. It starts by operationalising Regional
Innovation in the context of multi-level governance. It shows how regional and external …

Economists examine the genesis of technological change and the ways we commercialize
and diffuse it. The economics of property rights and patents, in addition to industry …

The regional innovation systems (RIS) concept has become popular among academics,
political decision-makers and regional stakeholders of innovation. Understanding the …