This second edition of the critically acclaimed core textbook provides students from technology and science based backgrounds with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to transform innovative ideas into commercially viable businesses for profit or social ends. Blending theory, policy and practice in a manner that is accessible to readers with little prior knowledge of business commercialisation, it offers a framework for understanding the entrepreneurial process for technological ideas. The book provides students with comprehensive guidance on the specialized field of 'technopreneurship'. It provides the tools and frameworks required for managing, commercialising and marketing technological innovation. With real life examples and case studies from a range of countries and industries, it will equip students with the understanding required to successfully launch their product. This text caters for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying technology entrepreneurship modules on engineering, science and computing technology programmes. New to this edition: -All chapters updated to reflect the evolution of theory and practice in the field -New cases on digital entrepreneurship, growth and scaling -Extended geographical coverage of case studies -Entrepreneurial practices updated to include recent research -Strategic context of business models, business growth and scaling, digital entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial marketing, organization design and crowdfunding developed and updated.
The focus of this book is on technology ventures — how they start, operate, and sometimes exit profitably.
High-Technology Entrepreneurship introduces and analyzes all the major aspects of high-technology small firm-formation and growth.
Rich in case studies, examples, and in-chapter elements that focus on the challenges of launching and operating a technology venture In-depth examination of intellectual property development, valuation, deal structuring, and equity ...
This book charts the experiences, pitfalls and knowledge behind leading scientific ideas to successful startups.
With a wide range of practical steps, lists of things to consider and guidelines on how to turn your technology based ideas into a successful business, this text will be essential for all non-business students who need to understand ...
“Technology entrepreneurship” is a particular sub-field of entrepreneurship focusing on how science and technology is or is intended to be converted into “value.” In particular, it relates to technical innovation and behavioral or ...
Cases on Information Technology and Entrepreneurship is a cutting-edge look into how IT can be the structural foundation of an entrepreneurship, describing specific examples of IT as the base of a start-up company and demonstrating how, ...
The comparisons included the entrepreneurs' background and personality and their venture's success. ... Not surprisingly, the high-tech entrepreneurs who started high-novelty high-technology ventures had significantly higher education ...
Information Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation presents current studies on the nature, process and practice of entrepreneurship and innovation in the development, implementation, and application of information technology worldwide, ...
The entrepreneur, rather than a product or technology, represents the source of the startup's profits – and the firm's productivity and performance (ch. 4.3.3). However, there are a number of technology startups, RBSUs, whose foundation ...