Creating Technology-Driven Entrepreneurship

Foundations, Processes and Environments
Herausgegeben:Passiante, Giuseppina; Romano, Aldo

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Produktbeschreibung

This book proposes a comprehensive analysis of the existing schools ofthought on technology-driven entrepreneurship to point out the process-based nature of this phenomenon. It explores whether entrepreneurship can belearned and examines the main processes that help influence entrepreneurialmind-sets.

In the current economic landscape, technology-drivenentrepreneurship is the driving force behind national economies and entrepreneurialsocieties. It is the engine of innovation, job creation, productivity andeconomic growth, bringing benefits both at the level of the individual and ofthe society and promoting sustainable smart growth and development. Thisbook provides a comprehensive view of "how" entrepreneurs and futureentrepreneurs learn and develop their business ventures in a wider environment.Moreover, it discussesissues concerning setting up thesuitable entrepreneurial environments, processes, values and policies toencourage and foster individual entrepreneurial aptitudes. It also explores practices fordeveloping technology-driven entrepreneurship in a European context as well asin emerging regions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-59154-8
• 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 556g
• ISBN-13: 9781137591548
• ISBN-10: 1137591544
• Artikelnr.: 44688872

Autorenporträt

Giuseppina Passiante is Full Professor of Innovation Management and Technology Entrepreneurship at the University of Salento (Lecce, Italy). Currently her research fields concern Technology Entrepreneurship, and more specifically the experiential learning environment encouraging enterprise and entrepreneurship capabilities, skills and competencies. Aldo Romano has been Full Professor of Innovation Management and President of Scuola Superiore ISUFI at the University of Salento (Lecce, Italy). In acknowledgement of his scientific achievements, Aldo Romano has been awarded the Gold Medal of Merit for Culture, School and Arts from the President of the Italian Republic.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword; Giovanni Schiuma.- 1. The Technology driven Entrepreneurship in the Knowledge Economy; Aldo Romano, Giuseppina Passiante and Pasquale Del Vecchio.- 2. Corporate Entrepreneurship: the Antecedents at the Individual and Organizational Levels in Technology-based Firms; Gianluca Elia, Alessandro Margherita and Claudio Petti.- 3. Entrepreneurial Learning Processes for Technology-driven Entrepreneurship: Assumptions and Behavioural Dynamics for an Integrative Framework; Karim Moustaghfir and Giustina Secundo.- 4. Rethinking the University System: A Strategic Roadmap towards the Entrepreneurial University Model; Giustina Secundo and Karim Moustaghfir.- 5. A process-based model for inspiring technology-driven entrepreneurship: an education perspective; Valentina Ndou, Giustina Secundo and Gioconda Mele.- 6. A Collective Intelligence Platform for Developing Technology Entrepreneurship Ecosystems; Gianluca Elia and Alessandro Margherita.- 7. Entrepreneurial learning in a network: the role of cultural values.- Federica Ceci, Francesca Masciarelli and Andrea Prencipe.- 8. Technology-driven Entrepreneurship in Emerging Regions; Claudio Petti.- 9. Technology-driven Entrepreneurship within the framework of regional development policies; Pasquale Del Vecchio and Marco De Maggio.