Public policy and the management of innovation in technology-based entrepreneurship

Part 1 Technology-based entrepreneurship and public policy: technology policy - the role of regions and new technology based firms in Belgium, Jean-Pierre Segers government laboratories as a "competitive weapon" - comparing cooperative R&D in the US and Japan, Sanjay Pandey and Barry Bozeman roles for governments in fostering knowledge based companies - the British Columbia experience, Raphael Amit and Mihkel Tombak. Part 2 Technology transfer and the entrepreneurial firm: handling the uncertainty in R&D alliances, J.C. Spencer et al market forces or technological rate of change - an interorganizational framework of technology transfer - selected cases in Hong Kong, Singapore and Southern China, William F. Yager. Part 3 Technology strategies in entrepreneurial firms: entrepreneurial approaches to technology and quality, Gloria L. Lee collaborative strategies - a comprehensive report, Vasudevan Ramanujan and Cynthia L. Rahn strategic alliances and the small high tech firm, Keith Ward nurturing the seeds of advantage - a case study of entrepreneurial development and human capital formation in a technologically intensive, professional service environment, William C. Schulz. Part 4 Managing innovation and growth in entrepreneurial firms: comparing growth planning theories for high technology startups - a qualitative analysis, J.B. Arbaugh and Donald L. Sexton managing the creative process in a small R&D firm, Ellen Greenberg and Tom Christian formalization and organizational life cycle - an empirical test of the "paradox of success" in high technology firms, Yolanda Sarason et al.