Knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship in low-tech industries /
Title By: Hirsch-Kreinsen, Hartmut [Editor.] | Schwinge, Isabel [Editor.]
Material type: BookPublisher: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar., c2014Description: xiii, 249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781783472031Subject(s): EntrepreneurshipItem type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 658.42 KN OW (Browse shelf) | Available | T0027959 |
This book contributes to the discussion about the relevance of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship for industrial innovation in the context of traditional low-technology industries.
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction: knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship in low-tech industries; PART I Characteristics, patterns and impact; 2. Exploring knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship in high-tech and low-tech manufacturing sectors: differences and similarities; 3. Patterns of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship in low-tech industries; 4. The impact of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship on the growth and competitiveness of European traditional industries; PART II Strategies and development prospects 5. Patterns and determinants of trademark use in Portugal6. High-growth LMT firms and the evolution of the Russian economy; 7. The relevance of the 'dynamic capabilities' perspective in low-tech sectors; 8. Readjusting the perspective on LMT firms in product supply chains in light of knowledge-intensive activity; PART III Policy issues; 9. Trapped by the high-tech myth: the need and chances for a new policy rationale; 10. Policy measures for the promotion of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship in low-tech industries; Index.