Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship and Innovation Systems

<p>This book examines entrepreneurship from three interrelated perspectives. Firstly it links entrepreneurship to <em>innovation</em> and to the generation transformation and use of <em>knowledge</em>. Secondly it inserts entrepreneurship in <em>innovation systems</em> of various types- national sectoral and local. Thirdly it views entrepreneurship not as a single event but as a <em>process </em>that evolves in time from the pre-entry experience to the entrepreneurial act to the evolution of the entrepreneur and the new company.</p><p>With chapters from a range of international contributors the book answers questions such as; what are the main dimensions of knowledge intensive entrepreneurship? What are the factors affecting its emergence evolution and performance? How important is knowledge intensive entrepreneurship for European growth and competitiveness? Is the situation of Central and Eastern Europe engaged in a process of major economic and institutional transformation similar or different from the one of Western Europe? </p>