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Author:   Ayala Malach-Pines ,  Mustafa F. Özbilgin
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
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9781847209498

ISBN 10:   1847209491
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   30 April 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents: Introduction Ayala Malach-Pines and Mustafa F. Özbilgin PART I: HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS 1. The Right Entrepreneur for the Right Start-up – the Impact of Entrepreneurs’ Personality on their Start-ups’ Performance: A Contingency Approach Dov Dvir, Arik Sadeh and Ayala Malach-Pines 2. The Entrepreneurial Posture of Information Technology Professionals Agnieszka Postuła 3. High-tech Entrepreneurs versus Entrepreneurs in Traditional Industries: Similarities and Differences in Family Portraits and Passion Quests Orenia Yaffe-Yanai, Tamar Milo and Gilat Kaplan PART II: HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP: PROCESSES AND STAGES 4. Exploration and Exploitation in High-technology Start-ups: A Process Model for New Firm Development Björn Klocke and Hans Georg Gemünden 5. Radical Strategic Change in High-technology New Ventures: A Multi-cultural View of Investors’ Perspective Eli Gimmon, Eyal Benjamin and Liora Katzenstein 6. Is Your Firm Established? The Role of Recognition in Entrepreneurial Firm Transition Preeta M. Banerjee PART III: CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVES TO HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS Section A: National Perspectives 7. Gender Identity and ICT Entrepreneurship in an Irish Context Anne Laure Humbert, Eileen Drew and Elisabeth Kelan 8. Technopreneurship in India: Two Case Studies of Information Technology Entrepreneurs Radha R. Sharma 9. Attitudes Towards High-tech Entrepreneurs and Company Heads in Hungary Ágnes Utasi Section B: Comparative Perspectives 10. University Technology Transfer: Comparative Study of US, European and Australian Universities Tsvi Vinig and Paul van Rijsbergen 11. Regulatory Focus in Start-ups versus Established Firms in the High-tech Industry Sharon Barkan 12. Person–Environment Fit (P–E Fit) in Values and Regulatory Focus and its Relationship to Stress, Burnout and Meaning Among High-tech Workers in Economically Stable versus Unstable Environments Shira Milshtein PART IV: ANTECEDENTS, CORRELATES AND CONSEQUENCES OF ENTREPRENEURIAL CAREERS IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY 13. Determinants of Intrapreneurship Among High-tech Engineers Sigalit Ronen 14. Career Aspirations and Progression in UK Science: Perceptions and Reality Sara Connolly and Susan Long 15. Entrepreneurial and Other Career Motivations Among Engineering Students Nilusha De Alwis and Helen M.G. Watt 16. Nascent Technology Entrepreneurs: A Case Study of Setting up an Academic Research-driven Technology Business in Malaysia Mine Karataş-Özkan and Katerina Nicolopoulou PART V: GENDER, ETHNICITY, CLASS AND HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS 17. High-technology Entrepreneurs: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Olca Sürgevil and Mustafa F. Özbilgin 18. Exploring Women Academics’ Involvement in Science Entrepreneurship: A Structuration View Elizabeth Chell, Mine Karataş-Özkan and Rosie Read 19. Women Serial High-technology Entrepreneurs Gilat Kaplan and Ayala Malach-Pines PART VI: EMPOWERING HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS: MECHANISMS OF STRUCTURAL AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT 20. Social Networks and High-tech Entrepreneurs: The Power of Networks and How to Put it to Use Yossi Dashti 21. Assisting the Growth of Small Technology Firms: An Educator’s Perspective William J. Lekse 22. Why Serial High-technology Entrepreneurs Don’t Burn Out Ayala Malach-Pines and Gilat Kaplan Index

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Edited by the late Ayala Malach-Pines, formerly Professor of Psychology, Department of Business Administration, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel and Mustafa F. Özbilgin, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Brunel University of London, UK

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