New Technology-based Firms In The New Millennium, V, Volume 5 (new Technology-based Firms) (new Technology-based Firms) (new Technology-based Firms)

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This book consists of selected papers from the Annual High Technology Small Firms (HTSFs). The conference is acknowledged by experts in the field to be a particularly useful and authoritative record of the evolution of HTSF research since the inception of the series in 1993. It addresses strategic growth for small firms. It discusses how to harness external resources to promote growth (i.e., government and/or larger firms) while maintaining a win-win. It includes discussion of "spin off" the transformation from a non-profit making entity to a competitive busines world.

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Else_NTBF-OAKEY_prelims.qxd 9/29/2006 3:32 PM Page i NEW TECHNOLOGY-BASED FIRMS IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM VOLUME V Else_NTBF-OAKEY_prelims.qxd 9/29/2006 3:32 PM Page ii New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millennium Volume IV (2005) Wim During, Ray Oakey and Saleema Kauser New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millennium Volume III (2004) Wim During, Ray Oakey and Saleema Kauser New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millennium Volume II (2002) Ray Oakey, Wim During and Saleema Kauser New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millennium Volume I (2001) Wim During, Ray Oakey and Saleema Kauser New Technology-Based Firms at the Turn of the Century New Technology-Based Firms at the Turn of the Century (2000) Ray Oakey, Wim During and Michelle Kipling New Technology-Based Firms in the 1990s New Technology-Based Firms in the 1990s Volume VI (1999) Ray Oakey, Wim During and Syeda-Masooda Mukhtar Previous titles in this series published by Paul Chapman Publishing New Technology-Based Firms in the 1990s Volume I (1994) Ray Oakey New Technology-Based Firms in the 1990s Volume II (1996) Ray Oakey New Technology-Based Firms in the 1990s Volume III (1997) Ray Oakey and Syeda-Masooda Mukhtar New Technology-Based Firms in the 1990s Volume IV (1998) Wim During and Ray Oakey New Technology-Based Firms in the 1990s Volume V (1998) Ray Oakey and Wim During Other titles of interest from Elsevier Science Management of Technology, Growth through Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship M. Van Zedtwitz Management of Technology, Sustainable Development and Eco-Efficiency Louis A. Lefebvre, Robert M. Mason and Tarek Khalil Silicon Valley North: A High-Tech Cluster of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Larisa V. Shavinina Related Journals – Sample copies available on request Journal of Business Venturing Journal of Engineering and Technology Management Journal of High Technology Management Research Technological Forecasting and Social Change Technovation Else_NTBF-OAKEY_prelims.qxd 9/29/2006 3:32 PM Page iii NEW TECHNOLOGY-BASED FIRMS IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM VOLUME V EDITED BY AARD GROEN Nikos, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands RAY OAKEY Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK PETER VAN DER SIJDE University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands SALEEMA KAUSER Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK Amsterdam ● Boston ● Heidelberg ● London ● New York ● Oxford Paris ● San Diego ● San Francisco ● Singapore ● Sydney ● Tokyo Else_NTBF-OAKEY_prelims.qxd 9/29/2006 3:32 PM Page iv Elsevier The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK Radarweg 29, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands First edition 2007 Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone (⫹44) (0) 1865 843830; fax (⫹44) (0) 1865 8533