New Technology-Based Firms in the 1990s

by Oakey; During; Mukhtar

• ISBN13: 9780080427614
• ISBN10: 0080427618
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-10-04
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology

Summary

The selected papers in this volume bear witness to a maturing of High Technology Small Firms (HTSF) research. In the past, HTSF research has produced some solid findings, but also several paradoxes: shedding more light on the unintended and paradoxical effects of technology developments regarding HTSFs is now one of the aims of research in this field, and an observed change in the focus of the research agenda is reflected in this book. Although many of the topics have also been covered in earlier volumes, a gradual shift from descriptive case or survey studies to more explanatory studies, with an objective of understanding the processes that drive HTSF development, now becomes apparent. Researchers from different backgrounds increasingly strive to apply and integrate theoretical traditions that focus on the individual firm, regional and wider environmental levels. As a result of this shift, topics such as financing, internationalisation or firm development are viewed more from a perspective of networking and cooperation, or of development and growth. The understanding of how to promote cooperation and networking will probably remain on the HTSF research agenda for some years to come; the development and growth processes of HTSFs, within the context of clusters and networks, will also be high on the agenda in the next decade.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Acknowledgement	x
PART I INTRODUCTION
Understnaidng High-Technology Small Firms Development: a Multi-Level Approach	1	(5)
Wim During
Ray Oakey
Syeda-Masooda Mukhtar
PART II CO-OPERATION AND NETWORKING
The Greatness of Being Small in Business Networks	6	(15)
Hakan Hakansson
Anna Reuithe
Alexandra Waluszewski
Startegic Innovation Networks: Managing High Technology in Mature Small Firms	21	(20)
Martin J.J. Beckinsale
Oswald Jones
Entrepreneurical Orientation as a Predictor of Perceived Environmental Uncertainty and of Alliance Involvement: the Case of Small to Medium-Sized Manufacturing enterprises in The Netherlands	41	(11)
Mark Weaver
Wim During
Aard Groen
Vivek Nagpaul
Pat Dickson
Partnering Strategy for Small Technology---Based Firms: an Empirical Analysis-the Case of the Us Biotechnology Industry	52	(17)
Nathale Chaillou
Establishing the Role for a New Technology: the Case of Virtual Reality	69	(12)
Tim Watts
Jeff Butler
Uncertainty as Motivation or When the Nerds Rush In: a Counterculture to Managing Routines	81	(9)
Peter H. Christensen
Mette Mnsted
Sleeping with the Enemy--About Trust and Dependence in Inter-Organisational Relationships in a Technological Settings	90	(15)
Rosalinde Klein Woolthuis
Clusters and Clustering: Genesis, Evolution and Results	105	(17)
Joost Kuijper
Hans Van Der Stappen
Partnership Development Modelling and a Typology for Accurate Manufacturing in the Textile and Garment Industries	122	(21)
Mario Romao
Henrique O'Neill
Analysis of Innovation-Oriented Networking between R&D Intensive Small Firms and Knowledge-Intensive Business Services: Empirical Evidence from France and Germany	143	(27)
Emmanuel Muller
Andrea Zenker
Sectoral Differences in the Location and Operation of High Technology Small Firms: Some Issues for Economic Development	170	(15)
Sarah Cooper
PART III DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH
Developing High-Tech Classification Schemes: a Competency-Based Approach	185	(15)
John Baldwin
Guy Gellatly
How Small Biotechnology Firms Survive in the Dutch Pharmaceutical Industry: an Exploratory Analysis	200	(13)
Marina Van Geenhuizen
Core Competence and Transaction Costs in Technology Intensive Organizations	213	(13)
Adrian Gourlay
Eric Luckwell
Jonathan Seaton
Tom Weyman-Jones
The Internationalisation of British and German Start-Up Companies in High-Technology Industries	226	(20)
Oliver Burgel
Gordon Murray
Andreas Fier
Georg Light
Eric Nerlinger
British and Swedish Science Parks and Incubators for Small Technology-Based Firms	246	(17)
Asa Lindholm Dahlstrand
The Deployment of Strategies for Growth within NTBFs in the Aberdeen Area of Scotland	263	(20)
William Keogh
Gary Evans
Chris Blaydon
Growth Determinants of Start-Ups in Eastern Germany: a Comparison between Innovative and Non-Innovative Firms	283	(14)
Matthias Almus
Eric Nerlinger
Fabian Steil
The Impact of Employee Involvement and Group Incentives on Performance in UK High Technology Establishments	297
James Sesil