Front Cover -- New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millennium Volume IX -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- Engaged Scholarship and the Study of High-Technology Small Firms -- The Principles of Engagement and Embeddedness -- The Papers -- Entrepreneurship Education -- Enterprise Internationalization -- Strategies for Innovation and Growth -- References -- 2. Enterprise Education and the Adoption of New Technologies Within Small Firms -- Introduction -- Entrepreneurship Education and Innovation -- Data and Methodology -- Results -- (i) Distribution of new technology entrepreneurs by population and firm groups -- (ii) Broad definition of technology adoption -- (iii) Narrow definition of technology adoption -- Conclusions -- References -- 3. Taking Technological Opportunities to the Market: The Role of University-Based Business Plan Competitions in Supporting High Technology Commercialisation -- Introduction -- Technology-Based Venture Creation -- Bringing the Entrepreneurial Future Forward -- Research Focus, Method and Empirical Findings -- Focus -- Methodology and Sample -- Findings -- The Company Location and Its 'Product' -- The Team-Size, Gender, Age and 'Status' -- Education, Knowledge and Experience -- Beyond the Team-Extended Networks -- Markets and Customers -- Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- 4. Coaching versus Mentoring: Are There Any Differences? -- Introduction -- Aim and Scope -- Method and Data -- Analysis and Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- 5. Clustering and the Internationalisation of High Technology Small Firms in Film and Television -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Clusters and Competitive Advantage -- Clusters and Entrepreneurship -- Clusters and International Linkages -- The Internationalisation Strategies of Small Firms -- Conclusion.

Formation and Growth of Entrepreneurial SMEs -- Clusters and the Formation and Growth of Firms -- Entrepreneurial Growth Processes Within the Clusters -- Evidence on Clusters and their International Linkages -- Influences on Import and Export Activity -- The Role of Multinational Enterprises -- Internationalisation Strategies -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 6. Strategies for Circumventing Born Global Firms' Resource Scarcity Dilemma -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Research Design and Methodology -- Analysis and Discussion of the Case Firms -- Industry Background -- Introduction to the Case Firms -- Teams and Networks -- Internationalization Efforts and Performance of the Firms -- The Role of the Internet -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 7. Value Creation by Small Firm Internationalization: A Competence-Based Approach -- Introduction -- Conceptual Framework -- Drivers for Small firm Internationalization -- The Network Perspective -- The Resource-Based Perspective -- Toward a Competence-Based Approach -- Methodology -- Research Design -- Findings -- Principal Component Analysis -- Discriminant Analysis -- Conclusion -- References -- 8. An Investigation on Environmental Scanning and Growth Strategy in High-Tech Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises -- Introduction -- Environmental Scanning in SMEs -- The Sample and Data -- Findings and Discussion -- Managerial Implications -- References -- 9. Transitional Governance in External Technology Sourcing Trajectories: Connecting Pre-Acquisition Collaboration to Post-Acquisition Integration -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Research Design -- Data Collection and Analysis -- Results -- Pre-Acquisition Collaboration -- Pre-acquisition Collaboration to Evaluate Goodwill of the Established Partner -- Pre-Acquisition Integration Efforts -- Post-Acquisition Integration.

Initiation of Post-Acquisition Integration Process -- The Need for Management Changes During Post-Acquisitions Process -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Connecting Pre-Acquisition Collaboration and Post-Acquisition Integration -- Managerial Implications -- Limitations and Future Research -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 10. The Use of Patents in Dutch Biopharmaceutical SME: A Typology for Assessing Strategic Patent Management Maturity -- Introduction -- Attitudes Towards Strategic Planning and Patents -- Inactive -- Reactive -- Active -- Proactive -- Patent Functions from a Managerial Perspective -- Incentive -- Appropriation -- Protection -- Dissemination -- Liability -- Portfolio Component -- Asset -- Performance Indicator -- The Typology in a Pilot Study -- The Typology in a Case Study -- Incentive to Innovate -- Appropriation of an Invention -- Protection of Intellectual Property -- Dissemination of Patent Information -- Patents as Assets -- The Patent Portfolio -- Patents as Performance Indicator -- Conclusions -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 11. An Exploratory Study of the Manufacturing Strategy in Start-up Companies -- Introduction -- Research Method -- Findings -- Discussion -- Shorter Product Development Time in Market-Pull Companies -- A More Focused Manufacturing Strategy in Market-Pull Companies -- A More Consistent Manufacturing Strategy in Market-Pull Companies -- New Product Development Emphasis: Product Depth vs. Product Width -- Customer Involvement in Product Design and Development Process -- Generic Models for Business Orientation Mobility in Manufacturing Start-up Companies -- Conclusion -- References -- 12. Managing Innovation for Growth in High Technology Small Firms -- Growth, Knowledge Creation and Innovation in Small KIBS Firms -- Innovation Process in Services and Small Firms -- Case Studies.

Model for Growth -- Conclusions -- References -- 13. The Nature of the Entrepreneurial Process: Causation, Effectuation, and Pragmatism -- Introduction -- A Comparison of the Two Models -- Means-Driven versus Ends-Driven -- Control versus Prediction -- Affordable Loss versus Expected Returns -- New Products and Markets versus Existing Products and Markets -- Cooperation versus Competition -- Cyclical versus Linear -- Intermediate Conclusion -- Beyond the Dichotomy: Causation, Effectuation, Teleology, and Pragmatism -- On Pragmatism -- Creative Human Action and the Entrepreneurial Process -- Conclusion and Discussion -- References.