Creating Technology-Driven Entrepreneurship Foundations, Processes a
This book proposes a comprehensive analysis of the existing schools of thought on technology-driven entrepreneurship to point out the process-based nature of this phenomenon. It explores whether entrepreneurship can be learned and examines the main proces
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GIUSEPPINA PASSIANTE ALDO ROMANO
CREATING TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP Foundations, Processes and Environments
Creating Technology-Driven Entrepreneurship
Giuseppina Passiante • Aldo Romano Editors
Creating Technology-Driven Entrepreneurship Foundations, Processes and Environments
Editors Giuseppina Passiante University of Salento Lecce, Italy
Aldo Romano University of Salento Lecce, Italy
ISBN 978-1-137-59154-8 ISBN 978-1-137-59156-2 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-59156-2
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To the lovely memory of Aldo Romano, our inspiring mentor and visionary leader
Foreword
In today’s business age, organisational and local wealth creation is increasingly the result of an entrepreneurial spirit found within entrepreneurs, employees and change agents. This authoritative book makes a contribution towards disentangling the driving force of value creation represented by entrepreneurship. With a specific focus on the relevance of technologydriven entrepreneurship, some crucial questions are addressed that engage current debate. What is the role of technological entrepreneurship in transforming the current economic scenario? How can technologydriven entrepreneurship support innovation, job creation, productivity and economic growth? How are the processes of change fostered by technology-driven entrepreneurship? What are the main activities of a technology-driven entrepreneur? What is the learning process grounding the new forms of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship? These are some of the relevant rese
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