This edited volume presents new means of quantifying the behavioral and consequential differences between technology-based and non-technology-based nascent entrepreneurs in varied economies. It explores the socioeconomic place of technology in developed and developing countries, and describes the implications of this research for policymakers' ability to identify and support new areas of economic growth. This book also examines technology-based nascent entrepreneurship issues in the context of entrepreneurial leadership, business incubation, ethnic migrants, university researchers, new venture formation activities, student entrepreneurship, and start-up competitions. The contributors to this collection provide valuable insights for the growing study of and expanding policies addressing nascent entrepreneurship.

Features insights on nascent entrepreneurship from leading and emerging scholars Discusses and public policy, ecosystems, and territorial social capital Examines how policymakers can promote economic development Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
James A. Cunningham is Professor of Strategic Management at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, UK. His research interests intersect strategic management, entrepreneurship, and innovation.
Conor O'Kane is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management, University of Otago, New Zealand. Conor's research focuses on academic entrepreneurship, identity, and strategy.

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1. Technology Based Nascent Entrepreneurship: Some Implications for Economic Policy Making and Markers.- 2.The Role of Public Policy in Fostering Technology Based Nascent Entrepreneurship.- 3. The Next of Ecosystems, Strategic Orientations, and Higher Education with Technology Based Nascent Entrepreneurship.- 4. Nascent Entrepreneurship and Territorial Social Capital: Empirical Evidences from Italy.- 5. Re-entry Following Firm Failure: Nascent Technology Entrepreneurs' Tactics for Avoiding and Overcoming Stigma.- 6. Technology Based Nascent Entrepreneurship and Ethnic Migrants: Exploring the Influence of Cultural Distance through the Forms of Capital Model.- 7. The University as a Catalyst for Nascent Technology Entrepreneurial Leadership: Towards a Sustainable Model.- 8. Between a Soft Landing and a Hard Place: How Silicon Valley Software and Life Sciences Business Incubators Facilitate Learning.- 9. University Researchers as Nascent Entrepreneurs: Do they Fit the Stereotype?.- 10. Nascent Technology Entrepreneurs New Venture Formation Activities.- 11. Nascent Student Entrepreneurship.- 12. Technology Nascent Entrepreneur Experiences of Start-Up Competition Participation.