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Klappentext This book is the third volume in an annual series originating from the annual international High Technology Small Firms Conference, first held at Manchester Business School in the autumn of 1995. The conference continues to grow in popularity, and the internationally derived community of regular and occasional contributors to this conference are reflected in the papers that have been selected for Volume Three. There is a 'critical mass' dimension to these volumes because not only do the papers represent a 'time slice' of 'state of the art' high technology small firm research in a given year, but they also add to the evolving body of work with a 'time series' dimension. Zusammenfassung This book is the third volume in an annual series originating from the annual international High Technology Small Firms Conference, first held at Manchester Business School in the autumn of 1995. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: INTRODUCTION High Technology Small Firm Development - R P Oakey and S M Mukhtar Bridging the Academic-Practitioner Divide PART TWO: FINANCE Issues in a Regional Comparison of Risk Management, Insurance and HTSFs - D Deakins and A Paddison NTBFs in Crises - J Hemer A Synthesis of Six European Case Studies of Successfully-Exited, Venture Capital Backed, New Technology-Based Firms - G Murray Strategy, Financial Policy and Technology Assets in UK Small Firms - J Jordan, J Lowe and P Taylor The Pattern of R&D Finance for Small UK Companies 1983-1993 - J Seaton and I Walker PART THREE: NETWORKING The Economic Regeneration of Areas with Declining Industries - D V Badami Innovation Management in the Supply Chain and the Limitations of Lean Supply - D J Bower and W Keogh Diversification amongst Suppliers to Defence-Dependent High Technology Manufacturers - A D James, T Watts and R P Oakey Some Initial Findings Commercialization of Federal Laboratory Technology - B Bozeman Results of a Study of Industrial Partners Technological Interweavement - P Heydebreck and H G Gem nden A Means to Achieve Higher Efficiency in Production Processes Technological and Manufacturing Embeddedness among Traditional and High Technology Small and Medium Sized Enterprises - E Autio PART FOUR: FIRM SURVIVAL AND GROWTH The Economic Performance, Survival and Non-Survival of Innovative Small Firms - P Wynarczyk and A Thwaites Human Resource Issues in High-Tech Small Firm Employment Growth - J Walsh A Comparison of Indigenous and Foreign-Owned Firms in Ireland PART FIVE: HUMAN RESOURCE ISSUES The Managerial Regimes of European High Technology Firms - S Ackroyd, C Louche and H Letiche Some Findings from Comparative Research The Scientist's Role in Technology Transfer from Academic Institutions - S Butler and S Birley ...
