New Technology-based Firms in the 1990s

Part headings and selected papers: Introduction. Understanding High-Technology Small Firms development: a multi level approach (W. During et al.). Co-operation and Networking. The greatness of being small in business networks (H. Hakansson et al.). Strategic innovation networks: managing high technology in mature small firms (M. Beckinsale, O. Jones). Partnering strategy for small technology-based firms: an empirical analysis - the case of the US biotechnology industry (N. Chaillou). Establishing the role for a new technology: the case of virtual reality (T. Watts, J, Butler). Uncertainty as motivation or when nerds rush in: a counterculture to managing routines (P.H. Christensen, M. Monsted). Clusters and clustering: genesis, evolution and results (J. Kuijper, Hans van der Stappen). Partnership development modelling and a typology for accurate manufacturing in the textile and garment industries (M. Romao, H. O'Neill) Analysis of innovation-oriented networking between R&D intensive small firms and knowledge-intensive business services: empirical evidence from France and Germany (E. Muller, A. Zenker). Sectoral differences in the location and operations of high technology small firms: some issues for economic development (S. Cooper). Development and Growth. Developing high-tech classification schemes: a competency-based approach (J. Baldwin, G. Gellatly). How small biotechnology firms survive in the Dutch pharmaceutical industry: an exploratory analysis (M. van Geenhuizen). Core competence and transaction costs in technology intensive organizations (A. Gourlay et al.). British and Swedish science parks and incubators for small technology-base firms (A. Lindholm Dahlstrand). The deployment of strategies for growth within NTBFs in the Aberdeen area of Scotland (W. Keogh et al.).