Handbook of Research on High-Technology Entrepreneurs

Edited by the late Ayala Malach-Pines, formerly Professor of Psychology, Department of Business Administration, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel and Mustafa F. Özbilgin, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Brunel University of London, UK

• Contents:IntroductionAyala Malach-Pines and Mustafa F. Özbilgin PART I: HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS 1. The Right Entrepreneur for the Right Start-up – the Impact of Entrepreneurs’ Personality on their Start-ups’ Performance: A Contingency ApproachDov Dvir, Arik Sadeh and Ayala Malach-Pines2. The Entrepreneurial Posture of Information Technology ProfessionalsAgnieszka Postuła3. High-tech Entrepreneurs versus Entrepreneurs in Traditional Industries: Similarities and Differences in Family Portraits and Passion QuestsOrenia Yaffe-Yanai, Tamar Milo and Gilat KaplanPART II: HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP: PROCESSES AND STAGES4. Exploration and Exploitation in High-technology Start-ups: A Process Model for New Firm DevelopmentBjörn Klocke and Hans Georg Gemünden5. Radical Strategic Change in High-technology New Ventures: A Multi-cultural View of Investors’ PerspectiveEli Gimmon, Eyal Benjamin and Liora Katzenstein6. Is Your Firm Established? The Role of Recognition in Entrepreneurial Firm TransitionPreeta M. BanerjeePART III: CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVES TO HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSSection A: National Perspectives7. Gender Identity and ICT Entrepreneurship in an Irish ContextAnne Laure Humbert, Eileen Drew and Elisabeth Kelan8. Technopreneurship in India: Two Case Studies of Information Technology EntrepreneursRadha R. Sharma9. Attitudes Towards High-tech Entrepreneurs and Company Heads in HungaryÁgnes Utasi Section B: Comparative Perspectives10. University Technology Transfer: Comparative Study of US, European and Australian Universities Tsvi Vinig and Paul van Rijsbergen11. Regulatory Focus in Start-ups versus Established Firms in the High-tech IndustrySharon Barkan12. Person–Environment Fit (P–E Fit) in Values and Regulatory Focus and its Relationship to Stress, Burnout and Meaning Among High-tech Workers in Economically Stable versus Unstable EnvironmentsShira MilshteinPART IV: ANTECEDENTS, CORRELATES AND CONSEQUENCES OF ENTREPRENEURIAL CAREERS IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY13. Determinants of Intrapreneurship Among High-tech EngineersSigalit Ronen14. Career Aspirations and Progression in UK Science: Perceptions and RealitySara Connolly and Susan Long15. Entrepreneurial and Other Career Motivations Among Engineering StudentsNilusha De Alwis and Helen M.G. Watt16. Nascent Technology Entrepreneurs: A Case Study of Setting up an Academic Research-driven Technology Business in MalaysiaMine Karataş-Özkan and Katerina NicolopoulouPART V: GENDER, ETHNICITY, CLASS AND HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS17. High-technology Entrepreneurs: Equality, Diversity and InclusionOlca Sürgevil and Mustafa F. Özbilgin 18. Exploring Women Academics’ Involvement in Science Entrepreneurship: A Structuration ViewElizabeth Chell, Mine Karataş-Özkan and Rosie Read19. Women Serial High-technology Entrepreneurs Gilat Kaplan and Ayala Malach-PinesPART VI: EMPOWERING HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS: MECHANISMS OF STRUCTURAL AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT20. Social Networks and High-tech Entrepreneurs: The Power of Networks and How to Put it to UseYossi Dashti21. Assisting the Growth of Small Technology Firms: An Educator’s PerspectiveWilliam J. Lekse22. Why Serial High-technology Entrepreneurs Don’t Burn OutAyala Malach-Pines and Gilat KaplanIndex