Fast Growing Firms in a Slow Growth Economy

Edited by Francesca Visintin and Daniel Pittino, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Udine, Italy

• Contents:Preface and Acknowledgements1. Introduction: Innovation Beyond National Systems Fragility: Institutional Bricolage for SMEs GrowthD. Lauto G. Pittino and F. VisintinPART I THE CONTEXT2. Entrepreneurship and Technological Clusters. The Influence of Contextual Factors on the Birth and Growth of New BusinessesT. Pucci and L. Zanni3. Tie Formation Through Venture Concept Development in Emerging Innovative Start-Ups A. Comacchio, S. Bonesso and V. Finotto 4. Micro-Context and Institutional Entrepreneurship: Multiple Case Studies of Innovative Start-Ups D. Giacomini, C. Muzzi, S. Albertini PART II THE ACTORS5. Innovative Start-Ups and Growth FactorsG. Antonelli, A. Berni and S. Consiglio 6. Family Firms as the Incubators of New Ventures: A Transgenerational PerspectiveM. Brumana, T. Minola, L. Cassia, D. Gamba and P. Pressiani 7. Evolution of University Spinoffs’ Business Model.C.E. De Marco and A. Piccaluga 8. ‘Reassembling the Social’, in Entrepreneurial Innovation and Academic Entrepreneurship Studies: The ‘Amphibious Scientists’ Phenomenon. F. Crisci and P.A.M. MazzuranaPART III THE STRATEGY9. Learning from Critical Internationalisation Events. Insights from Two Fast Growing Italian SMEsA. Francesconi, C. Dossena, G. Magnani, M. Talaia, A. Pisoni and A. Onetti10. Spin-Offs and Social Capital: Contingent Social Networking Towards GrowthB. Masiello, F. Izzo, M. Pezzillo Iacono and M. Martinez 11. Business Model Evolution and the Growth Drivers of High-Tech New Ventures A. Tracogna, G. Bortoluzzi and B. Balboni12. Quasi-Successful and Quasi-Failing Academic Spin-Offs: The Role of Technological and Commercial AlliancesP. Gubitta, A. Tognazzo, D. Campagnolo and M. Gianecchini Index