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Author: | Yli-Kauhaluoma, S. |
Title: | Exploring social dynamics in technological innovating. A case of early phases in a chemical high-tech firm |
Journal: | International Small Business Journal
2009 : AUG, VOL. 27:4, p. 442-469 |
Index terms: | new enterprise innovation entrepreneurship chemical industry high technology case studies companies |
Freeterms: | new venture formation transition phase social dynamics |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | This study explores the crossroads of entrepreneurship and innovation. It is particularly aimed at identifying the types of social dynamics taking place with entrepreneurs aiming to commercialize a high-tech invention in the early phases of a new venture. The empirical case focuses on an analysis of a group of scientist-entrepreneurs and the development of their social relations with representatives in many large, established organizations as they jointly develop and apply a chemical invention in an industrial process. As a result, five different types of social dynamics critical for entrepreneurs in the development of industrial innovations in the early phases of a firm's existence are identified and specified. The study emphasizes the importance of gaining access to industrial projects etc. |
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