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2. The Technology-Driven Entrepreneurship in the Knowledge Economy

Authors : Aldo Romano, Giuseppina Passiante, Pasquale Del Vecchio

Published in: Creating Technology-Driven Entrepreneurship

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Abstract

Characterized by growing knowledge, turbulence and uncertainty, the current socio-economic scenario is largely recognized as an entrepreneurial economy. Technology-driven entrepreneurship arises as a strategic process and attitude for the competitiveness and survival of individuals, organizations and territories. Due to the nature of technologies as enablers for conception, execution and renewal of an entrepreneurial process, entrepreneurship of today is a knowledge-intensive and technology-driven process, different from the traditional entrepreneurship that is driven by the market. It is the knowledge-intensive nature of entrepreneurship to highlight learning as the key process accompanying the technology-driven entrepreneur. Embedded into a complex network of relationships, also identified as innovation ecosystems that are a favourable locus for disseminating and nurturing technology entrepreneurship, technology-driven entrepreneur is becoming a configurable learning actor, source and beneficiary of knowledge creation, diffusion and absorption, operated by a broad network of actors.

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Metadata
Title
The Technology-Driven Entrepreneurship in the Knowledge Economy
Authors
Aldo Romano
Giuseppina Passiante
Pasquale Del Vecchio
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Creating Technology-Driven Entrepreneurship

Print ISBN: 978-1-137-59154-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-137-59156-2

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59156-2_2

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