Energizing Management Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship: European Research and Practice

The book examines innovation and entrepreneurship in the context of large and Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs), providing an in-depth understanding of key variables that play a significant role at the various stages of the innovation process, leading to successful commercialisation of products and services. Addressing the role of the entrepreneur in this process, Terziovski has selected a range of chapters discussing various issues, including Entrepreneurial Learning Strategies, Human Resource Management, Knowledge Management, Innovation and Performance and Entrepreneurial Orientation in Small FirmsVarious conclusions and insights can be drawn from these chapters, articulating as they do the diverging and contrasting perspectives on the best way to promote innovation through policy. The first school of thought believes that firms with a higher entrepreneurial orientation have higher relative international sales and operate in a greater number of foreign countries. On the other hand, another school of thought suggests that entrepreneurial orientation is not associated with subsidiary financial or market performance, but is positively and significantly associated with subsidiary initiative generation. This book serves as an inter-disciplinary, discursive exploration of these debates.This book will be of interest to students and reseachers engaged with Corporate Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Learning Strategies and Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector, as well as executives wishing to improve the innovation and entrepreneurial outcomes of their organisations.Terziovski is the author of 'Energizing Management Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship: European Research and Practice', published 2008 under ISBN 9780415439299 and ISBN 0415439299.