International Review of Entrepreneurship: Volume 02, Issue 3, 2004

 

Recent Submissions

  • Spin-outs from Universities: Strategy, Financing, Monitoring and Incubation Models 

    Wright, Mike; Lockett, Andy (Senate Hall, Dublin, 2004)
    Spin-outs of ventures from universities are growing in importance yet their process is little understood. This paper reviews evidence from the spin-out and university level relating to four key research questions: What ...

  • The Renovo Story: Venture Capital at the Cutting Edge 

    Barnes, Simon (Senate Hall, Dublin, 2004)
    The case explores the creation and venture capital financing of Renovo, a biotechnology start up created in 2000 at the University of Manchester, UK. The case examines a variety of issues central to the creation of university ...

  • An Appraisal of the SEED University Technology Small Firms Project in Industrial South Wales 

    Thomas, Brychan; Packham, Gary; Miller, Christopher; Brooksbank, David (Senate Hall, Dublin, 2004)
    The main purpose of the investigation is to focus on the specific needs of university-based technology small firms (UTSFs) making a case for UTSFs' particular contribution to the Welsh economy and why their needs are not ...

  • Photonica: Growing a Spin-Out 

    Cross, Adam; Handscombe, Bob (Senate Hall, Dublin, 2004)
    This case invites students to consider the challenges associated with establishing and growing an entrepreneurial, technology-driven, university 'spin-out' firm. Drawing heavily, though by no means exclusively, on the ...

  • From Classroom to Community of Practice: The Case of HotAir Sounds 

    Warren, Lorraine (Senate Hall, Dublin, 2004)
    Two strategies for using the case are presented. Taking a traditional approach, the focus could be on business planning for start-up and early stage growth, supported by the use of stage models. An alternative scenario ...

  • On Being a Knowledge Angel 

    Hague, Douglas (Senate Hall, Dublin, 2004)
    This article gives an unashamedly autobiographical view of entrepreneurs, knowledge angels and the relationships between them, being based on the author's direct experience of five start-up companies. It first distinguishes ...