This Book Examines Entrepreneurship From Three Interrelated Perspectives. Firstly, It Links Entrepreneurship To Innovation And To The Generation, Transformation And Use Of Knowledge. Secondly, It Inserts Entrepreneurship In Innovation Systems Of Various Types- National, Sectoral And Local. Thirdly, It Views Entrepreneurship Not As A Single Event But As A Process That Evolves In Time, From The Pre-entry Experience, To The Entrepreneurial Act, To The Evolution Of The Entrepreneur And The New Company. With Chapters From A Range Of International Contributors, The Book Answers Questions Such As; What Are The Main Dimensions Of Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship? What Are The Factors Affecting Its Emergence, Evolution And Performance? How Important Is Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship For European Growth And Competitiveness? Is The Situation Of Central And Eastern Europe, Engaged In A Process Of Major Economic And Institutional Transformation, Similar Or Different From The One Of Western Europe? Knowledge-intensive Entrepreneurship And Innovation Systems In Europe / Franco Malerba -- The Knowledge-based Entrepreneur: The Need For A Relevant Theory Of The Firm / Patrick Cohendet And Patrick Llerena -- What Makes Entrepreneurship Systemic? / Slavo Radosevic -- Academic Patents, Spin-offs And Beyond: The Many Faces Of Scientific Entrepreneurship / Chiara Franzoni And Francesco Lissoni -- Patterns Of Technological Entry In Different Fields: An Analysis Of Patent Data / Roberto Camerani And Franco Malerba -- Survival Of Innovative Entrants In Knowledge-based Sectors / Stefano Breschi, Franco Malerba And Maria Luisa Mancusi -- Brokerage Roles In Academic Patenting: An Analysis Of Italian Inventors / Francesco Lissoni -- New Innovators And Knowledge-intensive Entrepreneurship In European Sectoral Systems: A Field Analysis / Camilla Lenzi... [et Al.] -- Knowledge-intensive Entrepreneurship In Central And Eastern Europe: Results Of A Firm-level Survey / Slavo Radosevic, Maja Savic And Richard Woodward -- Diversity Of Knowledge-intensive Entrepreneurial Firms: Struggling Biotech Firms Despite Opportunities / Johan Brink And Maureen Mckelvey -- Knowledge-based Entrepreneurship And International Technology Transfer In The German Laser Industry / Guido Buenstorf -- Are The Dynamics Of Knowledge-based Industries Any Different? / Ricardo Mamede, Daniel Mota And Manuel Mira Godinho -- Entrepreneurship And Growth / David B. Audretsch And Max Keilbach -- Knowledge-intensive Entrepreneurship In Europe: Some Policy Conclusions / Franco Malerba And Nicholas Vonortas. Edited By Franco Malerba. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.