Introduction
Diego Matricano
1. Invention traits and alliance formation for high-tech startups
Congshan Li and Jieyu Zhou
2. Which business strategy improves ICT startup companies’ technical efficiency?
Eungsu Kim, Yoonje Euh, Jongsu Yoo, Jae-gil Lee, Yuri Jo and Daeho Lee
3. The effect of R&D investments, highly skilled employees, and patents on the performance of Italian innovative startups
Diego Matricano
4. Technological start-ups in the innovation system: an actor-oriented perspective
Sikke R. Jansma, Jordy F. Gosselt and Menno D. T. de Jong
5. The process of dynamic capability emergence in technology start-ups – an exploratory longitudinal study in China
Xiaofeng Ma, Zhao Zhou and Xiuhong Fan
6. Research strategies in science-based start-ups: effects on performance in Danish and Swedish biotechnology
Finn Valentin, Henrich Dahlgren and Rasmus Lund Jensen
7. Do accelerators promote the growth of startups? Analysing the effectiveness of startup accelerators through the lens of big data
Zeljko Tekic, Alena Hrynkevich and Maksim Malyy
Biography
Diego Matricano conducts research on entrepreneurship, innovation, startups, and new technologies. He is the author of over 120 publications. In June 2024, in Bath (UK), he won the European Academy of Management’s Best Book Award for his book Interdisciplinarity in Entrepreneurship: Investigating Issues and Debates with New Lenses (2023).






