1st Edition

Startups and Strategic Entrepreneurship

Edited By Diego Matricano Copyright 2026
136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

This book delves into the world of startups driven by high-type innovation—radical, objective innovations that disrupt markets—and the transformative entrepreneurs who challenge the status quo with original approaches. By focusing on strategic entrepreneurship, this book highlights entrepreneurial actions that introduce significant technological advancements or innovations through a strategic... Read more

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).