This volume is the latest edition of an international edited book series based on the formation and growth problems of High Technology Small Firms (HTSFs) begun in 1993. This body of work is unique, and maps the evolution of research in this area through almost two decades of academic research...

The New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millenium series provides up to date research on a variety of aspects of High Technology Small Firm formation and growth (HTSFs) from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives and from national contexts throughout the world. This edited book series...

1. Introduction -- 2. The role of the technical entrepreneur -- 3. Clusters, incubators and science parks -- 4. Research and development -- 5. Selling high-technology small-firm products -- 6. Strategy -- 7. Finance -- 8. Conclusions.