Entrepreneurial Business and Society analyses contemporary research in the field of entrepreneurship and small business and explores the interplay between the entrepreneur, the entrepreneurial firm and society. -- The contributors highlight that entrepreneurship may also contribute to social...

Contents: 1. Introduction / Ulla Hytti, Robert Blackburn and Eddy Laveren -- 2. Innovation in family firms and SMEs: distinctive features and research challenges / Alfredo De Massis and Paola Rovelli -- 3. Speed of innovation and proximity in a rural context: the case of a manufacturing SME /...

Any study of intellectual property management requires a focus on innovation and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).While these areas have been treated separately at length, few researchers have focused on all three together.Intellectual property is defined as legal rights over the...