Starting Up in Business Networks

Introduction. - Section 1: Starting up business relationships. - Chapter 1 Initiation of business relationships in start-ups, (Lise Aaboen, Elsebeth Holmen & Ann-Charlott Pedersen). - Chapter 2 Third actors initiating business relationships for a medical device start-up: effect on network embedding and venture creation processes (Tamara Oukes & Ariane von Raesfeld on behalf of the PCDIAB consortium). - Section 2: Relationships Dynamics in New Business Development. - Chapter 3 Starting-up: Relating to a context in motion (Antonella La Rocca, Ivan Snehota & Debbie Harrison). - Chapter 4 When start-ups shift network notes on start-up journey (Antonella La Rocca, Christina Öberg & Thomas Hoholm). - Section 3: Start-ups and technological collaboration in industrial networks. - Chapter 5 R& D collaboration and start-ups (Jens Laage-Hellman, Maria Landqvist & Frida Lind). - Chapter 6 Starting up from Science The case of a university-organised commercialization project (Malena Ingemansson Havenvid). - Section 4: Academic spin-offs and the issue of commercializing science. Some empirical experiences. - Chapter 7 The impact of key business relationships on the commercialization of science: the case of Nautes (Enrico Baraldi, Andrea Perna, Fabio Fraticelli & Gian Luca Gregori). - Chapter 8 Start-ups as vessels carrying and developing science based technologies: starting and restarting JonDeTech (Enrico Baraldi, Marcus Lindahl & Andrea Perna). - Section 5: Start-ups and the role of policy. - Chapter 9 The challenging life of university start-ups. The different view of value creation in a policy setting compared to a business setting (Tommy Shih & Alexandra Waluszewski). - Chapter 10 The coordinating role of Chinese policy actors in developing new biotechnology start-up companies to promote industrial development (Åse Linné & Tommy Shih).