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).