Technology Entrepreneurship ― Insights in New Technology-Based Firms, Research Spin-Offs and Corporate Technology Projects

This collection of expert articles explores the development drivers of new technology-based firms and projects. It provides perspectives for an in-depth understanding of how technological inventions lead to the creation of new and sustainable companies or business units. The authors address methods and concepts that help technology-based start-ups and entrepreneurial projects successfully develop innovative products and services.

Andre Presse is Assistant Professor for Entrepreneurship, Technology-Management and Innovation at the University of Bolzano (UniBZ). He has received his doctorate in economics and management from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) where he worked with Goetz Werner, one of the leading entrepreneurs in Germany. Andre was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Entrepreneurship, Technology Management and Innovation (EnTechnon), Visiting Scholar at the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute and is also adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Orestis Terzidis heads the Institute for Entrepreneurship, Technology Management and Innovation (EnTechnon) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). After earning his doctorate in physics, he worked from 1998-2011 for SAP, initially as an application developer, and later as an assistant to the CEO Henning Kagermann and director for the SAP Research Center in Karlsruhe. In October 2011 he joined the KIT as full professor.