`The book you are about to read offers some very powerful insights into the link between entrepreneurship, industrial cooperation and the emergence of high-tech companies in Europe. It deals with the very essence of the potential that Europe can and should use in order to increase its competitiveness and retain at the same time its quality of living.' - From the foreword by Janez Potocnik, EU Commissioner for Science Policy Presenting original and innovative research studies with a focus on new business development in science and technology, this book highlights the role and challenge of European cooperation to create new techno-ventures and encourage them to survive and even flourish. The book is an exceptional result of a distinctive network of European and American scholars, practitioners, and members of public institutions interested in the critical issues of emergence and survival of technology and knowledge based firms.

`你将要读的这本书提供了一些非常有力的见解，探讨了企业家精神、工业合作和欧洲高科技公司崛起之间的联系。它涉及到欧洲能够而且应该利用潜力的本质，以提高其竞争力，同时保持其生活质量。”——Janez Potocnik在前言中写道，欧盟科学政策专员介绍了原创和创新研究，重点是科学和技术领域的新业务发展，本书强调了欧洲合作在创建新技术企业、鼓励它们生存甚至繁荣方面的作用和挑战。这本书是欧洲和美国学者、实践者以及对技术和知识型企业的出现和生存的关键问题感兴趣的公共机构成员组成的独特网络的杰出成果。