ABSTRACT

For economies to achieve growth in an increasingly technologically advanced and borderless world, the creative talents of its residents need to be marshalled into successful businesses. This has ever been so. It has been witnessed in Europe, for example, from the times of the Roman Empire, through the age of the Holy Roman Empire, when some countries and regions achieved phenomenal economic success through the entrepreneurial activities of individuals and groups who translated technological and merchant opportunity into the creation of wealth. In this book, we call this process high-tech entrepreneurship.