| Paper Title | Author(s) | Page No. |
| Preface | vii |
| Conference Committee members | viii |
| Biographies of Conference Chairs, Programme Chair, Keynote Speaker and Mini-track Chairs | ix |
| Biographies of contributing authors | xi |
| The Effects of Process Innovation in Logistics Service | Zafer Acar and Ayşe Günsel | 1 |
| Exploring Underlying Beliefs on Youth Entrepreneurship of Higher Education Graduates in Greece | Chrysa Agapitou, Sofia Tampouri, Petros Bouchoris, Nikolaos Georgopoulos and Alexandros Kakouris | 10 |
| The Capitalization of Intellectual Assets: Evidence From the Innovative Technology Sector in Israel | Tamir Agmon and Ido Kallir | 18 |
| Business and Entrepreneur Characteristics influence on Business Performance of Professional Small Medium Enterprises | Sulaiman Ainin, Yusniza Kamarulzaman, Abdul Ghani Farinda and Anna Che Azmi | 31 |
| The Relationship Between Intellectual Capital, Innovation and Competitive Advantage | Ali Ekber Akgün, İpek Koçoğlu, Halit Keskin, Hüseyin İnce and Salih Zeki İmamoğlu | 42 |
| Towards Collaborative Open Innovation Communities | Maria Antikainen | 52 |
| Perceived Causes of Business Failure: An Empirical Study of Iranian Entrepreneurs | Zahra Arasti | 61 |
| Significance and Impact of Internet on the Entrepreneurial Process: e-Entrepreneurship and Completely Digital Entrepreneurship | Reza Asghari and Steven Gedeon | 70 |
| The new Laws of Technological Innovation: Looking at the Case of Nano-Entrepreneurship and Policy-Making | Claire Auplat | 77 |
| A Conceptual Model for Developing Venture Capital in Emerging Economies | Olutoye Ayodeji | 86 |
| What About a Fresh new Start? Public Opinion on Bankruptcies in Flanders | Ann-Sophie Bouckaert, Ruth DeVreese and Carine Smolders | 94 |
| Entrepreneurial Networks: The Analysis of a Micro-Firm Entrepreneur’s Personal Network | Tina Bratkovič, Boštjan Antončič and Alex DeNoble | 101 |
| Organizational Framework Conditions, Organizational Culture and Intrapreneurship in Hospitality: A Case-Study | Maria de Lurdes Calisto and Soumodip Sarkar | 112 |
| Improving Creativity Results and its Implementation in Organizations Using Creative Techniques Through Experiential Learning Training | Matilde Martínez Casanovas, Francesc Miralles, Marcos Gómez and Rafael García | 121 |
| Technology Transfer Approaches for Early Stage Desalinization Technologies | Sérgio Casimiro Christos Ioakimidis,Sung Jae Kim, Priyanka Bakaya and Paulo Ferrão | 129 |
| Phasic Effects of R&D Subsidy on Firm Innovation | Kawon Cho | 139 |
| Business Start-up and Growth Motives of Entrepreneurs: A Case Study in Bradford, United Kingdom | Lasandahasi de Silva | 152 |
| Bringing Enterprise Alive – Two ‘International’ Case Studies in the Innovative use of Simulation Based Entrepreneurship Education | Corina Edwards, Ted Sarmiento, Vicky Harte and Jim Stewart | 152 |
| Opportunities in Projects and Innovative Thinking | Anandasivakumar Ekambaram, Agnar Johansen, Ole Jermstad and Andreas Økland | 173 |
| Recycling Stock Market Using Information and Communication Technologies: An Innovative Service to Create a Micro-Trend for the Environment | Evangelos Ergen and Panayiotis Ketikidis | 182 |
| Entrepreneurial Intents of University Students: Evidence From Greece | Irene Fafaliou | 190 |
| Failing to Find the Business Model in the Case of Mobile Direct Sales | Tiina Ferm and Olli Ojala | 202 |
| The Importance of History for Entrepreneurial Activities: A Regional Perspective | Sabrina Florkowski | 209 |
| Resources for the Student Entrepreneur: Classification and Application | Heather Fulford | 217 |
| An Examination of Reduced Potential for Innovation and Enterprise in an ICT Cluster | Laura Galloway and Abigail Marks | 223 |
| The Relation Between Organizational Learning Capability and Product Innovation Performance: An Empirical Test in Iranian Organizations | Parvaneh Gelard and Seyed Pooya Mirsalehi | 229 |
| The Relationship Between Strategic Leadership and Innovation | Parvaneh Gelard, Seyed Pooya Mirsalehi and Korosh emami saleh | 238 |
| From Bad to Worse? The Survival of Guanxi and Corruption in the Evolving Institutional and Legal Context | Francois Goxe and Darryn Mitussis | 248 |
| Intermediaries in the Management Process of Innovation: The Case of Danish and German SMEs | Susanne Gretzinger, Holger Hinz and Wenzel Matiaske | 255 |
| Technology Audit: An Empirical Study on SMEs of Istanbul | Ayşe Günsel and Dilek Çetindamar | 263 |
| An Evolutionary View of Innovation and Economic Performance: A Firm Level Analysis | Naciba Haned | 273 |
| Competent to Innovate: An Approach to Personal Development to Improve Innovation Competency in SME’s | John Howard | 282 |
| Identifying Entrepreneurial Characteristics and Opportunities in Technology Entrepreneurship | Amy Hsiao | 291 |
| Radical innovation versus transformative learning: a Kuhnian reading. | Alexandros Kakouris | 299 |
| The use of Interactive new Media art in Education: Crossings | Eva Kekou | 306 |
| Innovation, Technology and Expression: Audience and Media Art Practices-The Example of the Vienna Underground/Third Woman Project | Eva Kekou and Martin Riese | 311 |
| Regional Innovation and Competitiveness: Analysis of the Thessaloniki Metropolitan Region | Panayiotis Ketikidis, Sotiris Zigiaris and Nikos Zaharis | 317 |
| The Entrepreneurial Framework in the Greek Market of Renewables | Ioannis Kinias and Nikolaos Konstantopoulos | 327 |
| Consumer Integration: Antecedents and Consequences | Sabine Kuester and Monika Schuhmacher | 335 |
| Is Open Innovation Open? Evidence From the Most Innovative Firms and the Most Valuable Brands | Mikko Laine and Bettina Maisch | 345 |
| Entrepreneurship, the last chance for Indogenous Development? | Catherine Léger-Jarniou and André Jaunay | 352 |
| Perceived Value of Entrepreneurship: A Study of the Cognitive Process of Entrepreneurial Career Decision | Jun Li and Lingfei Wu | 362 |
| High-Tech Start-up Innovation in Wuxi and Shanghai, PR. China Embedded in the Institutional Environments | Yipeng Liu | 371 |
| Design Against Other Determinants of Polish Firms Competitiveness | Lukasz Mamica | 380 |
| Open Innovation: Activating the Entrepreneurial Mindset | Vassilis Mantas and Klas Eric Soderquist | 387 |
| Do Veterans Make Significantly More Successful Franchisees? A Comparative Study on the Traits of Veterans and Successful Franchisees Literature Review | Martin McDermott | 395 |
| Marketing Innovation and Innovative Capability of Marketing: Study of Portuguese Firms | Jacinta Moreira and Maria José Silva | 403 |
| Are Ugandan Entrepreneurs That Insulated From the Global Economy? | Rebecca Namatovu, Samuel Dawa and Fiona Mulira | 411 |
| Promoting Service Culture in Technical Trade: Co-Learning in Roundtable Discussions | Maaria Nuutinen, and Tiina Valjakka | 420 |
| Fast Forward to a Standard Business Information System: Strategic Business Management Tool for Businesses in South Africa | Elmarie Papageorgiou and Herman de Bruyn | 430 |
| The Role of Information and Enterprise Systems in the Achievement of the Organization’s Internal Process Innovations: Findings From an Investigation in the USA Manufacturing Sector | Avraam Papastathopoulos and Christina Beneki | 439 |
| Conceptual Fundamentals of the Long Wave Theory and the Innovative Potential of the Russian Economy | Ruslan Pavlov | 448 |
| The new Approaches in Logistics Services Accomplishment | Nataša Pomazalová, Zbyšek Korecki and Samuel Antwi Darkwah | 453 |
| Fostering Innovation in Brazil Through Private Equity and Venture Capital Public Policies | Caio Ramalho | 461 |
| Innovation Diffusion and non-Equity Networks: The Impact of Biased Perception | Marco Remondino, Marco Pironti and Roberto Schiesari | 472 |
| Eco Innovation Practice and Romanian SMEs | Valentina-Ofelia Robescu | 480 |
| Business Transfer Decisions: What Matters? Evidence From Scotland and Ireland | Geraldine Ryan and Bernadette Power | 489 |
| Banks Lending To Farmers in India | Navjot Sandhu and Javed Hussain | 497 |
| SME Market Entry in Transition Economies: The Potential of Cluster Initiatives to Fill Institutional Voids | Tine Schrammel | 507 |
| Challenges Faced by Women Refugees in Initiating Entrepreneurial Ventures in a Host Country: Case Study of UNHCR Women Refugees in Malaysia | Ayadurai Selvamalar | 514 |
| Innovative Approach for Forming Information Infrastructure of a Company | Elena Serova | 523 |
| Limited Absorptive Capacity, Distinct Performance Outcomes: Toward a Differentiated Performance Framework of Knowledge Acquisition Within Knowledge Intensive Alliances | Evangelia Siachou and Anthony Ioannidis | 529 |
| The Dynamics of Innovation Networks: The Role of Higher Education Institutions in Venture Creation | Jorge Simões and Maria José Silva | 540 |
| Patterns in Student Business Ideas: Experience at the University of Thessaly | Pantoleon Skayannis, Yeoryios Stamboulis, Petros Rodakinias, Yeoryios Kaparos and Anna Zygoura | 547 |
| Policy Shifts in Labour Market Liaising and Entrepreneurship in Greek Higher Education | Pantoleon Skayannis, Yeoryios Stamboulis, Petros Rodakinias, George Kaparos and Anna Zygoura | 555 |
| Knowledge Integration: The Case of a Portuguese Organization | Maria José Sousa | 564 |
| Enforcing the Local Embedding of Enterprises by Networking Activities in Business Centres | André Spithoven and Mirjam Knockaert | 571 |
| An Attempt at Explaining the Present Economic Crisis: A Heterodox View | Peter Štrukelj | 580 |
| Pragmatism as a Philosophy for Education for Entrepreneurship - Case: Laurea Business Ventures | Vesa Taatila | 587 |
| The Process of Social Innovation: Multi-Stakeholders Perspective | Kanji Tanimoto | 594 |
| Developing Indicators for Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Flemish Agriculture | Nicole Taragola, Fleur Marchand, Joost Dessein and Ludwig Lauwers | 602 |
| Research Experts’ Role in Knowledge Development and Exchange in Formal Research Cooperation | Peter Teirlinck and André Spithoven | 611 |
| Social Networks and Social Capital Formation by Entrepreneurs: A Multiple Case Study in the State o Paraná, Brazil | Rivanda Meira Teixeira and Norma Pimenta Cirilo Ducci | 621 |
| Development of Education and Potential Opportunities for Entrepreneurship in Romania | Gabriela Teodorescu and Camelia Fratila | 629 |
| Digital Games for Entrepreneurial Learning, Innovation and Creativity: Examples and Evaluation Criteria | Panagiotis Tragazikis, Sotiris Kirginas and Dimitris Gouscos | 636 |
| Space Image and Entrepreneurs’ Life: Aesthetics in Entrepreneurial Process | Dun-Hou Tsai, Shao-Yi Lin and Chih-Hao Tsai | 645 |
| Social Innovations Facilitating the Quick Adoption of eBanking in Finland | Olavi Uusitalo | 651 |
| Strategic Human Resource Management Role in a new Business Development: A Literature Review | Daria Volchek and Kyllikki Taipale-Erävala | 663 |
| Empirical Study on Commonness of Fast-Growing Private Enterprises in China: Study on Listed Companies on GEM in Shenzhen Stock Exchange | Haisu Wang | 672 |
| Who can be China’s Entrepreneurs? | Sujuan Xie, Liang Guo and Lawrence King | 680 |
| Can Firms Without Center Technology Gain a Competitive Advantage? Case Study of Sony in the Flat Panel TV Industry | Kiyohiro Yamazaki | 692 |
| Entrepreneurial Discovery in a Transitional Economy: China 1979-2009 | Michael Zhang | 700 |
| Legal Regulation of Innovativeness can Spur Innovation Efforts | Elizabeta Zirnstein, Valentina Franca and Mitja Ruzzier | 707 |
| PhD Research | | 715 |
| Network Centrality and Firm Innovation: A Social Network Analysis of the Monaghan Furniture Industry | Judith Mc Knight and Nola Hewitt Dundas | 717 |
| IT-Related Innovation Adoption and Entrepreneurship | Sedigheh Moghavvemi and Noor Akma Mohd Salleh | 728 |
| Work in Progress | 737 |
| Innovation: A Question of Developing and Cultivating a Culture? | Knut Aasland and Morten Hatling | 739 |
| Entrepreneurship and the Equality of Chances: An Inter-Regional Model of Women‘s School of Entrepreneurship | Anca Dodescu and Adriana Giurgiu | 743 |
| Study Concerning the Identification and the Improvement of the Romanian Companies Developing External Trade Activities’ Competitive Advantages, for Maximizing the positive effects of the EU accession | Adriana Giurgiu and Anca Dodescu | 746 |
| Innovation Platform Design Through Knowledge Services | Dehua Ju and Beijun Shen | 749 |
| Modes of Inbound Open Innovation in the Context of Dynamic Knowledge Creation | Ilari Kaarela | 752 |
| The Enhancers and Challenges of Collaborative Service Development Within Business Networks | Minna Kansola and Tiina Valjakka | 758 |
| Knowledge-Based Spatial Interventions for Economic Competitiveness: The Role of High-Tech Innovation Clusters in Regional Development | Charalampos Koutsoupakis | 762 |
| Impact of Knowledge Management on Innovation | İbrahim Pınar and Burcu Kör | 766 |
| Entrepreneurial Learning: Practice as a Source for Learning and Business Success | Henk Schout and Saskia Harkema | 771 |
| Non-Academic Contribution | 775 |
| How “open” does your company want to be towards external creativity? Open innovation tools and methods to access consumers’ knowledge and creativity | Gregor Jawecki and Michael Bartl | 777 |
