Handbook of research on techno entrepreneurship : ecosystems innovation and development While knowledge intensive environments encourage and foster new ideas for products services production methods and business models they also entail high levels of risk derived from the fast and dynamically changing nature of technology. This Handbook explores the new theoretical frameworks that are needed to cope with the growing relevance of techno entrepreneurship initiatives globally. Demonstrating that techno entrepreneurship and its ecosystems create opportunities across national borders this Handbook also shows how they proactively shape their business environment and engage in more complex collaborative networks. Chapters cover emerging areas in the field such as frugal innovation the drone industry and gender specific entrepreneurship. Separated into sections dedicated to entrepreneurial ecosystems with original research into incubators accelerators and crowd funding and techno entrepreneurship across countries the contributors examine specific issues that arise in context. With international scope this Handbook will be an essential read for entrepreneurship and innovation scholars. Any researcher with an interest in entrepreneurial ecosystems will also benefit from the original research presented Contents: Part I Conceptualisation 1. Technological embeddedness as a determinant of techno entrepreneurship Sang Joon Kim and Juil Lee Part II: New categories of entrepreneurship 2. Reverse innovation: Review of a decade Max von Zedtwitz and Marine Hadengue 3. Modes and routines of frugal innovation: An examination on the basis of the auto components industry Rajnish Tiwari and Stephan Bergmann 4. The interplay of technology entrepreneurs and regulation in a new industry: The case of the drone industry Ferran Giones Kerem Gurses and Alexander Brem 5. Unveiling women entrepreneurship in technology ventures: Gendered organization and gendered society interactions Dilek Cetindamar and Berna Beyhan Part III: Ecosystems 6. Techno entrepreneurship development support in theory and practice: The case of incubators and accelerators in Canada Fabiano Armellini Cynthie Dega Angie Garcia and Franciso Machado 7. Crowdfunding as a tool for innovation marketing: Technology entrepreneurship commercialization strategies Ferran Giones and Alexander Brem 8. Fostering techno entrepreneurship and open innovation practices in the innovation ecosystems Case Nokia Jarkko Pellikka and Timo Ali vehmas 9. Digital technologies techno entrepreneurship and regional ecosystems: The case of the net value Moreno Frau and Ludovica Moi Part IV: Academic entrepreneurship 10. Research based spin offs as agents of knowledge dissemination: Evidence from the analysis of innovation networks Oscarina Conceição Cristina Sousa and Margarida Fontes 11. Individual innovativeness as a driver of career success: Academic tehno experts in an entreprneeurial ecosystem Anna Maija Nisula and Heidi Olander Part V: Country specific entrepreneurship 12. SME techno entrepreneurship: Drivers and barriers in sub Saharan Africa Olayinka David West Omotayo Muritala and Immanuel Ovemeso Umukoro 13. Entrepreneurship technological knowledge and industrial heterogeneity: Evidence from Italian NUTS3 regions Alessandra Colombelli Gianluca Orsatti and Francesco Quatraro 14. Nurturing healthy korean startup ecosystem Gyewan Moon 15. Understanding the dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems: Evidence from a longitudinal case study Maria Cristina Cinici Valeria Schifilliti and Fabrizio Cesaroni Index.