Entrepreneurship cooperation and the firm : the emergence and survival of high technology ventures in Europe Pt. 1. The role of the individual versus that of the institution Pt. 2. The econo geographic aspects of emergence cooperation and survival Pt. 3. The cultural levels of nation gender profession sector and region in emergence cooperation and survival. 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. The contributors study examples from both the old EU member states such as France Germany the UK and the Netherlands as well as newer countries such as Slovenia and Estonia. The book is unique in bringing culture and psychology together in the particular context of the nascent technopreneur