Some Suggestions from an Economist to a New High-Tech Starter

de la Dehesa, Guillermo

doi:10.1117/3.786604.ch1

Book: Engineering a High-Tech Business: Entrepreneurial Experiences and Insights

Editor(s): José Miguel López-Higuera; Brian Culshaw

Author(s): Guillermo de la Dehesa

Published: 2008

https://doi.org/10.1117/3.786604.ch1

Abstract

In this chapter, the author looks at the factors that determine success in high-tech organizations around the world. From the analysis of the three main forms to achieve economic growth and the factors of success in developing high-tech companies, some key lessons are addressed and discussed. They include learning how to start, how to live in the new world of increasing returns, and how to finance a high-tech business.