1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456816303321

Autore

Lerner Joshua

Titolo

Boulevard of broken dreams [[electronic resource] ] : why public efforts to boost entrepreneurship and venture capital have failed and what to do about it / / Josh Lerner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-93586-0

1-4008-3163-6

9786612935862

1-282-47318-2

9786612473180

0-691-14219-X

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

The Kauffman Foundation series on innovation and entrepreneurship

Disciplina

338/.04

Soggetti

Entrepreneurship - Government policy

Venture capital - Government policy

Industrial policy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. Can Bureaucrats Help Entrepreneurs? -- Chapter 2. A Look Backwards -- Chapter 3. Why Should Policymakers Care? -- Chapter 4. Things Get More Complicated -- Part II. Threading the Needle -- Chapter 5. The Neglected Art of Setting the Table -- Chapter 6. How Governments Go Wrong: Bad Designs -- Chapter 7. How Governments Go Wrong: Bad Implementation -- Chapter 8. The Special Challenges of Sovereign Funds -- Chapter 9. Lessons And Pitfalls -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tel Aviv--the global hubs of entrepreneurial activity--all bear the marks of government investment. Yet, for every public intervention that spurs entrepreneurial activity, there are many failed efforts that waste untold billions in taxpayer dollars. When has



governmental sponsorship succeeded in boosting growth, and when has it fallen terribly short? Should the government be involved in such undertakings at all? Boulevard of Broken Dreams is the first extensive look at the ways governments have supported entrepreneurs and venture capitalists across decades and continents. Josh Lerner, one of the foremost experts in the field, provides valuable insights into why some public initiatives work while others are hobbled by pitfalls, and he offers suggestions for how public ventures should be implemented in the future. Discussing the complex history of Silicon Valley and other pioneering centers of venture capital, Lerner uncovers the extent of government influence in prompting growth. He examines the public strategies used to advance new ventures, points to the challenges of these endeavors, and reveals the common flaws undermining far too many programs--poor design, a lack of understanding for the entrepreneurial process, and implementation problems. Lerner explains why governments cannot dictate how venture markets evolve, and why they must balance their positions as catalysts with an awareness of their limited ability to stimulate the entrepreneurial sector. As governments worldwide seek to spur economic growth in ever more aggressive ways, Boulevard of Broken Dreams offers an important caution. The book argues for a careful approach to government support of entrepreneurial activities, so that the mistakes of earlier efforts are not repeated.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996695952803316

Titolo

Gossips Braule, Or The Women Weare The Breeches : A Mock Comedy. The Actors Names, Nick Pot, A Tapster. Jone Ruggles, A Dungel-raker. Doll Crabb, A Fish-woman. Megg Lant-ale, A Tub-woman. Bess Bung-hole, An Hostice, Who All To Try The Mastery Of Their Tongues, New Wet Their Whistles, Barley-oyl Their Lungs, Then Rais'd With Choller, Spleen And Gaule, Their Tongues Advance, And Then Begins The Braule

Pubbl/distr/stampa

ProQuest, UMI, 1655

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910145707603321

Titolo

Clinical laboratory science : journal of the American Society for Medical Technology

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, DC], : The Society

Bethesda, MD, : American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science

Brandon, MS, : Westminster Publishers

ISSN

1945-3574

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (volumes)

Disciplina

610

Soggetti

Medical technology

Medical technologists

Diagnosis, Laboratory

Clinical medicine

Laboratory Techniques and Procedures

Technology, Medical

Technologie médicale

Diagnostics biologiques

Médecine clinique

Periodical

periodicals.

Periodicals.

Périodiques.



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed