03383nam 2200709 a 450 991046575560332120200520144314.097866111643861-4356-1005-90-19-153334-31-281-16438-0(CKB)2560000000293277(EBL)415134(OCoLC)476240314(SSID)ssj0000114733(PQKBManifestationID)11117254(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114733(PQKBWorkID)10124706(PQKB)11185701(StDuBDS)EDZ0000022818(MiAaPQ)EBC415134(Au-PeEL)EBL415134(CaPaEBR)ebr10197104(CaONFJC)MIL116438(EXLCZ)99256000000029327720070123d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBridging islands[electronic resource] venture companies and the future of Japanese and American industry /Robert KnellerOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20071 online resource (415 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-926880-0 0-19-169928-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. Two Worlds of Innovation; 2. Autarkic Large Companies; 3. Upholding the Pecking Order: Universities and Their Relations with Industry; 4. Up the Rocky Road: Venture Case Studies; 5. IPO or Bust: Venture Financing; 6. Amoeba Innovation: The Alternative to Ventures; 7. Innovation Across Time and Space: Advantage New Companies; Glossary; A; C; D; E; F; G; I; J; K; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; ZBridging Islands is a detailed examination of the key role of venture companies in national technical and economic success, contrasting the industrial and social organization of the world's two largest economies, the US and Japan. The author argues that national policy on venture companies is of paramount importance to their economic growth. - ;The innovative strength of the world's two largest economies, the United States and Japan, are based on two different forms of industrial and social organization. For the United States, venture companies play a key role in technical and economic progresTechnology transferJapanTechnology transferUnited StatesSmall business investment companiesJapanSmall business investment companiesUnited StatesAcademic-industrial collaborationJapanAcademic-industrial collaborationUnited StatesElectronic books.Technology transferTechnology transferSmall business investment companiesSmall business investment companiesAcademic-industrial collaborationAcademic-industrial collaboration338/.0640952Kneller Robert854926MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465755603321Bridging islands1909056UNINA