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Titolo: | Risk & innovation [[electronic resource] ] : the role and importance of small high-tech companies in the U.S. economy / / Committee on Technology, Management, and Capital in Small High-Tech Companies, National Academy of Engineering |
Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1995 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (99 p.) |
Disciplina: | 338.1 |
Soggetto topico: | High technology industries - United States |
Small business - United States | |
Technological innovations - Economic aspects - United States | |
Risk - United States | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Committee chairman: Henry Kressel. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | Risk & Innovation; Copyright; Preface; Contents; RISK & INNOVATION; 1 Executive Summary ; INTRODUCTION; THE ROLES OF TECHNOLOGICAL START-UPS AND SMALL INNOVATIVE COMPANIES IN THE U.S. ECONOMY; OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL TECHNOLOGY-ORIENTED COMPANIES; HOW GOVERNMENTS CAN NURTURE SMALL COMPANIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATORS; 2 Introduction ; THE STUDY APPROACH; DEFINITIONS AND POLICY QUESTIONS; THE STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT; 3 The Roles of Technological Start-Ups and Small Innovative Companies in the U.S. Economy ; COMPARING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SMALL TECHNOLOGY-ORIENTED COMPANIES |
Advanced Displays and Visual Systems Implantable and Surgical Medical Devices; Software; Environmental Testing Services; Network Services and Access Devices; Outdoor Sporting Goods; Summary Comparison; CONCLUSIONS; 4 Opportunities for Small Technology-Oriented Companies ; HOW THE MARKET DETERMINES OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS; Fragmented, Technically Dynamic, and Rapidly Growing Markets; Low Barriers to Entry; An Adequate Technical and Business Infrastructure; Good Access To Potential Customers; Availability of Financing; A Culture (Recent History) of Entrepreneurship; Characteristic Risks | |
THE LARGE-COMPANY ROLE THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOGRAPHY; Regional Sources of Entrepreneurs and Ideas; Factors Affecting the Start-ups in a Region; Factors Affecting the Ability of a Company to Grow in a Region; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; 5 How Governments Can Nurture Small Companies and Technological Innovators ; FEDERAL POLICIES: SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE; FEDERAL POLICIES: TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES; FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT SMALL HIGH-TECH COMPANIES; STATE AND REGIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS; THE NATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT; UNINTENDED EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT POLICYMAKING | |
Medical Devices: Innovation as an Investment Decision Environmental Testing Labs: Created and Constrained by Environmental Regulation; Networks: Evolution of Regulatory Schemes; IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY; Appendix What We Know About Small Business in America ; DEFINITIONS; THE JOB CREATION DEBATE; INNOVATION IN SMALL COMPANIES; OTHER AREAS OF COMPARISON BETWEEN LARGE AND SMALL FIRMS; Wages; Benefits; Job Security; Training; Unionization; Political Resources; Influence; Intangibles; THE DATA ON SMALL HIGH-TECH COMPANIES; Biographies of Committee Members | |
Altri titoli varianti: | Risk and innovation |
Titolo autorizzato: | Risk & innovation |
ISBN: | 1-280-21067-2 |
9786610210671 | |
0-309-56787-4 | |
0-585-08517-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910456072603321 |
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