venture companies and the future of Japanese and American industry /
Robert Kneller.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
1 online resource (xiii, 396 pages) :
illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Two worlds of innovation -- Autarkic large companies -- Upholding the Pecking order : universities and their relations with industry -- Up the rocky road : venture case studies -- IPO or bust : venture financing -- Amoeba innovation : the alternative to ventures -- Innovation across time and space : advantage new companies.
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'Bridging Islands' examines the role of venture companies in national technical and economic success, contrasting the industrial and social organisation of the world's two largest economies, the US and Japan. Kneller argues that national policy on venture companies is of paramount importance to their economic growth.
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Bridging islands.
Academic-industrial collaboration-- Japan.
Academic-industrial collaboration-- United States.
Small business investment companies-- Japan.
Small business investment companies-- United States.