Albert N. Link, Jamie R. Link

Government as Entrepreneur (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Interest in entrepreneurship and its impact on the economy has recently exploded and while there have been books published on various aspects of entrepreneurship, literature on the role of government has been noticeably absent. This book is the first broad effort to emphasize the entrepreneurial aspects of governments.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190451448
• Artikelnr.: 42675463

Autorenporträt

Albert N. Link is professor of economics at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His research focuses on innovation policy, university entrepreneurship, and the economics of R&D. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Technology Transfer, author of numerous books including Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technological Change (Oxford University Press, 2007) and vice-chairperson of the Innovation and Competitiveness Policies Committee of the United Nation's Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). Jamie R. Link is a research staff member at the Science and Technology Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. She was the Grand Prize Winner of the 2003 National Inventors Hall of Fame Collegiate Inventors Competition and was named as one of Technology Review's "World's 100 Top Young Innovators under 35." She has served as a AAAS Congressional Science Fellow and as a Fulbright Scholar at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi.

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Figures
* List of Tables
* 1: Government as Entrepreneur: An Introduction
* 2: Overview of Fundamental Concepts: Setting the Stage
* 3: Research Partnerships: Organizational Structures for Innovative
Efficiency
* 4: Advanced Technology Program: Stimulating Competitiveness through
Cooperative Research
* 5: National Institute of Standards and Technology: An Institutional
Response to Innovation Barriers
* 6: Biofuels: The Renewable Fuel Standards
* 7: University Research Parks: Prospective Infrastructural Policies
* 8: Small Business Innovation Research Program: An Environment to
Enhance Commercialization
* 9: Conclusions
* References
* Index
* About the Authors