The USA has often failed to capitalise on its technological breakthroughs. This analysis of the weaknesses and strengths of US high technology warns that until the US learns to reconnect research and development with production, foreign companies will continue to prevail in the world marketplace.
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The USA has often failed to capitalise on its technological breakthroughs. This analysis of the weaknesses and strengths of US high technology warns that until the US learns to reconnect research and development with production, foreign companies will continue to prevail in the world marketplace.
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Introduction: the breakthrough illusion. Part 1 Origins and institutions: how we lost the follow-through; a new breakthrough system for high technology; venture capital and the breakthrough bias. Part 2 Limits: the hypermobility of high-tech labour; silicon valley and route 128 won't save us; neglecting high-technology manufacture. Part 3 Beyond the breakthrough illusion: competing with Japan - the world's new follow-through economy; patchwork solutions; transcending the breakthrough economy.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780465007608
Publisert
1992
Utgiver
Basic Books; Basic Books
Høyde
203 mm
Bredde
137 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, G, 05, 06, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272

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Om bidragsyterne

Richard Florida is Professor of Business and Creativity at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, and the founder of the Creative Class Group, a for-profit think tank that charts trends in business, communities, and lifestyles. His national bestseller The Rise of the Creative Class was awarded the Washington Monthly's Political Book Award and Harvard Business Review's Breakthrough Idea Award. He lives in Toronto, Canada.