Entrepreneurs are among the most celebrated people in our culture. Celebrity entrepreneurs such as Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, often grace the covers of prominent publications. These company founders and innovators fuel economic growth and give the nation its competitive...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE: The Here and Now -- 1 A Bitter Taste of Dystopia -- 2 Welcome to Moore's World -- 3 How Change Will Affect Us Personally and Why Our Choices Matter -- 4 If Change Is...

Foreign national students have come to the United States to study in increasing numbers and participated in some of the most advanced academic research efforts to date, lending enormous brainpower to the development of technological and scientific innovations that benefitted America. The...

Unlike prior studies of the impact of health insurance on entrepreneurship, this paper uses primary data from a representative recent survey of entrepreneurs. First, we report the characteristics and socio-economic backgrounds of entrepreneurs. Second, we document that the lack of health...

University research has formed the foundation for many of the most significant U.S. technological advancements. However, many more ideas are left on the shelves and in the laboratories of academe, waiting to be discovered. Although thousands of university innovations have been transformed into...

As hotbeds for techno­logical innovation, university research labs create groundbreaking innovations that have been at the heart of many successful entrepreneurial ventures. But powerful ideas do not neces­sarily beget successful companies; great ideas must be identified, acquired, and...

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