Entrepreneurship in the global economy : engine for economic growth

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Cover; Entrepreneurship in the Global Economy; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Government: Boss, financial partner, regulator - Entrepreneurs in mixed economies; HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS; Early mercantilism; Colbert launches modern French industry; MODERN MERCANTILISM; Industrializing Asia; Mixed ownership, tight control; Building domestic industries; Follow the leader; IMPLICATIONS FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP; Working with the system; SUMMING UP; 2: Standing still is not an option: On promoting entrepreneurship and economic growth

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATIONTechnology industries help to drive GDP growth; Technology needs entrepreneurs; FACTORS IN PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP; Silicon Valley: Model innovation cluster; Innovation, business savvy, access to capital; Building an innovation cluster; Cluster success stories; Cultural factors and entrepreneurship; Immigrant power; Looking for a new direction: Entrepreneurship in Japan; Contract R&D for small and mid-sized companies: A key role for government support; Sources of capital; Government grants and bank funding

Funding to help small businesses export their productsPrivate funding; Public markets and financial rewards for entrepreneurs; GLOBAL CONSIDERATIONS; Government restrictions on trading technology products; Needed: Tight financial controls; Pay a bribe, go to jail; Collecting the bill; MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; 3: Electronic innovation and the government: David Sarnoff creates the RCA empire; INTRODUCTION; ENTREPRENEUR IN WAITING; Struggling immigrant stumbles on a career; Entrepreneurial beginnings; Thwarted entrepreneur; THE US NAVY MANDATES A MONOPOLY

Government involvement: Creating RCA The rise of IP pools; THE BIRTH OF COMMERCIAL RADIO; Finding an audience; Ads and networks: New models for a developing business; Network radio as a service; Government involvement: Antitrust action; Television: Intrapreneurial beginnings; ADDING SIGHT TO SOUND; Television decade; Starting an industry; Postwar television boom; Adding color to black-and-white; LOOKING BACK; 4: Global problem, golden opportunity: Ron Stanton profits from market disruption; TRADING IN REAL COMMODITIES; Ammonia's importance in a modern economy

Learning the peculiarities of international tradingFROM OIL TO AMMONIA; Leveraging change; The cost of integrity; INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE; LOOKING BACK; 5: Speeding voice and data traffic worldwide: Network microprocessors from RMI; INFORMATION AUTOBAHN; Routing bits and packets; Microprocessors: Breaking the router bottleneck; READY FOR INNOVATION; PRODUCT LAUNCH; Transition; Weighing options; RMI MERGES WITH NETLOGIC; LOOKING BACK; 6: A world leader emerges: SanDisk and flash memories; MEMORY AND DISKS GET FLASHED; Mechanical solutions; Toward flash memory

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