keeps the nation globally competitive. Creating the Market University compares the origins of biotech entrepreneurship … entrepreneurship, patenting, and university-industry research centers. Contributing to debates about the relationship between … keeps the nation globally competitive. Creating the Market University compares the origins of biotech entrepreneurship …

toward entrepreneurship. From nineteenth-century whaling to the multitude of firms pursuing entrepreneurial finance today …, venture capital has been driven by the pull of low-probability but substantial financial rewards. Appreciating the history of …Introduction: The significance of history -- Whaling ventures -- The early development of risk capital -- The rise of …

author--explores how the entrepreneurial spirit has shaped 400 years of American history." …