TY - BOOK ID - 11387897 TI - The venturesome economy : how innovation sustains prosperity in a more connected world PY - 2008 SN - 9780691135175 0691135177 0691145938 9786612158179 1282158171 1400829089 9781400829088 9780691145938 9780691145938 9781282158177 6612158174 PB - Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock, Oxfordshire : Princeton University Press, DB - UniCat KW - AA / International- internationaal KW - US / United States of America - USA - Verenigde Staten - Etats Unis KW - 338.040 KW - 338.043 KW - 338.6 KW - 382.11 KW - Ondernemingen: algemeenheden. KW - Technologische vooruitgang. Automatisering. Computers. Werkgelegenheid en informatica. KW - Wetenschappelijk onderzoek en ontwikkeling. KW - Theorie van het internationale evenwicht. Economische onafhankelijkheid van een natie. Globalisering. Mondialisering. KW - Research and development partnership. KW - Research and development projects KW - Technology transfer KW - International cooperation. KW - Research and development partnership KW - Technology - General KW - Economic History KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Business & Economics KW - International cooperation KW - Projects, Research and development KW - R & D projects KW - R and D projects KW - R&D projects KW - Research & development projects KW - Development and research partnership KW - Partnership, Research and development KW - Research KW - Limited partnership KW - Ondernemingen: algemeenheden KW - Technologische vooruitgang. Automatisering. Computers. Werkgelegenheid en informatica KW - Wetenschappelijk onderzoek en ontwikkeling KW - Theorie van het internationale evenwicht. Economische onafhankelijkheid van een natie. Globalisering. Mondialisering UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11387897 AB - Many warn that the next stage of globalization--the offshoring of research and development to China and India--threatens the foundations of Western prosperity. But in The Venturesome Economy, acclaimed business and economics scholar Amar Bhidé shows how wrong the doomsayers are. Using extensive field studies on venture-capital-backed businesses to examine how technology really advances in modern economies, Bhidé explains why know-how developed abroad enhances--not diminishes--prosperity at home, and why trying to maintain the U.S. lead by subsidizing more research or training more scientists will do more harm than good. When breakthrough ideas have no borders, a nation's capacity to exploit cutting-edge research regardless of where it originates is crucial: "venturesome consumption"--the willingness and ability of businesses and consumers to effectively use products and technologies derived from scientific research--is far more important than having a share of such research. In fact, a venturesome economy benefits from an increase in research produced abroad: the success of Apple's iPod, for instance, owes much to technologies developed in Asia and Europe. Many players--entrepreneurs, managers, financiers, salespersons, consumers, and not just a few brilliant scientists and engineers--have kept the United States at the forefront of the innovation game. As long as their venturesome spirit remains alive and well, advances abroad need not be feared. Read The Venturesome Economy and learn why--and see how we can keep it that way. ER -