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Venture capital and strategic investment for developing government mission capabilities

Title

Venture capital and strategic investment for developing government mission capabilities / Tim Webb, Christopher Guo, Jennifer Lamping Lewis, Daniel Egel.

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Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2014]
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xviii, 81 pages : some color illustrations; 28 cm

Summary

A wide range of military capability improvement efforts have benefited from development and procurement methods that accommodate urgent operational needs. Changes in the threat environment suggest a need for a fresh examination of the adequacy and suitability of acquisition methods for the coming decade. This report examines one class of acquisition method, known as government venture capital (GVC), or government strategic investment (GSI). The research extracts general observations from previous cases and from a partial economic model of the GSI type of initiative. Taken together, these analyses will help government acquisition managers to judge more thoroughly the suitability of strategic investment methods for motivating future government mission-oriented innovation by private firms. The report does not explicitly compare GSIs and alternatives for their efficacy in advancing government mission objectives. If it had, it is likely that the main advantage of GSI would be improved access to information about alternative approaches available in the commercial market, resulting from the close relationships the GSI structure engenders between government and business.

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Research report (Rand Corporation)

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"RAND Corporation research report series."--Web page (PDF).
"RR-176-OSD."--Page 4 of cover.
"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
"National Defense Research Institute."
"This research was sponsored by the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) and conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute."--Page iii.
"Approved for public release; distribution unlimited."

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-81).

Funding (note)

"The research was conducted within the RAND National Defense Research Institute ... under Contract

Contents

Strategic investment for innovation support -- Case studies of U.S. Government strategic investment -- Economic framework for innovation incentives -- Observations from GSI studies and economic modeling.

Call Number

JBF 17-337

ISBN

9780833082138
0833082132

LCCN

2014935192

OCLC

873763140

Title

Venture capital and strategic investment for developing government mission capabilities / Tim Webb, Christopher Guo, Jennifer Lamping Lewis, Daniel Egel.

Publisher

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2014]

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Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Research report (Rand Corporation)

Funding

"The research was conducted within the RAND National Defense Research Institute ... under Contract W74V8H-06-C-0002"--Title page verso.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-81).

Added Author

Webb, Timothy, 1936-

Guo, Christopher.

Lewis, Jennifer Lamping, 1976-

Egel, Daniel.

Rand Corporation, issuing body.

Acquisition and Technology Policy Center, researcher.

Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (U.S.), sponsoring body.

National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), sponsoring body.

Research Call Number

JBF 17-337

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