Research Catalog

Title

The entrepreneurial state : debunking public vs. private sector myths / Mariana Mazzucato.

Author

Mazzucato, Mariana, 1968-

Publication

• ©2015
• New York, NY : PublicAffairs, [2015]

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Details

Description

xix, 260 pages : illustrations; 21 cm

Summary

Argues that the American government, often perceived as a hindrance to technology, has in fact been a great innovator, responsible for such breakthroughs as GPS, the Internet, and search engine algorithms.

Subject

• Entrepreneurship > Government policy
• Technological innovations > Government policy
• Research, Industrial
• Diffusion of innovations
• Diffusion of Innovation
• Entrepreneuriat > Politique gouvernementale
• Innovations > Politique gouvernementale
• Recherche industrielle
• Innovations > Diffusion
• Entrepreneurship > Government policy

Note

• "First published in UK and USA 2013 and revised edition 2014, by Anthem Press."--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-241) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Thinking big again -- From crisis ideology to the division of innovative labour -- Technology, innovation and growth -- Risk-taking state : from "de-risking" to "bring it on!" -- The US entrepreneurial state -- The state behind the iPhone -- Pushing vs. nudging the green industrial revolution -- Wind and solar power : government success stories and technology in crisis -- Risks and rewards : from rotten apples to symbiotic ecosystems -- Socialization of risk and privatization of rewards : can the entrepreneurial state eat its cake too? -- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 1610396138
• 9781610396134

LCCN

2013017536

OCLC

• 903675883
• SCSB-11413128

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library