Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Markets, Speculation and the State
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (621 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1107031257 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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This book is outstanding and deserves your time." Wall Street Oasis (wallstreetoasis) . Brilliant!" John C. It couldn't have come at a better time!" John Seely Brown, Former Chief Scientist, Xerox Corp, and Director of Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)"Janeway applies keen insights from his experience as a venture capitalist and creates a vision of the interaction between governments, financiers, and firms that shows what institutions society must develop to foster innovation. From a lifetime of reflection and experience, Janeway has produced a book that should be chewed and digeste
He combines personal reflections from a career spanning forty years in venture capital, with the development of an original theory of the role of asset bubbles in financing technological innovation and of the role of the state in playing an enabling role in the innovation process. Over some 250 years, economic growth has been driven by successive processes of trial and error: upstream exercises in research and invention and downstream experiments in exploiting the new economic space opened by innovation. Drawing on his professional experiences, William H. Toda
"One of the best books on the economics of innovation" according to G. Leonard Baker, Jr.. I've been a partner in a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm for One of the best books on the economics of innovation G. Leonard Baker, Jr. I've been a partner in a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm for 40 years. I've also been an avid reader about the economics and history of innovation. Of the many books on this topic, Janeway's is one of the best. He does a superb job of synthesizing economic theory, history, and his personal experiences as a successful financier of entrepreneurs in a beautifully-crafted and easy-to-read book.It's always a bit of a thrill when read a book about a topic you know well and find bits that make you say to yourself: "I wish I'd thou. 0 years. I've also been an avid reader about the economics and history of innovation. Of the many books on this topic, Janeway's is one of the best. He does a superb job of synthesizing economic theory, history, and his personal experiences as a successful financier of entrepreneurs in a beautifully-crafted and easy-to-read book.It's always a bit of a thrill when read a book about a topic you know well and find bits that make you say to yourself: "I wish I'd thou. Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi said Janeway,Doing Capitalism in an innovation economy. Janeway's book is really innovative. The state versus the private sector controversy is a perennial topic in the debate about how to keep the innovative spirit alive in a capitalistic economy( basically a private-sector led economy). The Conservatives wish to reduce the state to a Lilliputian size; while the Democrats would like an interventionist state. In the developing countries this debate is more or less settled in favor of a development-oriented state. In the developed countries, role of state is defined in terms of external econ. jlasersohn@hamptons.com said Most important book on the economics of innovation in past 50 years.. Full disclosure. I am also a venture capitalist and worked with Bill for many years.However, my review has absolutely nothing to do with the (completely accurate) VC anecdotes and adventures he describes so well. Instead, I am commenting as a lifelong student of the Industrial Revolution and the history and process of innovation. This book should be required reading for everyone in the innovation ecosystem, especially venture capitalists and government policy makers. Not as a 'how to do venture capital' book, but as a guide to the hars
Janeway has been an active venture capital investor for forty years. . He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge, where he founded the Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance, and is a Teaching Visitor in the Princeton University Economics Department. In September 2012 he was granted the honorary honour of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) b