Boulevard of broken dreams : why public efforts to boost entrepreneurship and venture capital have failed and what to do about it / Josh Lerner.

By: Lerner, Joshua [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: The Kauffman Foundation series on innovation and entrepreneurshipPrinceton : Princeton University Press, 2012©2009 Edition: Sixth printing, and first paperback printing: 2012Description: ix, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780691154534 (paperback)Subject(s): Entrepreneurship -- Government policy | Venture capital -- Government policy | Industrial policyLOC classification: HB615 .L47 2012
Contents:
Introduction -- A look backwards -- Why should policymakers care? -- Things get more complicated -- The neglected art of setting the table -- How governments go wrong: bad designs -- How governments go wrong: bad implementation -- The special challenges of sovereign funds -- Lessons and pitfalls.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-217) and index.

Introduction -- A look backwards -- Why should policymakers care? -- Things get more complicated -- The neglected art of setting the table -- How governments go wrong: bad designs -- How governments go wrong: bad implementation -- The special challenges of sovereign funds -- Lessons and pitfalls.