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The Breakthrough Illusion: Corporate America's Failure to Move from Innovation to Mass Production [Hardcover]

Richard Florida (Author), Martin Kenney (Author)

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Publication Date: December 17, 1990

The USA has often failed to capitalise on its technological breakthroughs. This analysis of the weaknesses and strengths of US high technology warns that until the US learns to reconnect research and development with production, foreign companies will continue to prevail in the world marketplace.

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Richard Florida is Professor of Business and Creativity at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, and the founder of the Creative Class Group, a for-profit think tank that charts trends in business, communities, and lifestyles. His national bestseller The Rise of the Creative Class was awarded the Washington Monthly’s Political Book Award and Harvard Business Review’s Breakthrough Idea Award. He lives in Toronto, Canada.

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Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Basic Books (December 17, 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 046500749X
ISBN-13: 978-0465007493
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.6 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
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Author of the bestselling The Rise of the Creative Class and Who's Your City? Richard Florida is a regular columnist for The Atlantic. He has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and other publications. His multiple awards and accolades include the Harvard Business Review's Breakthrough Idea of the Year. He was named one of Esquire magazine's Best and Brightest (2005) and one of BusinessWeek's Voices of Innovation (2006). He lives in Toronto, Canada.

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