MIT and the Rise of Entrepreneurial Science is a timely and authoritative book that analyses the transformation of the university's role in society as an expanded one involving economic and social development as well as teaching and research. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology invented the format for university-industry relations that has been copied all over America and latterly the rest of the world. This excellent book shows that the ground-breaking university-industry-government interactions have become one of the foundations of modern successful economies.
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The main hub of high technology in the United States is Silicon Valley. It is centred on Stanford and Hewlett Packard. But there is another hub, based around MIT in Cambridge. Sometimes known as Route 128, for the main highway that runs through it. In this region was spawned many technology startups, often with MIT connections via their founders.This book celebrates MIT's role in nucleating and nuturing the startups. From providing alumni, faculty and students who became founders or initial employees, to encouraging an entrepreneurial attitude in them, before they left for these companies. It's good for a historical overview of the region in the postware period. Storied names echo from this book. Digital Equipment Corporation, Data General, Wang, Apollo. Though if you look carefully, most of these were later taken over. The book seems to have an undercurrent of rivalry with Stanford. No surprise. Stanford has clearly been more successful over the decades.
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As academic science is transformed into an economic as well as an intellectual endeavor, the separation between science and industry to which most universities traditionally adhered breaks down, as the university itself becomes an entrepreneur. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, World War, New York, Research Corporation, Silicon Valley, Vannevar Bush, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard Business School, Van de Graaff, Digital Equipment, Rad Lab, President Compton, United States, University of Wisconsin, Johns Hopkins, International Business Machines, Stanford University, Columbia University, Karl Compton, University of California, Frederick Terman, National Institutes of Health, New Products Committee, Cold War, General Doriot New!
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As academic science is transformed into an economic as well as an intellectual endeavor, the separation between science and industry to which most universities traditionally adhered breaks down, as the university itself becomes an entrepreneur. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, World War, New York, Research Corporation, Silicon Valley, Vannevar Bush, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard Business School, Van de Graaff, Digital Equipment, Rad Lab, President Compton, United States, University of Wisconsin, Johns Hopkins, International Business Machines, Stanford University, Columbia University, Karl Compton, University of California, Frederick Terman, National Institutes of Health, New Products Committee, Cold War, General Doriot New!
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- Syntony and Spark: The Origins of Radio by Hugh G. J. Aitken in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Beginnings of Graduate Education in America by Richard J. Storr in Back Matter
- Revolution in Miniature: The History and Impact of Semiconductor Electronics by Ernest Braun in Back Matter
- Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts by Bruno Latour in Back Matter
- The Emergence of the American University by Laurence R. Veysey in Back Matter
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- THE FUTURE OF KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION IN THE ACADEMY (Co-Published With the Society) by JACOB in Front Matter, and page 59
- European Union Direct Investment in China: Characteristics, Challenges and Perspectives (Routledge Studies in Global Competition) by Maria Do Céu Esteves in Front Matter
- Towards a New Model of Governance for Universities?: A Comparative View (Higher Education Policy Series) by Dietmar Braun in Back Matter
- Technological Change and Economic Performance (Routledge Studies in Global Competition) by Albert N. Link in Front Matter
- The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science (Oxford Companions Ncs) by John L. Heilbron on page 622
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