Venture Investing in Science

by Stephen R. Waite and Douglas W. Jamison

Over the past decade, software companies have increasingly monopolized the flow of venture capital, starving support for scientific research and its transformative discoveries. New medicines, cheaper and faster personal computers, and other life-changing developments all stem from investment in science. In the past, these funds led to steam engines, light bulbs, microprocessors, 3D printers, and even the Internet. In Venture Investing in Science,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231175728
• ISBN13: 9780231175722
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Columbia Business School Publishing
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher