Start-up nation: the story of Israel's economic miracle
Dan Senor and Saul Singer
- Resource Type:
- Book (Print/Paper)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Publication:
- New York : Twelve, 2009
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- Summary:
- "What the world can learn from Israel's meteoric economic success."--Provided by the publisher.
With the savvy of foreign policy insiders, Senor and Singer examine the lessons of the Israel's adversity-driven culture, which flattens hierarchy and elevates informality--all backed up by government policies focused on innovation. - Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Persistance
- Battlefield entrepreneurs
- The people of the book
- Harvard, Princeton, and Yale
- Where order meets chaos
- An industrial policy that worked
- Immigration : the Google guys' challenge
- The diaspora : stealing airplanes
- The Buffett test
- Yozma : the match
- Betrayal and opportunity
- From nose cones to geysers
- The sheikh's dilemma
- Threats to the economic miracle
- Conclusion: Farmers of high tech.
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- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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- General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A Council on Foreign Relations book." - Physical Description:
- x, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Call Numbers:
- HC415.25 .S455 2009
- ISBNs:
- 9780446541466
044654146X - Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 2009013144
- OCLC Numbers:
- 318191106