SUMMARY: A fascinating expert look at Israels meteoric rise in the global economy with timely hints for a world reeling from financial crisisStart-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel a country of 7.1 million, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war, wi
Start-up nation: the story of israel's economic miracle
β Scribed by Council on Foreign Relations.;Singer, Saul;Senor, Dan
- Publisher
- Twelve
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 218 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York, Israel, Israel.
- ISBN
- 0446558311
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β¦ Synopsis
"What the world can learn from Israel's meteoric economic success."--Provided by the publisher.;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.;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.
β¦ Subjects
Israel
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