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Foundations and Trends(r) in Entrepreneurship > Vol 18 > Issue 1

Vannevar Bush: A Public Sector Entrepreneur

By Albert N. Link, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA,
anlink@uncg.edu  

 
Suggested Citation
Albert N. Link (2022), "Vannevar Bush: A Public Sector Entrepreneur",
Foundations and Trends(r) in Entrepreneurship: Vol. 18: No. 1, pp 1-74.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/0300000087 Export

Publication Date: 08 Feb 2022
(c) 2022 A. N. Link
 
Subjects
High technology,  Management structure, governance and performance,  
Managerial characteristics and behavior of entrepreneurs,  
Opportunity recognition,  Entrepreneurial thinking,  Strategic
Management: Entrepreneurship and strategy,  Strategic Management:
Strategic management of human capital,  Collaborative strategy,  
Performance measurement,  Technology Management and Strategy,  
Industrial Organization: Regulatory Economics,  Industrial
Organization: Transaction Cost Economics,  Public Economics,  Public
Economics: Public Goods,  Government,  Political economy,  Public
administration,  Public policy
 

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Foreword                                                 [ ]
1. An Overview of the Monograph                          [ ]
2. More Formally Defining Public Sector Entrepreneurship [ ]
3. Science--the Endless Frontier                          [ ]
4. The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980                             [ ]
5. Concluding Remarks                                    [ ]
Acknowledgements                                         [ ]
About the Author                                         [ ]
References                                               [ ]
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Abstract

In this monograph, I define public sector entrepreneurship in terms
of innovative public policy initiatives that generate greater
economic prosperity by transforming a status quo economic environment
into one that is more conducive to economic units engaging in
creative activities in the face of uncertainty. Using that
definition, I propose that Vannevar Bush is a quintessential example
of a public sector entrepreneur. I then propose that the Bayh-Dole
Act of 1980 is an innovative public policy initiative that has
ingredients of Bush's philosophy about the role of government in
technological advancement. Using Bush and the Bayh-Dole Act as
examples of public sector entrepreneurship, I conclude the monograph
with framework that might serve as a unifying taxonomy for
interpreting future research on public sector entrepreneurship.

DOI:10.1561/0300000087

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Table of contents:
Foreword
1. An Overview of the Monograph
2. More Formally Defining Public Sector Entrepreneurship
3. Science--the Endless Frontier
4. The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980
5. Concluding Remarks
Acknowledgements
About the Author
References

Vannevar Bush: A Public Sector Entrepreneur

This monograph defines public sector entrepreneurship in terms of
innovative public policy initiatives that generate greater economic
prosperity by transforming a status quo economic environment into one
that is more conducive to economic units engaging in creative
activities in the face of uncertainty. Based on that definition, the
author examines Vannevar Bush as an example of a public sector
entrepreneur. Using Bush and the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 as an example
of public sector entrepreneurship, the monograph provides a framework
that can serve as a unifying taxonomy for interpreting future
research on public sector entrepreneurship.

 
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