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Lerner, Joshua.

Boulevard of broken dreams : why public efforts to boost entrepreneurship and venture capital have failed and what to do about it / Josh Lerner.

p. cm. -- (The Kauffman Foundation series on innovation and entrepreneurship) Includes index.

ISBN 978-0-691-14219-7 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1. Entrepreneurship—Government policy. 2. Venture capital—Government policy. 3. Industrial policy. I. Title.

HB615.L457 2009

338'.04--dc22

2009025392

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Published in collaboration with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies of New York University

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