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RISK & INNOVATION

Small Companies in Six Industries: Background Papers Prepared for the NAE Risk and Innovation Study

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
1996

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1996. Risk & Innovation: Small Companies in Six Industries: Background Papers Prepared for the NAE Risk and Innovation Study. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9191.
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NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
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NOTICE: The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. It is autonomous in its administration and in the selection of its members, sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal government. The National Academy of Engineering also sponsors engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs, encourages education and research, and recognizes the superior achievements of engineers. Dr. William A.Wulf is interim president of the National Academy of Engineering.

Partial funding for this effort was provided by the Alfred P.Sloan Foundation.

The views expressed in this volume are those of the authors and are not presented as the views of the Sloan Foundation, the Committee on Technology, Management, and Capital in Small High-Tech Companies, or the National Academy of Engineering.

Copyright © 1996 by the National Academy of Sciences

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1996. Risk & Innovation: Small Companies in Six Industries: Background Papers Prepared for the NAE Risk and Innovation Study. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9191.
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COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY, MANAGEMENT, AND CAPITAL IN SMALL HIGH-TECH COMPANIES

HENRY KRESSEL, Chairman, Managing Director,

Warburg, Pincus & Company

ELWYN R.BERLEKAMP, Professor of Mathematics,

University of California, Berkeley

H.KENT BOWEN, Professor of Technology and Operations Management,

Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration

RUTH M.DAVIS, President and CEO,

Pymatuning Group, Inc.

JOSEPH F.ENGELBERGER, Chairman,

Transitions Research Corporation

GERALD D.LAUBACH, Retired President,

Pfizer Inc.

ROBERT A.PRITZKER, President and CEO,

The Marmon Group, Inc.

ROLAND W.SCHMITT, President Emeritus,

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

GEORGE L.TURIN, Retired Vice President,

Teknekron Corporation

NAE STAFF

BRUCE GUILE, Director,

Program Office

JANET HUNZIKER, Program Officer

SIMON GLYNN, Research Associate

DAMIAN SACCOCIO, NAE Fellow

VIVIENNE CHIN, Administrative Assistant

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CONTENTS

 

 

Introduction
Simon Glynn

 

1

 

 

Advanced Displays and Visual Systems
Damian Saccocio

 

11

 

 

Implantable and Surgical Medical Devices
Annetine Gelijns, Nathan Rosenberg, and Gerald Laubach

 

33

 

 

Computer Software
Simon Glynn

 

61

 

 

Environmental Testing Laboratories and Instruments
Charles Bangert Jr. and Richard Lynch

 

83

 

 

Network Services and Terminal Devices
Janet Hunziker and Simon Glynn

 

109

 

 

Outdoor Sporting Goods
Bruce Guile

 

125

 

 

NAE Sector Workshops

 

143

 

 

Workshop Participants

 

145

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