Uncaging animal spirits : essays on engineering, entrepreneurship, and economics / Ralph Landau ; edited by Martha V. Gottron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landau, Ralph.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical industry.

Chemical engineering.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 423 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1994.

Summary:

Uncaging Animal Spirits collects all of Landau's major papers from the last thirty years, covering his scientific discoveries, his views on innovation and entrepreneurship, his reflections on his own field of chemical engineering, his research on the global marketplace, and his examination of the interrelations of technology, innovation, and the economy. The emphasis throughout is on Landau's view of the status of entrepreneurship in the United States, as tempered by his experience in an international business and his many attempts to get the federal government to think seriously about its role in creating a reasonable playing field for entrepreneurs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0262121832

OCLC:

29793108