TY - BOOK AU - Klepper,Steven TI - Experimental capitalism: the nanoeconomics of American high-tech industries T2 - Kauffman Foundation series on innovation and entrepreneurship SN - 9780691169620 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - HC110.H53 K565 2016 U1 - 338.50973 22 PY - 2016///] CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - High-technology industries KW - United States KW - Entrepreneurship N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Experimental Capitalism examines six key industries-automobiles, pneumatic tires , television receivers, semiconductors , lasers and penicillin-and tracks the highs and lows of American high-tech capitalism and the resulting innovation landscape. Employing "nanoeconomics"-a deep dive into the formation and functioning of companies -Steven Kleeper determines how specific companies emerged to become the undisputed leaders that altered the course of their industry's evolution. Kleeper concludes his study with a discussion of the impact of government and the potential for policy to enhance a nation's high-tech industrial base ER -