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Book Title: Boulevard Of Broken Dreams: Why Public Efforts To Boost Entr...
Item Length: 9.3in
Item Height: 0.5in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Josh Lerner
Publication Name: Boulevard of Broken Dreams : Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed--And What to Do about It
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Series: The Kauffman Foundation Series ON Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ser.
Publication Year: 2012
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13 Oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
