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    Start-up nation : the story of Israel's economic miracle / Dan Senor and Saul Singer.

    • Title:Start-up nation : the story of Israel's economic miracle / Dan Senor and Saul Singer.
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    • Author/Creator:Senor, Dan.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Singer, Saul.
      Council on Foreign Relations.
    • Published/Created:New York : Twelve, 2009.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Israel--Economic conditions.
    • Edition:1st ed.
    • Description:x, 304 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
    • Summary:"What the world can learn from Israel's meteoric economic success."--Provided by the publisher.
    • Notes:"A Council on Foreign Relations Book".
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-290) and index.
    • ISBN:9780446541466
      044654146X
    • Contents:Pt. I. Little Nation That Could
      Ch. 1. Persistence
      Ch. 2. Battlefield Entrepreneurs
      Pt. II. Seeding a Culture of Innovation
      Ch. 3. People of the Book
      Ch. 4. Harvard, Princeton, and Yale
      Ch. 5. Where Order Meets Chaos
      Pt. III. Beginnings
      Ch. 6. Industrial Policy That Worked
      Ch. 7. Immigration: The Google Guys' Challenge
      Ch. 8. Diaspora: Stealing Airplanes
      Ch. 9. Buffett Test
      Ch. 10. Yozma: The Match
      Pt. IV. Country with a Motive
      Ch. 11. Betrayal and Opportunity
      Ch. 12. From Nose Cones to Geysers
      Ch. 13. Sheikh's Dilemma
      Ch. 14. Threats to the Economic Miracle
      Conclusion: Farmers of High Tech.
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