Europe has been slow to exploit its considerable scientific research expertise for economic benefit. A culture of venture capitalism must be created if Europe is to compete more effectively with the United States.
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Risk Capital: A Key to Job Creation in the European Union (European Commission, Brussels, 1998).
The Report of the Working Group on the Financing of Early Stage High Technology Companies (UK Treasury, London, 1998).
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I thank John Mulvey (Oxford University and former secretary of Save British Science) for comments on earlier drafts of this article.
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Pickering, C. Towards a more venturesome Europe. Nature 401, 209–210 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/45666
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