Nagoya American Center programs:

• Entrepreneurship: Building Block of the 21st Century Economy - panel discussion with local entrepreneurs and Nagoya American Center Director, held at Softopia Japan, Ogaki City, Gifu Prefecture, January 21, 1999.
  Program highlights now available in English
• 1998 Tokai-Hokuriku Economic Seminar - Regional Economic Development: A Look at U.S. Initiatives
• Silicon Valley - A Model for Japanese Local Development? - presentation by Prof. William Miller, Stanford University and Joint Venture Silicon Valley, co-sponsored by Aichi Science and Technology Foundation. Articles by William Miller
• AdVentures in Capitalism: The Entrepreneurial Experience in the United States and Japan - panel discussion with Japanese and American entrepreneurs in Japan

Resources and Documents:

• Small Business in the U.S.
  • U.S. Small Business Administration Fact Sheet
  • The "S" Corporation explained - financial protection for entrepreneurs
  • Definition of "S" Corporation - U.S. regulations (warning: only for lawyers!)
• Universities-Government-Industry cooperation
  • A Guide to the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 - generally considered the cornerstone of U.S. university-to-commerce technology transfer policy
  • Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) - inter-university organization promoting technology transfer
  • University Technology Transfer: Evolution and Revolution - publication of the COGR
• Videotape of AdVentures in Capitalism - please contact NAC
• Bibliography

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