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Acknowledgments

I am particularly indebted to the many scientists who graciously offered their insights, the personnel of the American Type Culture Collection, and especially Raymond Cypess and Robert Hay. Bob Litan and Michael Kremer were instrumental in helping this project come to fruition and provided helpful guidance throughout, and the volume could not have been completed without the help of my collaborator Jeff Furman. I would also like to thank Tim Bresnahan, Joshua Gans, Shane Greenstein, Rebecca Henderson, Paul Romer, Cathy Fazio, an anonymous referee, and participants in numerous seminars and workshops. Jason Corradini , Mercedes Delgado, Lorraine DeLeon, Chijoke Emineke, Anna Harrington, Martha Kam, Julia Lo, Kinga Piekos, Megan MacGarvie, Courtney Mason, Tracy Myers, and Naomi Wohl provided excellent research assistance and Catherine Theohary checked the volume for accuracy. Finally, thanks are extended to the Brookings Institution Press and its staff in shepherding the book through to publication, in particular Jim Schneider, Eileen Hughes, and Janet Walker for editing the manuscript. Some of this research I conducted as a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, whose hospitality is gratefully acknowledged. All errors of course remain my own. vii Acknowledgments 00 8148-2 FM.qxd 10/18/2004 10:34 AM Page vii 00 8148-2 FM.qxd 10/18/2004 10:34 AM Page viii Biological Resource Centers 00 8148-2 FM.qxd 10/18/2004 10:34 AM Page ix 00 8148-2 FM.qxd 10/18/2004 10:34 AM Page x ...