The case focuses on the U.S. Department of Energy and $ 38 billion stimulus funding for the Department of Energy received the promotion of environmentally friendly technologies. They focus on "bridging the valley of death," that is, helping the young, innovative companies finance technically risky and very capital development and commercialization programs. The case focuses on two programs of the Department of Energy, in particular, the program of loan guarantees and ARPA-E. There is the question of why there is this valley of death, what can be done to deal with them, and how these DOE programs are designed and implemented. "Hide
by Michael J. Roberts, Joseph B. Lassiter, Ramana Nanda Source: Harvard Business School 31 pages. Publication Date: June 29, 2010. Prod. #: 810144-PDF-ENG
