Autonomic Computing

Summary and Conclusions

The structure of the U.S. economy is extremely diverse and involves the complex interaction of many factors, trends, and economic sectors. This diversity and complexity has resulted in one of the most advanced economies in the world, which has led the way in the development of new technologies. The United States is by far the world's economic superpower—our GDP totaled $10.2 trillion in 2001; assuming international purchasing power parity, this was three times the size of Japan's output, almost five times the size of Germany's and more than seven times the size of the United Kingdom's.^[3][4]

Venture capital activity is beneficial to small enterprise because it provides a source of long-term capital investment. Any increase ...