Obviously, such strategies will not work in the long term if no one is willing to invest in the earliest stages of research in critical areas like biotechnology, digital technology, renewable energy sources, and the like. With early-stage investors scarce, governments turning away from blue-sky science, and funders of university-based research increasingly demanding that grantees’ show the “impact” of their work, who will fund risk-taking?
显而易见，如果没人愿意投资生物技术、数字技术，可再生能源等关键领域的早期研究，这样的策略不可能长期持续。如果早期投资人稀缺、政府抛弃开创性科学、大学研究项目的资助者明确要求受助项目证明自己工作的“成绩”，还有谁会资助高风险项目？如果没人冒险，井水终将干涸，收购也很难发现标的。