Cornell University The Johnson School at Cornell University
Melvin H. Goldman

Melvin H. Goldman

Visiting Lecturer of Entrepreneurship
MPA, Princeton

Areas of Interest
International venture capital
Industrial technology development and policy
Institutions of economic growth and development

Recent Activities
Advice on starting venture capital and start-up funds in Turkey
Advice to Croatian government on institutional and policy reform for industrial technology development
Fund raising for building a cross-border venture capital operation
Start-up of a vineyard operation

Publications and Lectures
"Technology Institutions and Policies: Their Role in Developing Capability in Industry" (with H. Ergas, E. Ralph and G. Felker)
"On Developing Industrial Technology" at Oxford, Harvard and Sophia Universities inter alia
"On Developing Venture Capital" in Japan, Brazil, India & the EU

Career History Highlights
World Bank's main industrial technology development specialist
Helped establish six venture capital companies in India
Technology finance and venture capital in Korea and China
World Bank's Representative in Colombia

Professor Goldman's vita


mhg24@cornell.edu