Prologue Introduction: Local Industrial Systems 1. Genesis: Universities, Military Spending, and Entrepreneurs 2. Silicon Valley: Competition and Community 3. Route 128: Independence and Hierarchy 4. Betting on a Product 5. Running with Technology 6. Inside Out: Blurring Firms' Boundaries Conclusion: Protean Places Notes Historical Data Definitions and Data Sources Acknowledgments Index
AnnaLee Saxenian is Dean of the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley.
This is scholarship at its best—thoroughly researched, elegantly
written, a compelling story that’s relevant to business executives
and policymakers everywhere.
*Boston Globe*
The best book I’ve seen at analyzing the secrets of Silicon
Valley’s success. And it shows why the valley’s future remains
bright even though costs are high.
*San Jose Mercury News*
Saxenian’s findings are important because they highlight the
fundamental organizational practices behind California’s economic
successes in several key sectors, a reality dangerously ignored by
many of the state’s political and business leaders.
*Los Angeles Times*
A welcome addition to the growing literature on American high
technology, offering fresh insights in a thorough…account of the
economic and technological evolution of America’s premier
high-technology regions.
*Science*
Regional Advantage is an impressive demonstration of why new
technologies and new markets both create and are driven by new
business models and corporate structures.
*San Francisco Chronicle*
Over the past decade, however, there has been a growing interest in
the role which territory (in the form of regions, industrial
districts, or innovative milieux) plays in fostering technical
change and industrial innovation… One of the many virtues of this
book is the way it penetrates beneath these superficial
similarities, exposing a more complex, more telling set of
differences which help to explain the very different fortunes of
these regions in recent years… What we have here is a
well-researched, elegantly written, and provocative book on a
subject which should engage a wide array of disciplines, especially
those with an interest in innovation and regional development.
*Research Review*
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