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Understanding Silicon Valley : the anatomy of an entrepreneurial region / edited by Martin Kenney.
Lippincott Library HC107.C22 S3975 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Business enterprises.
- High technology industries.
- Santa Clara County (Calif.)--Economic conditions.
- Santa Clara County (Calif.).
- Santa Clara County (Calif.)--Social conditions.
- High technology industries--California--Santa Clara County.
- Business enterprises--California--Santa Clara County.
- California--Santa Clara County.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 285 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- What has made Silicon Valley so productive of new technologies and new firms? How did its pioneering achievements begin -- in computer networking, semiconductors, personal computing, and the Internet -- and what forces have propelled its unprecedented growth? This collection of nine chapters by contributors from varied disciplines -- business, geography, history, regional planning, and sociology -- examines the history, development, and entrepreneurial dynamics of Silicon Valley.
- Contents:
- 2. How Silicon Valley Came to Be / Timothy J. Sturgeon 15
- 3. The Biggest "Angel" of Them All: The Military and the Making of Silicon Valley / Stuart W. Leslie 48
- 4. Dealmakers and Counselors: Law Firms as Intermediaries in the Development of Silicon Valley / Mark C. Suchman 71
- 5. Venture Capital in Silicon Valley: Fueling New Firm Formation / Martin Kenney, Richard Florida 98
- 6. High-Technology Agglomeration and the Labor Market: The Case of Silicon Valley / David P. Angel 124
- 7. The Origins and Dynamics of Production Networks in Silicon Valley / Annalee Saxenian 141
- 8. Flexible Recycling and High-Technology Entrepreneurship / Homa Bahrami, Stuart Evans 165
- 9. Social Capital and Capital Gains: An Examination of Social Capital in Silicon Valley / Stephen S. Cohen, Gary Fields 190
- 10. Institutions and Economies: Creating Silicon Valley / Martin Kenney, Urs Von Burg 218.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-278) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0804737339
- 0804737347
- OCLC:
- 44066995
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