Traces the creation of the microelectronics industry's center of gravity in northern California during the 1970s, and attributes its success to technological innovation, the availability of capital, entrepreneurial spirit, and a highly skilled work force. Also describes its decline during the 1980s
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Silicon Valley is the birthplace of the microelectronics technology revolution that created semiconductors, microprocessors, and personal computers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
new comparative advantages, business myopia, managerial frames, semiconductor firms, global competitive environment, new competitive advantages, business ideology Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Silicon Valley, United States, New York, San Jose Mercury News, Harvard Business Review, San Francisco Chronicle, Peter Drucker, Harvard Business School Press, Michael Porter, Semiconductor Industry Association, Business Week, California Management Review, Adam Smith, Commerce Department, Department of Commerce, Paul Krugman, Andrew Grove, Harlan Cleveland, Lester Thurow, Robert Reich, The Wall Street Journal, American Electronics Association, George Lodge, Henry Mintzberg, High-Tech Society New!
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Silicon Valley is the birthplace of the microelectronics technology revolution that created semiconductors, microprocessors, and personal computers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
new comparative advantages, business myopia, managerial frames, semiconductor firms, global competitive environment, new competitive advantages, business ideology Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Silicon Valley, United States, New York, San Jose Mercury News, Harvard Business Review, San Francisco Chronicle, Peter Drucker, Harvard Business School Press, Michael Porter, Semiconductor Industry Association, Business Week, California Management Review, Adam Smith, Commerce Department, Department of Commerce, Paul Krugman, Andrew Grove, Harlan Cleveland, Lester Thurow, Robert Reich, The Wall Street Journal, American Electronics Association, George Lodge, Henry Mintzberg, High-Tech Society New!
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