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Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 [Paperback]

AnnaLee Saxenian (Author)
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March 1, 1996 0674753402 978-0674753402
Why is it that business in Silicon Valley is again flourishing while along Route 128 in Massachusetts it continues to decline? The answer, Sexanian suggests, has to do with the fact that despite similar histories and technologies, Silicon Valley developed a decentralized but co-operative industrial system while Route 128 came to be dominated by independent, self-sufficient corporations. The result of more than 100 interviews, this analysis highlights the importance of local sources of competitive advantage in a volatile world economy.

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AnnaLee Saxenian is Dean of the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley.

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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press (March 1, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0674753402
  • ISBN-13: 978-0674753402
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #391,212 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Contrary to one of the other reviewer's comments, the importance of this book is in showing precicely that it is not the "endemic" culture of Silicon Valley, but rather the innovative institutions and networked relationships in Silicon Valley that explains the region's success. A great contribution to the literature on embeddedness and network forms of organization.
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This book was recommended to me by a VP at Sun Microsystems to explain why Silicon Valley happened [open-org-networks and strong entrepreneurial initiatives] and how other communities can learn from this success. The answers to why and why-not for a community are found embedded in the local or regional business culture. How close-minded is your town?
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The book is written by a person who lived in the Route 128 area and in the Silicon Valley. Besides the great insights and fantastic scholarly work, the book reflects the experience of seeing the development of both regions, not only through the eyes of a scholar, but also through the experiences that can only be gained by "being there."
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minicomputer firms, autarkic structures, local industrial systems, minicomputer producers, minicomputer makers, minicomputer companies, semiconductor firms, minicomputer industry, industrial adaptation, east coast companies, supplier infrastructure, electronics producers, semiconductor producers, semiconductor equipment, memory business, receiving tubes, specialist producers
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Silicon Valley, East Coast, Palo Alto, West Coast, Silicon Graphics, Data General, New England, Sun Microsystems, United States, Robert Noyce, Ken Olsen, San Jose, General Electric, Andy Grove, Apple Computer, Bell Labs, Digital Equipment Corporation, New York, San Francisco, Santa Clara County, Texas Instruments, Conner Peripherals, Fairchild Semiconductor, Frederick Terman, Sflicon Valley
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