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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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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saxenian argues that silicon valley's competitive advantage is the vast network of small firms that compose silicon valley and cross pollinate each other. Read more
Published on March 2, 2001 by rob zand
Very well written, easy to follow and insightful.
Although she is a bit partial to the Silicon Valley area, the author presents the information in a very "down to earth", easy to read fashion - not too technical or too... Read more
Published on October 9, 1999 by Tonya Trantham
Superb analysis of the phenomenal success of Silicon Valley.
A brilliant and thought-provoking analysis of the subtle factors which created the phenomenal economic success of Silicon Valley. Read more
Published on July 16, 1999
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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 Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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 New!
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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 Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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 New!
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- The Ultimate Entrepreneur: The Story of Ken Olsen and Digital Equipment Corporation by Glenn Rifkin on 5 pages
- Sun Microsystems by Vault Reports on 4 pages
- The Big Score: The Billion Dollar Story of Silicon Valley by Michael S. Malone on 4 pages
- The Creative Ordeal: The Story of Raytheon by Otto J Scott in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Revolution in Miniature: The History and Impact of Semiconductor Electronics by Ernest Braun in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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