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Regional advantage : culture and competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128

Title
Regional advantage : culture and competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 / AnnaLee Saxenian ; [with a new preface by the author].
Author
Saxenian, AnnaLee.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.

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Description
xi, 226 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Subject
  • High technology industries > California, Northern
  • High technology industries > Massachusetts
  • United States > Regional disparities. > 1981-2001
Note
  • Originally published: 1994.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-205) and index.
Contents
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.
ISBN
0674753402 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 133467661
  • ocn133467661
  • SCSB-3569939
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries