| Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128, with a New Preface by the Author Contributor(s): Saxenian, Annalee (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674753402 ISBN-13: 9780674753402 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $36.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1996 Annotation: Why is it that business in California's Silicon Valley flourished while along Route 128 in Massachusetts declined in the 90s? The answer, Saxenian suggests, has to do with the fact that despite similar histories and technologies, Silicon Valley developed a decentralized but cooperative industrial system while Route 128 came to be dominated by independent, self-sufficient corporations. The result of more than one hundred interviews, this compelling analysis highlights the importance of local sources of competitive advantage in a volatile world economy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Business & Economics | Economics - General |
| Dewey: 338.476 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6.12" W x 9.18" (0.67 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Why is it that in the '90s, business in California's Silicon Valley flourished, while along Route 128 in Massachusetts it declined? The answer, Annalee Saxenian suggests, has to do with the fact that despite similar histories and technologies, Silicon Valley developed a decentralized but cooperative industrial system while Route 128 came to be dominated by independent, self-sufficient corporations. The result of more than one hundred interviews, this compelling analysis highlights the importance of local sources of competitive advantage in a volatile world economy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Saxenian, Annalee: - AnnaLee Saxenian is Dean of the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley. |
