Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128, With a New Preface by the Author - Softcover

Saxenian, Annalee

 
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Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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

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9780674753396: Regional Advantage – Culture & Competition in Silicon Valley & Route 128: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128

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ISBN 10:  0674753399 ISBN 13:  9780674753396
Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1994
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