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Clusters of creativity : enduring lessons on innovation and entrepreneurship from Silicon Valley and Europe's Silicon Fen / by Rob Koepp

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Chichester : Wiley, c2002Description: xiv, 281 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0471496049
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.47621381 21
Contents:
Clusters of Creativity; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: The Hidden Lessons of "Siliconia'; The Silicon Valleys of the World; Silicon Valley in Context; Breaking with Accepted Orthodoxy; Clusters and Enterprise; SILICON VALLEY; 2 Introduction; 3 From Semi- desert to Silicon Valley; 4 Valley Dynamism; 5 Valley Innovators; 6 Post-silicon Silicon Valley; EUROPE'S SILICON FEN; 7 Introduction; 8 The Phenomenon of Cambridge; 9 Cambridge Dynamics; 10 Phenomenally Innovative; 11 The Future of the Phenomenon; 12 Epilogue: A Silicon World?; Endnotes; Index.
Summary: Like the subject matter it covers, Clusters of Creativity is innovative and original. It breaks with popular interpretations of Silicon Valley and similar regions, which range from the hyperbolically laudatory to the contemptuously dismissive, and takes a critical, objective look at the lessons that these locations provide about innovation and entrepreneurship.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Clusters of Creativity; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: The Hidden Lessons of "Siliconia'; The Silicon Valleys of the World; Silicon Valley in Context; Breaking with Accepted Orthodoxy; Clusters and Enterprise; SILICON VALLEY; 2 Introduction; 3 From Semi- desert to Silicon Valley; 4 Valley Dynamism; 5 Valley Innovators; 6 Post-silicon Silicon Valley; EUROPE'S SILICON FEN; 7 Introduction; 8 The Phenomenon of Cambridge; 9 Cambridge Dynamics; 10 Phenomenally Innovative; 11 The Future of the Phenomenon; 12 Epilogue: A Silicon World?; Endnotes; Index.

Like the subject matter it covers, Clusters of Creativity is innovative and original. It breaks with popular interpretations of Silicon Valley and similar regions, which range from the hyperbolically laudatory to the contemptuously dismissive, and takes a critical, objective look at the lessons that these locations provide about innovation and entrepreneurship.

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