Clusters of creativity :
Koepp, Rob
Clusters of creativity : enduring lessons on innovation and entrepreneurship from Silicon Valley and Europe's Silicon Fen / by Rob Koepp - Chichester : Wiley, c2002 - xiv, 281 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
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.
0471496049
Entrepreneurship--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
Entrepreneurship--England--Cambridge Region
High technology industries--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
High technology industries--England--Cambridge Region
Microelectronics industry--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
Microelectronics industry--England--Cambridge Region
338.47621381
Clusters of creativity : enduring lessons on innovation and entrepreneurship from Silicon Valley and Europe's Silicon Fen / by Rob Koepp - Chichester : Wiley, c2002 - xiv, 281 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
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.
0471496049
Entrepreneurship--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
Entrepreneurship--England--Cambridge Region
High technology industries--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
High technology industries--England--Cambridge Region
Microelectronics industry--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
Microelectronics industry--England--Cambridge Region
338.47621381