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

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

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Author / Creator:	Saxenian, AnnaLee.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.
Description:	xi, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subject:	High technology industries -- California, Northern. High technology industries -- Massachusetts. United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981- -- Regional disparities.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10514378

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Other authors / contributors:	American Council of Learned Societies.
ISBN:	0674753399 0674753402
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-205) and index. Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2002. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet. This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	xi, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-205) and index.
ISBN:	0674753399 0674753402