The Silicon Valley Edge
A Habitat for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Published on 1. November 2000
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-0-8047-4062-3 (ISBN)
Description
The enormous and sustained success of Silicon Valley has excited interest around the globe. Startup companies the world over are attempting to emulate its high tech businesses, and many governments are changing their institutions in order to foster Silicon Valleys of their own. What accounts for the Valley's leading edge in innovation and entrepreneurship? This book gives an answer by insiders, by prominent business leaders and academics from the heart of the Valley. They argue that what distinguishes the Valley is not its scientific advances or technological breakthroughs. Instead, its edge derives from a habitat or environment that is tuned to turn ideas into products and take them rapidly to market by creating new firms.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Palo Alto
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
6 tables 18 figures 1 map
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
838 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8047-4062-3 (9780804740623)
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Content
Introduction; 1. The Silicon Valley habitat Chong-Moon Lee, William F. Miller, Marguerite Gong Hancock and Henry S. Rowen; 2. Mysteries of the region: knowledge dynamics in Silicon Valley John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid; Part I. Silicon Valley Today: 3. A profile of the Valley's evolving structure Doug Henton; 4. Life in Silicon Valley: a first-hand view of the region's growth E. Floyd Kvamme; 5. Innovation in business models T. Michael Nevens; 6. Four styles of Valley entrepreneurship Chong-Moon Lee; 7. Changing everything: the Internet revolution and Silicon valley Steve Jurvetson; Part II. The Evolution of Silicon Valley: 8. Fairchild semiconductor and its influence Christopher Lecuyer; 9. Serendipity or strategy: how technology and markets came to favor Silicon Valley Henry S. Rowen; 10. The role of Stanford University: a Dean's reflections James Gibbons; 11. Social networks in Silicon Valley' Emilio J. Castilla, Hokyu Hwang, Ellen Granovetter and Mark Granovetter; 12. Networks of immigrant entrepreneurs Annalee Saxeninan; Part III. A Clustered Community: 13. Venture capitalists: the coaches of Silicon Valley Thomas F. Hellmann; 14. The valley of deals: how venture capital helped shape the region P. Banatao and Kevin A. Fong; 15. Fueling the revolution: commercial bank financing John C. Dean; 16. Advising the new economy: the role of lawyers Craig W. Johnson; 17. Shepherding the faithful: the influence of executive search firms Thomas J. Friel; 18. Guiding the innovators: why accountants are valued James D. Atwell; 19. Free advice: consulting the Silicon Valley way Regis McKenna; Afterword: sustaining the edge Chong-Moon Lee, William F. Miller, Marguerite Gong Hancock and Henry S. Rowen; Notes; References; Index.