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The New Argonauts: Regional Advantage in a Global Economy
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Economic Geography
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January 1, 2008
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- Gertler, Meric S
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The New Argonauts: Regional Advantage in a Global Economy By AnnaLee Saxenian. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2006.
In many ways, this book builds on AnnaLee Saxenian's celebrated and remarkably successful 1994 monograph, Regional Advantage (Saxenian 1994), bringing the story of Silicon Valley forward to more recent times. In doing so, Saxenian demonstrates the value of following one story over an extended period. This approach helps us make sense of contemporary phenomena by situating them in their historical context. It provides a depth of insight that is made possible only by close knowledge of the region and its key players, as well as its distinctive institutional ...
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Asia's best and brightest flock to Silicon Valley.(Industry Trend or...
Electronic Business;
August 1, 1999 ;
McCormick, Joel;
743 words
......mistake. The author of Regional Advantage, a 1995 book that chronicled Silicon Valley's eclipse of Route...graduate thesis. But as Regional Advantage was to show, the...Valley's history. Regional Advantage contrasted Route...
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Vital intangibles: what it takes to come top in technology.(Silicon...
The Economist (US);
March 29, 1997 ;
787 words
......politicians would put Silicon Valley's success down solely...part of the story. In Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 (Harvard...more than a match for Silicon Valley in terms of both venture...Yet by the late 1970s Silicon ...
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New book tells secrets to Silicon Valley's success. (Originated from...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;
April 20, 1994 ;
Mitchell, James J.;
522 words
......JOSE, Calif. _ Silicon Valley is known widely...Oracle. But in fact, Silicon Valley is the world's...sleep-inducing title, ``Regional Advantage _ Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128...the secrets of Silicon Valley's success. ...
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VOA NEWS: SKY'S THE LIMIT IN SILICON VALLEY
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
June 1, 2007 ;
787 words
......By Jela de Franceschi California's Silicon Valley, near San Francisco, is where many...wealth and dynamism is centered in Silicon Valley which, during the Internet technology...spawned more than 29,000 high-tech firms. Silicon Valley weathered the economic downturn between...
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Modesto, Calif., Firm Works on Map of Silicon Valley.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
May 28, 1999 ;
Diaz, Sam;
596 words
......side of the freeway when you arrive in Silicon Valley. Maybe it's because Silicon Valley is both a state of mind and a shifting...Compass Maps is working on a revised Silicon Valley map, due to hit the racks in airport gift...
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Filling a Void Left By Mainstream Media.(Silicon Valley DE-BUG)
Nieman Reports;
March 22, 2001 ;
Jayadev, Raj;
787 words
...Young temporary workers in Silicon Valley write out of their own experience...malfunction and exposing it. In journalism, Silicon Valley DE-BUG is the name of a group of young...on the otherwise unreported side of Silicon Valley. Pacific News Service (PNS) and Youth...
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Silicon Valley still top pick for semi headquarters, iSuppli reports...
Executive Quote and Information Service : EQUIS;
September 10, 2007 ;
787 words
...There's not much silicon left in the Silicon Valley these days as most chip production...semiconductor suppliers with headquarters in Silicon Valley collectively posted 2006 revenue of...Semiconductor companies headquartered in the Silicon Valley accounted for 26.1 percent of global...
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As Texas Microchip Industry Reaches for Lone Star, Silicon Valley Dips....
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
August 28, 1994 ;
Takahashi, Dean;
787 words
...Aug. 29--Silicon Valley is losing its claim to fame to...semiconductor industry hasn't shifted from Silicon Valley, the decline in manufacturing is...as a shock. Officials in Austin, Silicon Valley's fastest-growing rival, see the...
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Silicon Valley Region Needs to Concentrate on Social Issues, Study Says.
San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);
January 14, 2002 ;
787 words
...Byline: David A. Sylvester Jan. 14--Silicon Valley shows strong signs of remaining an...conclusion that emerges from the Index of Silicon Valley for 2002, an annual survey of conditions...in Mountain View for Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network to help plan regional initiatives...
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HOW SILICON VALLEY WON IN A NEW BOOK, A BICOASTAL AUTHOR SAYS THAT ROUTE...
The Boston Globe;
March 13, 1994 ;
Maria Shao, Globe Staff;
787 words
......In her new book, "Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128," to...Saxenian argues that Silicon Valley's success and Route...personalities. You might call Silicon Valley "laid back" and Route...
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Stuart Leslie on why California's Silicon Valley did not develop in New...
Business News New Jersey;
March 31, 1997 ;
Anonymous;
787 words
......that went into making California's Silicon Valley. Stuart Leslie, a professor of the...Princeton University entitled "Why Silicon Valley Isn't in New Jersey." BUSINESS NEWS...elements that were crucial in making Silicon Valley a success? Leslie: The distinguishing...
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Palo Alto, Calif., Wants Piece of Silicon Valley's Fame.(Knight...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
March 17, 2000 ;
Guido, Michelle;
729 words
......soon officially boast that it's the Birthplace of Silicon Valley. Another title, The Heart of Silicon Valley is already taken -- by Sunnyvale. And San Jose nabbed The Capital of Silicon Valley more than a decade ago. And if Union City can claim...
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HIGH-TECH PARADISE LOST PRICES, TRAFFIC HURT SILICON VALLEY
The Boston Globe;
December 16, 1999 ;
Alex Pham, Globe Staff;
787 words
......asked by its investors to move to Silicon Valley, it was confirmation of the West...years ago, people were touting Silicon Valley as a new earthly paradise. Now...and their employees to move to Silicon Valley, where the cost of housing is...this region, but the price of ...
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Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970
Business History Review;
July 1, 2006 ;
Berlin, Leslie;
787 words
...Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High...0-262-12281-2. Christophe Lcuyer's Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High...could be considered a prehistory of Silicon Valley. The period he surveys ends before...
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