Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128
Author: Annalee Saxenian, Anna Lee Saxenian
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ISBN: 0674753402
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr (March, 1996)
Sales Rank: 25,104
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
AWSOME!
The best book I have ever read concerning High Tech culture. Everyone should read this book to better understand how to motivate info exchange and networking among our society and world.
Rating: 4 out of 5
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saxenian argues that silicon valley's competitive advantage is the vast network of small firms that compose silicon valley and cross pollinate each other. she compares the valley to the route 128 area in boston which she classifies as detrimentally hierarchical, even puritanical.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Excellent Structural Analysis
Contrary to one of the other reviewer's comments, the importance of this book is in showing precicely that it is not the "endemic" culture of Silicon Valley, but rather the innovative institutions and networked relationships in Silicon Valley that explains the region's success. A great contribution to the literature on embeddedness and network forms of organization. Similar Products
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