| Building High-Tech Clusters: Silicon Valley and Beyond Contributor(s): Bresnahan, Timothy (Editor), Gambardella, Alfonso (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521827221 ISBN-13: 9780521827225 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: The contributions to this study of the origins of centers of industrial and technological innovation (such as Silicon Valley) reveal that these concentrated "clusters" of entrepreneurial high tech firms are characterized by rapid economic growth. No other analysts have examined how such clusters start, although many earlier works have studied Silicon Valley. The study's contributors conclude that the key public and business policy elements of starting a cluster are common to many regions, countries, and time periods. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory - Business & Economics | Industries - Computers & Information Technology - Business & Economics | Industrial Management |
| Dewey: 307.332 |
| LCCN: 2003051541 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.38" W x 9.24" (1.45 lbs) 382 pages |