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9780804740623

The Silicon Valley Edge

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  • ISBN13:

    9780804740623

  • ISBN10:

    0804740623

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-10-01
  • Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
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Table of Contents

Contributor Biographies xv
The Silicon Valley Habitat
1(15)
Chong-Moon Lee
William F. Miller
Marguerite Gong Hancock
Henry S. Rowen
Mysteries of the Region: Knowledge Dynamics in Silicon Valley
16(30)
John Seely Brown
Paul Duguid
PART I Silicon Valley Today: A View from the Inside
A Profile of the Valley's Evolving Structure
46(13)
Doug Henton
Life in Silicon Valley: A First-Hand View of the Region's Growth
59(22)
E. Floyd Kvamme
Innovation in Business Models
81(13)
T. Michael Nevens
Four Styles of Valley Entrepreneurship
94(30)
Chong-Moon Lee
Changing Everything: The Internet Revolution and Silicon Valley
124(34)
Steve Jurvetson
PART II The Evolution of Silicon Valley
Fairchild Semiconductor and Its Influence
158(26)
Christophe Lecuyer
Serendipity or Strategy: How Technology and Markets Came to Favor Silicon Valley
184(16)
Henry S. Rowen
The Role of Stanford University: A Dean's Reflections
200(18)
James F. Gibbons
Social Networks in Silicon Valley
218(30)
Emilio J. Castilla
Hokyu Hwang
Ellen Granovetter
Mark Granovetter
Networks of Immigrant Entrepreneurs
248(28)
Annalee Saxenian
PART III A Clustered Community
Venture Capitalists: The Coaches of Silicon Valley
276(19)
Thomas F. Hellmann
The Valley of Deals: How Venture Capital Helped Shape the Region
295(19)
Dado P. Banatao
Kevin A. Fong
Fueling the Revolution: Commercial Bank Financing
314(11)
John C. Dean
Advising the New Economy: The Role of Lawyers
325(17)
Craig W. Johnson
Shepherding the Faithful: The Influence of Executive Search Firms
342(13)
Thomas J. Friel
Guiding the Innovators: Why Accountants are Valued
355(15)
James D. Atwell
Free Advice: Consulting the Silicon Valley Way
370(10)
Regis Mckenna
Afterword: Sustaining the Edge 380(5)
Chong-Moon Lee
William F. Miller
Marguerite Gong Hancock
Henry S. Rowen
Notes 385(14)
References 399(10)
Index 409

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