Understanding Silicon Valley

by Kenney, Martin

• ISBN13: 9780804737333
• ISBN10: 0804737339
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr

Summary

What has made Silicon Valley so productive of new technologies and new firms? How did its pioneering achievements begin? What propelled its unprecedented growth? Contributors from business, geography, history, regional planning, and sociology examine the history, development, and entrepreneurial dynamics of Silicon Valley.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
John Seely-Brown
Contributors	xvii
Introduction	1	(14)
MARTIN KENNEY
Part 1: History
How Silicon Valley Came to Be	15	(33)
Timothy J. Sturgeon
The Biggest ``Angel'' of Them All: The Military and the Making of Silicon Valley	48	(23)
Stuart W. Leslie
Part II: Institutions
Dealmakers and Counselors: Law Firms as Intermediaries in the Development of Silicon Valley	71	(27)
Mark C. Suchman
Venture Capital in Silicon Valley: Fueling New Firm Formation	98	(26)
Martin Kenney
Richard Florida
High-Technology Agglomeration and the Labor Market: The Case of Silicon Valley	124	(17)
David P. Angel
The Origins and Dynamics of Production Networks in Silicon Valley	141	(24)
Annalee Saxenian
Part III: General Explanations
Flexible Recycling and High-Technology Entrepreneurship	165	(25)
Homa Bahrami
Stuart Evans
Social Capital and Capital Gains: An Examination of Social Capital in Silicon Valley	190	(28)
Stephen S. Cohen
Gary Fields
Institutions and Economies: Creating Silicon Valley	218	(23)
Martin Kenney
Urs Von Burg
Notes	241	(12)
References	253	(26)
Index	279