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INTRODUCTION: LOCAL INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION vi
  4. PROLOGUE x
  5. INTRODUCTION: LOCAL INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS 1
  6. 1 GENESIS: UNIVERSITIES, MILITARY SPENDING, AND ENTREPRENEURS 11
  7. 2 SILICON VALLEY: COMPETITION AND COMMUNITY 29
  8. 3 ROUTE 128: INDEPENDENCE AND HIERARCHY 59
  9. 4 BETTING ON A PRODUCT 83
  10. 5 RUNNING WITH TECHNOLOGY 105
  11. 6 INSIDE OUT: BLURRING FIRMS' BOUNDARIES 133
  12. CONCLUSION: PROTEAN PLACES 161
  13. NOTES 171
  14. HISTORICAL DATA 207
  15. DEFINITIONS AND DATA SOURCES 209
  16. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 218
  17. INDEX 220
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https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674418042-003

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION vi
  4. PROLOGUE x
  5. INTRODUCTION: LOCAL INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS 1
  6. 1 GENESIS: UNIVERSITIES, MILITARY SPENDING, AND ENTREPRENEURS 11
  7. 2 SILICON VALLEY: COMPETITION AND COMMUNITY 29
  8. 3 ROUTE 128: INDEPENDENCE AND HIERARCHY 59
  9. 4 BETTING ON A PRODUCT 83
  10. 5 RUNNING WITH TECHNOLOGY 105
  11. 6 INSIDE OUT: BLURRING FIRMS' BOUNDARIES 133
  12. CONCLUSION: PROTEAN PLACES 161
  13. NOTES 171
  14. HISTORICAL DATA 207
  15. DEFINITIONS AND DATA SOURCES 209
  16. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 218
  17. INDEX 220
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