Culture and competition in silicon valley and route 128. The answer, saxenian suggests, has to do with the fact that silicon valley developed a decentralized but cooperative industrial system while route 128 came to be dominated. Building on her earlier research on silicon valley, saxenian takes a careful look at the role of immigrant capital and labor in the development of this showcase regional economy. Jan 04, 2007 the duke study is available online pdf format.
Innovating in a global economy annalee saxenian uc berkeley school of information apec symposium on smes nagaragawa convention center, gifu, japan october 1, 2010. In a process more akin to brain circulation than brain drain, these engineers and. The research is based on census and patent information, financial databases and telephone surveys of 2,054 engineering and technology companies founded between 1995 and 2000. Pdf regional advantage download full pdf book download. Culture and competition in silicon valley and route 128 1994, both.
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Berkeley school of information and a professor in berkeleys department of city and regional planning. Culture and competition in silicon valley and route 128, saxenian set out to describe what differentiated californias silicon valley from the tech industry outside boston. Culture and competition in silicon valley and route 128, annalee saxenian addresses the ageold question of what makes some businesses succeed and others fail, using case studies of the two regions. Large numbers of people were attracted to warrelated industries in the san francisco bay area. Saxenian argues, in concluding, that the argonaut advantage is most likely to favor regions that educate their youth, forgive failure and reward success, resist the impulse to protect yesterdays markets and jobs at the expense of tomorrows, and welcome the openness, diversity and initiative that have built silicon valley p. Regional advantage available for download and read online in other formats.
Regional advantage is an impressive demonstration of why new technologies and new markets both create and are driven by new business models and corporate structures. The work of paul krugman 1991 and michael porter 1990 has spurred widespread interest in regions and regional development, once the sole province of economic geographers and regional scientists. The new argonauts shows how engineers who came to silicon valley from china, india, taiwan, and israel are creating entrepreneurial networks and seeding those countries, transforming what was once a brain drain into brain circulation, and allowing. She received her ba from williams college in 1976 and her phd from massachusetts institute of technology in 1989. Culture and competition in silicon valley and route 128, with a new preface by the author.
The competitive advantages of regional clusters have become a focal point of scholarly and policy attention. Recently, however, though the friendship remains, the conversation has been shaken. Silicon valley and route 128 burst into the collective imagination of the nation and much of the world during the high flying 1980s. School of information department of city and regional planning. Culture and competition in silicon valley and route 128 by annalee saxenian. Culture and competition in silicon valley and route 128 1994. Culture and competition in silicon valley and route 128 harvard, 1994, silicon valleys new immigrant entrepreneurs public policy institute of. The new argonauts extends saxenians pioneering research into the dynamics of competition in silicon valley. Breaking the code of change is the published outcome of a. Bazin submitted to the department of civil and environmental engineering on may 12, 1995 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of science in technology and policy abstract.
Regional advantage in a global economy introduction 1. Annalee saxenian is a professor and the current dean of the uc berkeley school of information, known widely for her work on technology clusters and social networks in silicon valley. Saxenians thrilling first book, regional advantage, described how silicon valley became the information technology center of the universe. Understanding the microfoundations of regional clustering is of interest both to scholars of agglomeration and to policymakers who wish to encourage entrepreneurship.
Culture and competition learning among companies and enables this is the movement of routine factory in silicon valley and route 128. Culture and competition in silicon valley and route 128 cambridge, ma. University of illinois at urbanachampaigns academy for entrepreneurial leadership historical research reference in entrepreneurship. Regional advantage in a global economy harvard university press, 2006 explores how and why immigrant engineers. She avoids dealing with this standard subject of 1. Article information, pdf download for regional advantage. Nov 04, 2009 saxenian, annalee, regional advantage.
Why, in the 90s, did business flourish in californias silicon valley but decline along route 128 in massachusetts. But its vigorous application in regional advantage enlivens and deepens the books insights. Auerswald, enabling entrepreneurial ecosystems, kauffman foundation research paper, october 2015. Regional advantage by annalee saxenian creative class group. Review of saxenian, regional advantage regional advantages the eyre peninsula. The new argonauts annalee saxenian harvard university press. The new argonauts annalee saxenian harvard university. The new argonauts, regional advantage in a global economy. The answer, saxenian suggests, has to do with the fact that despite similar histories and technologies, silicon valley developed a decentralized but cooperative industrial system while route 128 came to be dominated by independent, selfsufficient corporations. The answer, saxenian suggests, has to do with the fact that silicon valley developed a decentralized but cooperative industrial system while route 128 came to be dominated by independent, selfsufficient corporations.
Culture and competition in silicon valley and route 128, research policy on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Annalee saxenian is dean and professor at the school of information and professor in the department of city and regional planning at the university of california, berkeley. Regional advantage annalee saxenian harvard university. Public policies to enhance competitive performance among small manufacturers in the united states by benoit j. Dec 29, 2016 free full pdf downlaod regional advantage culture and competition in silicon valley and route 128 full ebook online free.
Silicon valleys new immigrant highgrowth entrepreneurs. Using that definition, we have analyzed a set of resilient companies that have successfully adapted to diverse and. The new argonauts university of california, berkeley. Although natural advantages have been shown to contribute to agglomeration.
The emergence of itenabled services in nairobi and cape town by bob wayne bell, jr. Doctor of philosophy in information management and systems university of california, berkeley professor jenna burrell, chair since the earlytomid 2000s, south africas western cape and kenyas capital city nairobi. Annalee saxenian earned a ba from williams college in economics, a mcp from uc berkeley in city and regional planning and a phd. More generally, what are the dynamic sources of regional advantage saxenian 1994. Oct 31, 2007 the new argonauts extends saxenians pioneering research into the dynamics of competition in silicon valley. Culture and competition in silicon valley and route 128, cambridge. Use the link below to share a fulltext version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Semantic scholar extracted view of regional advantage. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile.
Kauffman foundation research series on city, metro, and regional entrepreneurship. An economic geographer by trade, annalee saxenian has made a. Regional advantage, annalee saxenians penetrating study of the two leading centers of the electronics industry in the u. This article examines the economic contributions of skilled asian immigrants in silicon valleyboth directly, as entrepreneurs, and indirectly, as facilitators of trade with and investment in their. Saxenian contends that the folkways my word of silicon valley have. Measuring an entrepreneurial ecosystem what matters is not necessarily a snapshot, but the.
While military demand dramatically improved the fortunes of northern california firms, the government. Regional advantage annalee saxenian harvard university press. Annalee saxenian has made a career of studying regional economics and the conditions under which people, ideas, and geographies combine and connect into hubs of economic activity. An economic geographer by trade, annalee saxenian has. Regional advantage in a global economy harvard university press april 2006 hardcover, 432 pages isbn. Why is it that business in californias silicon valley flourished while along route 128 in massachusetts declined in the 90s.