Regional Advantage : Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128, With a New Preface by the Author

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION -- PROLOGUE -- INTRODUCTION: LOCAL INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS -- 1 GENESIS: UNIVERSITIES, MILITARY SPENDING, AND ENTREPRENEURS -- 2 SILICON VALLEY: COMPETITION AND COMMUNITY -- 3 ROUTE 128: INDEPENDENCE AND HIERARCHY -- 4 BETTING ON A PRODUCT -- 5 RUNNING WITH TECHNOLOGY -- 6 INSIDE OUT: BLURRING FIRMS' BOUNDARIES -- CONCLUSION: PROTEAN PLACES -- NOTES -- HISTORICAL DATA -- DEFINITIONS AND DATA SOURCES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX