Social Capital and Business Development in High-Technology Clusters : An Analysis of Contemporary U.S. Agglomerations

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International Studies in Entrepreneurship ; 18

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Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; to 1 How High-Tech Industries Benefit from the Economies of Agglomeration; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Static Externalities and Industry Productivity; 1.3 Industry Productivity Equations; 1.4 Empirical Observations; 1.4.1 Data; 1.4.2 Preliminary Facts; 1.5 Conclusions; to 2 Tacit Knowledge Transfer, Geographical Proximity, and Inter-Firm Contracts: The Silicon Valley Case; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Silicon Valley Firms and Firm Organization; 2.3 Ranking the Inter-Firm Contracts; 2.4 Hypotheses and Data; 2.4.1 Hypotheses; 2.4.2 Data and Methodology

2.4.3 Variable Definitions2.4.3.1 Dependent Variable; 2.4.3.2 Independent Variables; 2.4.3.3 Control Variables; 2.5 Results; 2.5.1 The Ordered Probit Specification; 2.5.2 Regression Results; 2.6 Discussion and Concluding Remarks; to 3 Reciprocity, Proximity and Performance of Research Consortia; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Model; 3.3 Conclusion; to 4 Citizenship, Social Capital, and Spatial Assimilation of Highly Skilled Labor and Location Choice; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Literature Review: Highly Skilled Labor, Immigration, Assimilation, and Social Capital

4.3 The Spatial Distribution of Science and Engineering PhD's4.4 Hypotheses and Data; 4.4.1 Hypotheses; 4.4.2 The Data; 4.4.3 Variables and Definitions; 4.4.3.1 The Dependent Variable; 4.4.3.2 Independent Variables; 4.4.3.3 Control Variables; 4.5 Methodology and Results; 4.6 Conclusions and Discussion; 4.6 Appendix: Variable Descriptions; to 5 Ethnic and Technical Clustering: Native-Born Americans Versus Foreign S0E Graduates; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 H-1B Petitions: A Brief Review by Citizenship; 5.3 Literature Review: Technology Clustering, Ethnic Clustering, and Social Capital

5.4 Data, Key Variable Distribution, Hypotheses, and Method5.4.1 Data; 5.4.2 Spatial Distribution of S&E PhDs, Including Citizenship, Ethnicity, and Occupation in the United States, Using the SDR 2001 Sample Data; 5.4.3 Hypotheses; 5.4.4 Method: Estimation Strategy and Variables; 5.4.4.1 Estimation Strategy; 5.4.4.2 The Dependent Variable; 5.4.4.3 Independent Variables; 5.4.4.4 Other Control Variables; 5.5 Results; 5.6 Conclusion and Policy Implications: United States; Index

10.1007/978-0-387-71911-5 [DOI]

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