What has made Silicon Valley so productive of new technologies and new firms? How did its pioneering achievements begin—in computer networking, semiconductors, personal computing, and the Internet—and what forces have propelled its unprecedented growth? This collection of nine chapters by...

Our paper builds on the importance of high-tech manufacturing and knowledge-intensive services as significant competitiveness and economic growth drivers in the European Union and offers a fresh approach of the study on the competitiveness of secondary and tertiary high-tech industries across EU...

Die Digitale Revolution führt zu tiefgreifenden Veränderungen in der Wirtschaft. Produktzyklen werden immer kürzer. Marktveränderungen vollziehen sich häufiger und schneller. Früher war dieses Phänomen auf Hightech-Sektoren beschränkt. Inzwischen sind fast alle Branchen davon betroffen....

How do differences in the local business environment influence location of industry within countries? How do the benefits of a good business environment compare with those from good market access and agglomeration economies from industry clustering? The authors examine these questions by...