The period of unprecedented expansion of immigrant-led entrepreneurship that characterized the 1980s and 1990s has come to a close. Today, the growth rate of immigrant-founded companies nationwide, at 24.3 percent, has plateaued. In the high-tech hub of Silicon Valley, the proportion of...

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...

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