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Regional advantage : culture and competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128

The result of numerous interviews with executives, entrepreneurs and policy-makers, this analysis highlights the importance of local sources of competitive advantage in a volatile world economy. It also underscores the need to develop regional, as well as national and sectoral, economic policies
Print Book, English, 1994
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1994
xi, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780674753396, 9780674753402, 0674753399, 0674753402
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Genesis: universities, military spending, and entrepreneurs
Silicon Valley: competition and community
Route 128: independence and hierarchy
Betting on a product
Running with technology
Inside out: blurring firms' boundaries
Conclusion: protean places