Regional Advantage

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

Why, in the '90s, did business flourish in California's Silicon Valley but decline along Route 128 in Massachusetts? The answer, Saxenian suggests, has to do with the fact that Silicon Valley developed a decentralized but cooperative industrial system while Route 128 came to be dominated by independent, self-sufficient corporations.
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