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Creating Regional Wealth in the Innovation Economy: Models, Perspectives, and Best Practices

ISBN: 0130654159
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2002
Pages: 237

Authors: Jeff Saperstein, Daniel Rouach

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• Creating Regional Wealth in the Innovation Economy: Models, Perspectives, and Best Practices
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Praise for Creating Regional Wealth
• Financial Times Prentice Hall Books
• FINANCIAL TIMES Prentice Hall
• List of Tables
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• About The Authors
• Chapter 1. The Innovation Economy
• Knowledge Without Borders
• Deregulation and Greater Risk Are Requisites to Regional Participation
• Speed: A Most Valuable Currency
• Regionalization of the Innovation Economy
• Universal Adoption of English and Free Access to Information is Transforming the World
• Endnotes
• Part I: Silicon Valley: The Magnetic Force
• Chapter 2. Global Entrepreneurs and Marketing of Multinational Companies
• A Playground for Skilled Knowledge Workers
• Educational Institutions Are Partners in Creating Intellectual Capital for the Region
• Industry Evolution, Job Hopping, and Mobility
• Highly Skilled Immigrants
• Transnational and Multilocation Job Sharing Enables the Region to Extend its Power and Wealth
• What s Next for Silicon Valley?
• Global Entrepreneurs: Leaders in Creating IE Enterprises
• Israeli Military Brain Cultivation Becomes a Silicon Valley Harvest
• Silicon Valley: Branding Headquarters for the Innovation Economy
• Agilent Technologies as the Poster Child of the Innovation Economy
• Endnotes
• Chapter 3. Linking Organizations: Non-Government Organizations, Strong Regional Business Associations, and Philanthropies
• Business Linking Organizations For Networking: Focus on TiE
• Business Associations Can Help Address Regional Issues
• Giving For the Public Good, Silicon Valley Style: Focus on The Entrepreneurs Foundation
• Venture Philanthropy - What a Concept
• The Young Venture Philanthropy Entrepreneurs
• Endnotes
• Chapter 4. Local Government Working in Partnership with Business
• Regional Cooperation to Streamline Government Using an Online Permitting System
• Summary
• Endnotes
• Part II: Ireland the Enterprise Isle
• Chapter 5. Enterprise Spirit and Trade Union Social Contract
• Ireland: Europe s High-Tech Hub
• Economics: Common Sense and Cash from Europe
• Social Partnership, Irish Style
• The U.S. Connection
• The Irish Enlightenment: Dovetailing Technological Progress and Government Policy
• Education: The Key to Sustained Competitive Advantage
• Irish Trade Unions and the Social Contract
• Labor Relations in the Innovation Economy
• The Future of Irish Social Partnership
• The Future and the Challenges Ahead
• Chapter 6. National Government Directing the Growth of Ireland
• Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment
• Office of Science and Technology
• The Investment and Development Agency of Ireland (IDA)
• Tax Incentives
• Transforming the Economy in Ireland
• Government Collaborations with Industry
• Endnotes
• Chapter 7. The Branding of Ireland: International Corporations Choosing Ireland for Multifunctional Operations
• The Branding of Ireland
• 1960s-1970s: Establishing Ireland as a Location for Investment
• 1980s: Combating Unemployment
• 1990s: High Technology
• The Advertising Challenge
• International Corporations Choosing Ireland for Multifunctional Operations
• Intel Ireland
• EMC Cork
• Summary
• Endnotes
• Part III: Stockholm, Sweden The High-Speed Globile Innovations Community
• Chapter 8. Industry Specialization and Leveraging Intellectual Capital
• ICT People Excelling in an ICT World - An Information Society For All
• Developing Mobile Computing Solutions in a Key Global Test Market
• A Global Magnet for High-Tech RD Facilities
• Linking Science Parks and University Education - A Governmental Prerequisite
• A Historic Imperative of Global Compatibility
• Networking and Collaboration - Virtue, Not Necessity
• Leveraging Intellectual Capital - Building the
• Summary
• Endnotes
• Chapter 9. Entrepreneurship Infusion: Political and Societal Change for the Innovation Economy
• Political Entrepreneurship
• An Alternative Information Infrastructure - Maximizing the Benefits of Deregulation
• Leadership at All Levels - How a Traditional Educational Institution Learned Technology Transfer
• Democracy and Municipal Life in the Information Age - Stockholm s E-Government
• The Entrepreneurship Revival: Reapplying Traditional Society and Cultural Paradigms to Create Change
• Transforming a Society from
• Venture Funding, Ownership, and Innovation
• New Swedish Entrepreneurs Approaches to European Expansion
• Summary
• Endnotes
• Part IV: Germany, the United Kingdom, and France: Europe s Industrial Giants Adapting to the Global Innovation Economy
• Chapter 10. Munich - The Hidden Champion: Creating an Entrepreneurial Culture with State Government in Partnership with Business
• Tradition and Diversity Are the Key - Germany s Undenied Technology Capital
• From New Media to Biotechnology - A Powerhouse at the Crossroads of Emerging Technologies
• Providing a Large Pool of Intellectual Capital - A Leading University and Research Town
• Linking Higher Education via the Internet - Cooperation with Regional Education Systems
• Munich s Unleveraged Potential - Symptoms of a Young High-Tech Region
• State Government Initiative - The BayernOnline Infrastructure Initiative and Bavaria s Virtual Marketplace
• Creating an Entrepreneurship Culture
• Large Companies Replicating Silicon Valley s Cross-Fertilization
• Entrepreneurship Killers - Are German Traditions Blocking the Rise of a New Culture?
• State Government in Partnership with Business
• Building the Munich
• Munich s Smaller
• Building International Liaisons Between Regions
• Summary
• Endnotes
• Chapter 11. Cambridge - Incubator for Innovation,
• Welcome to Silicon Fen, the U.K. s Version of Silicon Valley
• The Initial Spark - Cambridge s Risk-Taking Local Heroes
• The Change Succeeding the Initial Spark - Entrepreneurship Over and Over
• Cambridge University - A Long Tradition of Knowledge and Innovation
• The Cambridge Consultancies - Creators of High-Tech Spin-Offs
• The Cambridge Network - Herding Cats? Forget it
• Creating an Entrepreneurship Culture
• Contributions of the University of Cambridge Administration
• Is Cambridge a Leader? Yes But Far Behind Stanford
• The University of Cambridge Entrepreneurship Centre: Knowledge-Based Entrepreneurship
• A Gentle Persuasion to Collaborate - Organizing and Building the Cambridge Network
• Government in Partnership with Business - The Anti Model
• Cambridge in the 21st Century
• Endnotes
• Chapter 12. Sophia Antipolis - Technology Park the French Way
• France - A Competitive High-Tech Environment
• Sophia Antipolis - A French High-Tech Vision Come True
• Realizing the Vision of Sophia Antipolis
• Creating an Entrepreneurship Culture: High-tech Start-Up and Spin-Off Creation in Sophia Antipolis
• Higher Education Hand-in-Hand with Industry in Sophia Antipolis
• The People Factor - How Sophia Antipolis Ensures a Supply of Highly Skilled Employees
• Entrepreneurship for the Nation
• The Future of Europe s Industrial Giants
• Endnotes
• Part V: High-Tech Islands of Taiwan and Israel
• Chapter 13. Taiwan Technology Parks and NGOs
• Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park (HSIP)
• Focus on Business Association SEMI Taiwan
• Endnotes
• Chapter 14. Taiwan s Financial Capitalization: The Chinese Networking Culture Extends to China and Beyond
• Taiwan s Miracle
• The Entrepreneurial Chinese
• The Paranoid Taiwanese
• Cluster of Talents for Highly skilled Engineering and Research Fuels Investment
• Discipline Kills Creativity, But . . .
• Reward And Incentive - The Taiwanese Way
• Financing Capital - Both For Funding And Exit
• Government s Role in Developing the Private Sector
• Professional Money vs. Social-Network Money
• The TaiwanChina Relationship
• Economic Benefit Matters More Than Politics
• Taiwanese Brands Could Stand Tall In China
• Endnotes
• Chapter 15. Israel s Military Technology: The Transfer to Civilian Applications and Universities as Incubators
• A Ground for Technology Creation
• RD and High Tech: Fundamental Components of the Israeli System
• Israel.com: Key Characteristics of Israel s High-Tech Industry
• A Culture of Entrepreneurship
• High Emphasis on Education and Science
• Technology and Research are key assets of the Israeli model
• The Fostering and Facilitating Role of the Israeli Government
• Technology Incubators: An Asset for New Israeli Companies
• The Dynamic Tsahal culture
• Transferring Technology from the Military Market to the Civil Market
• Summary
• Endnotes
• Chapter 16. Immigration to Israel, Venture Funding, and Entrepreneurship
• Ex-Soviet Union Russian Immigration in the Scientific Development of the Country
• The American Connection
• Non-U.S. Foreign Investment in Israel
• Development of the Venture Capital Sector
• The Networking Culture
• Acceptance of Technology in the Home
• Consequences of the High-Tech Evolution on the Israeli Society and Economy
• Some Important Weaknesses Are Still Threatening the Israeli Model
• The Israel Model Is Still Strong
• Israeli Entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists
• Entrepreneurial Perspective: Visionix
• Summary
• Endnotes
• Part VI: India: The Best Hope for Bridging the Digital Divide
• Chapter 17. India s IT Sector and Government Initiatives in Education
• Developing Nation Status
• 1991 Indian Economic Liberalization
• India - Destination for Global IT Software Operations
• Competitive Challenge for India s Software Industry: Moving Up the IT Value Chain
• IT in Bangalore: The Indus Valley, India s Silicon State
• The Quality Movement: India s Competitive Advantage
• Government Initiatives in Education
• IIT Brand Equity and etworks of Excellence
• A Coming Shortage of Tech Workers?
• Summary
• Endnotes
• Chapter 18. Transnational Links in Venture Capital for the Public Good - An Advantage in Networking
• The Problem of Infrastructure: Software Technology Parks Provide Islands of Reliability
• Addressing Corruption: Things Are Beginning to Change
• IT Development Through Political Entrepreneurship
• The Threat of a Digital Divide in a Portable Culture
• Social Entrepreneurship: Innovative Applications of Technology
• The Digital Equalizer (DE) Centers: Direct Creation of Regional Wealth
• Simple, Inexpensive, Multilingual Computer: The
• Venture Capital and Transnational Links
• Indian Success Factors for a Vibrant Indian VC Industry
• The Microland Group
• Barriers in the Current VC Industry
• The Transnational Aspect of the VC Industry: NRI Investments
• Summary
• Endnotes
• Chapter 19. Endnote
• In Conclusion
• Special Perspectives: Dialogue Across the Atlantic: Lester Thurow and Jacques Attali
• The Third Industrial Revolution and the New Middle Ages
• Limits of France and Europe in the Third Industrial Revolution
• Rapid Growth of Large Companies
• Individual Change Agents Are Responsible for Innovation, Not Institutions
• Globalization: What Does It Mean, and Is It a Blessing for the World?
• The Role of Technology in Revolutionizing Education
• The Promise of Technology to Serve the Greater Public Good and Change Needed in Light of the September 11 Terrorist Attack
• Special Perspectives: Governments Can Help Make Regional Wealth in the Innovation Economy: A Dialogue Between Kailash Joshi and Davidi Gilo
• Government Policy Must Be a Part of Creating Regional Competitiveness
• How TIE Can Work Best to Be a Change Agent for Indian Covernment Policies
• In Israel, the Day s Calendar Is Changed by Somebody Else
• On the Issues of Opening Up Telecommunications
• Do Not Try to Replicate Silicon Valley - Silicon Valley as We Knew It Does Not Exist Anymore
• Is There a Net Gain or Brain Drain?
• The Responsibilities of the High-Tech Industries and the Regions That Are Making Wealth to the Rest of the World
• Special Perspectives: Human Resources Management in the Innovation Economy: Self-Managed Living Systems
• The Human Context of IE Companies
• An Emphasis on Knowledge Workers and Knowledge-Based Companies
• A Model for HRM in the IE
• Summary
• Endnotes