| | Copyright |
| | Praise for Creating Regional Wealth |
| | Financial Times Prentice Hall Books |
| | FINANCIAL TIMES Prentice Hall |
| | List of Tables |
| | Foreword |
| | Preface |
| | | Acknowledgments |
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| | 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 |
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| | 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 |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | Chapter 4. Local Government Working in Partnership with Business |
| | | Regional Cooperation to Streamline Government Using an Online Permitting System |
| | | Summary |
| | | Endnotes |
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| | 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 |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | 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 |
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| | 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 R&D 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 "Club Med" of the Global Innovation Economy |
| | | Summary |
| | | Endnotes |
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| | | 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 "Don't Stand Out" to "If She Can Do It, So Can I" |
| | | Venture Funding, Ownership, and Innovation |
| | | New Swedish Entrepreneurs' Approaches to European Expansion |
| | | Summary |
| | | Endnotes |
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| | 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 "Cluster Satellite" Model ” Proximity Matters |
| | | Munich's Smaller "Technology Platforms" |
| | | Building International Liaisons Between Regions |
| | | Summary |
| | | Endnotes |
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| | | Chapter 11. Cambridge ” Incubator for Innovation, "Small is Beautiful" |
| | | 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 |
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| | | 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 |
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| | 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 |
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| | | 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 Taiwan/China Relationship |
| | | Economic Benefit Matters More Than Politics |
| | | Taiwanese Brands Could Stand Tall In China |
| | | Endnotes |
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| | | Chapter 15. Israel's Military Technology: The Transfer to Civilian Applications and Universities as Incubators |
| | | A Ground for Technology Creation |
| | | R&D 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 |
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| | | 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 |
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| | 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 |
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| | | 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 "Simputer" |
| | | 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 |
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| | | Chapter 19. Endnote |
| | | In Conclusion |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | 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 |
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