Chapter 10. Munich - The Hidden Champion: Creating an Entrepreneurial Culture with State Government in Partnership with Business

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

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