The Silicon Valley Edge: A Habitat for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

by Henry S. Rowen and William F. Miller

Book Overview

The enormous and sustained success of Silicon Valley has excited interest around the globe. Startup companies the world over are attempting to emulate its high tech businesses, and many governments are changing their institutions in order to foster Silicon Valleys of their own. What accounts for the Valley's leading edge in innovation and entrepreneurship?

This book gives an answer by insiders, by prominent business leaders and academics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804740631
• ISBN13: 9780804740630
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Stanford Business Books
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent guidebook to Silicon Valley

This is an excellent book to describe all thinkable crosssections of Silicon Valley through interviews in the social science methods and through writing by prominent figures in Silicon Valley. The only drawback I found is that the book has too rich contents for a reader to read through casually. I strongly recommend this book to those serious readers who are engaged in Silicon Valley, associated with venture businesses, interested in mechanisms and histories of Silicon Valley, or interested in business models. The book has a big reference table to illustrate how different Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are from small business owners and traditional entrepreneurs, and describes four distinct types of entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. The book also enumerates ten reasons why Silicon Valley has been prosperous. This is really a good book for a reader to learn what Silicon Valley is like.

A Fantastic Book with Intensive Stuffs

Practically useful for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and professionals.