The Silicon Valley edge: a habitat for innovation and entrepreneurship

Abstract

Introduction 1. The Silicon Valley habitat Chong-Moon Lee, William F. Miller, Marguerite Gong Hancock and Henry S. Rowen 2. Mysteries of the region: knowledge dynamics in Silicon Valley John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid Part I. Silicon Valley Today: 3. A profile of the Valley's evolving structure Doug Henton 4. Life in Silicon Valley: a first-hand view of the region's growth E. Floyd Kvamme 5. Innovation in business models T. Michael Nevens 6. Four styles of Valley entrepreneurship Chong-Moon Lee 7. Changing everything: the Internet revolution and Silicon valley Steve Jurvetson Part II. The Evolution of Silicon Valley: 8. Fairchild semiconductor and its influence Christopher Le cuyer 9. Serendipity or strategy: how technology and markets came to favor Silicon Valley Henry S. Rowen 10. The role of Stanford University: a Dean's reflections James Gibbons 11. Social networks in Silicon Valley' Emilio J. Castilla, Hokyu Hwang, Ellen Granovetter and Mark Granovetter 12. Networks of immigrant entrepreneurs Annalee Saxeninan Part III. A Clustered Community: 13. Venture capitalists: the coaches of Silicon Valley Thomas F. Hellmann 14. The valley of deals: how venture capital helped shape the region P. Banatao and Kevin A. Fong 15. Fueling the revolution: commercial bank financing John C. Dean 16. Advising the new economy: the role of lawyers Craig W. Johnson 17. Shepherding the faithful: the influence of executive search firms Thomas J. Friel 18. Guiding the innovators: why accountants are valued James D. Atwell 19. Free advice: consulting the Silicon Valley way Regis McKenna Afterword: sustaining the edge Chong-Moon Lee, William F. Miller, Marguerite Gong Hancock and Henry S. Rowen Notes References Index.