Steven Casper

Creating Silicon Valley in Europe

Public Policy Towards New Technology Industries

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines trajectories by which the technology industries emerge and become sustainable across different types of economies. This book employs empirical studies of the biotechnology and software industries in the United States and several European economies, to examine the relative success of policies.

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Creating Silicon Valleys in Europe employs careful empirical studies of the biotechnology and software industries in the United States and several European economies, to examine the relative success of policies aimed at cultivating the 'Silicon Valley model' of organizing and financing companies in Europe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 164mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9780199269525
• ISBN-10: 0199269521
• Artikelnr.: 22992544

Autorenporträt

Steven Casper is an Assistant Professor on the management faculty of the Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences, a newly founded professional school aimed at training leading scientists and managers for the biotechnology industry. He was previously a University Lecturer in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Judge Institute of Management Studies at the University of Cambridge, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Social Science Center Berlin (WZB). Professor Casper has published widely in the fields of economic sociology and the management of technology. His research interests include comparative studies of the development of new technology industries, with a special interest in processes by which biomedical science has been commercialized across European countries.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Introduction
* 2: Institutional Frameworks and Silicon Valley Model
* 3: How an American Technology Cluster Emerged and Became Sustainable:
San Diego Biotechnology
* 4: The New Economy in Germany: The Limits of Planned Innovation
* 5: The United Kingdom: The Right Institutions but Mixed Results
* 6: Large Firms as Drivers of Cluster Formation: Patterns of
Sub-Sector Specialization within European Software
* 7: Conclusion