A Brief Note on the Regional Advantage of Silicon Valley

Organizational Innovations for Modern Enterprise


	The Regional Advantage of Silicon Valley
	Saxenian explores the Regional Advantages that have put Silicon Valley firms on top of the personal computing market. She compares Silicon Valley to its once upon a time twin, Route 128 in Massachusetts. Both areas were driven by university based research and cold war military spending. Both were considered fountains of technological progress. Then they both experienced downturns in the 1980's. When it was over, Silicon Valley bounced back, higher than did Route 128. Saxenian reveals how... ... read the 271 words that used to be in this web article by buying...

It's actually not a 'dog-eat-dog' world; and the hands of subcontractors and suppliers should never be bitten. Make them 'partners' and succeed together.

... Chapter 16 Excerpt: 'On Subcontractors and Suppliers'

To succeed in the new millennium, companies must develop teamwork as a Core competency. First and foremost, people inside companies must work together as teammates. Yet this is merely the cost of entry. To compete, excel and win in tomorrow's world, people at all levels in our organizations must work as intimately with outsiders as they do with their own colleagues inside the company. By leveraging the learning that can pass between business partners, win/win propositions blossom in the fields of competitive innovation.

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