Silicon Valley Advantages

Author: William Miller
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: As the title suggests, this book is about Silicon Valley. But it's not an ordinary book about Silicon Valley. First, the editor of this book and the authors of 19 of its articles are insiders of Silicon Valley—they have lived and worked in Silicon Valley for a long time, so they have a hands-on sense of it, and they are witnesses to Silicon Valley's takeoff. More importantly, half of the authors of this book are practitioners in Silicon Valley—among them are entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, management consultants, lawyers, accountants, and other professionals, while the other half are scholars engaged in teaching and research in Silicon Valley—most of them are professors at Stanford University, with fields ranging from engineering to business management, from sociology to law. This makes the book unique—it includes rich, real stories from actual entrepreneurs, as well as theoretical summaries elevated by scholars.