Drawing on extensive new research through dozens of interviews with entrepreneurial champions in diverse sectors, Creating Regional Wealth in the Global Innovation Economy pinpoints the key reasons why some locations succeed in the quest to become centers of technology and innovation - and sustain their competitive advantages over time - while others fail. It answers the central questions about the world's entrepreneurial hotspots: What makes these locations special? How can local business and government organizations most effectively promote local entrepreneurship? And what can budding centers of entrepreneurship do in order to enter the game?

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A global snapshot - 2003-05-07
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For people who want to get an overview of global clusters, what they are, what they can do to a nation's innovation system and its economy, what they have in common and how they differ in these global regions.

It is easy reading and gives a good global perspective. It highlights the local traits and permits comparisons with other geographical clusters, although it does not go as indepth one may hope for further academic research. Given the interview based research style, however, it keeps it lively and is not as "dry" as many other academics books.

The book makes clear that Silicon Valley and Boston's Route 128 are no longer the only innovation clusters.

Dr. Martin Haemmig / Switzerland
Adj. Professor for Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship
in Europe and USA

OUTDATED!!! - 2003-04-04
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This book may have been useful back when the sock pocket was a big celebrity. In today's marketplace, this book just doesn't add any significant value. I have respect for the authors since I have heard them speak in San Francisco. It's too bad the hype doesn't live up to my expectations. The Internet Economy of the late 90s deserves better.

Read this to understand "Silicon Valleys" around the world - 2008-05-12
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I've always been fascinated by THE Silicon Valley, CA and interested in understanding the factors that continue to shape it.
This book brings to light the "other" Silicon Valleys around the world and what shaped them. Several chapters are written by country experts who understand their regions very well.
I thoroughly ENJOYED reading this book and have recommended it to others.

A so--so book not living up to the hype - 2003-02-13
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When I first bought this book, I could not wait to read it. Unfortunately the book is more hype than anything else. At times I felt like I should spend a day in the library reading articles on microfiche and saved the money I spent.

It is sad since I have heard the authors in Paris many, many times and now I feel like I was cheated. It is a shame.

An important work - 2002-10-30
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I found this to be an important work given our increasingly global business environment. The international collaboration of the authors, coupled with the book's focus, provide an important basis upon which we can begin to understand how the international business environment operates today.

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