Understanding Silicon Valley:
The Anatomy of an Entrepreneurial Region
Stanford University Press
Martin Kenney
Professor
Department of Human and Community Development
University of California, Davis
Davis, California 95616
mfkenney@ucdavis.edu
and
Senior Project Director
Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy
University of California, Berkeley
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
FOREWORD
1. Introduction Martin Kenney
HISTORY
2. How Silicon Valley Came To Be by Timothy Sturgeon
3. The Biggest "Angel" of Them All: The Military and the Making of Silicon Valley by Stuart Leslie
SECTION ONE - INSTITUTIONS
4. Dealmakers and Counselors: Law Firms as Intermediaries in the Development of Silicon Valley by Mark Suchman
5. Venture Capital in Silicon Valley: Fueling New Firm Formation by Martin Kenney and Richard Florida
6. High-Technology Agglomeration and the Labor Market: The Case of Silicon Valley by David Angel
7. The Origins and Dynamics of Production Networks in Silicon Valley by AnnaLee Saxenian
GENERAL EXPLANATIONS
8. Flexible Recycling and High-Technology Entrepreneurship by
Homa Bahrami and Stuart Evans
9. Social Capital and Capital Gains of Virtual Bowling in Silicon Valley by Stephen Cohen and Gary Fields
10. Institutions and Economies: Creating Silicon Valley by
Martin Kenney and Urs von Burg