Clusters of Creativity: Enduring Lessons on Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Silicon Valley and Europes Silicon Fen

It is an old adage that "fortune favours the prepared mind", that in many cases the elements of a creativity synthesis just "happened to be there". It is Koepp′s valuable contribution that he assembles all such clustering dynamics and makes coherent "the gale of creativity destruction" that has puzzled us all. An innovative book for an innovative topic. Dr Charles Hampden–Turner, Cambridge University
Every so often one is lucky enough to be at the center of the world while it still is the center of the world. Being in Silicon Valley during the 1990s was certainly just that. Such centers produce a flowering of creativity that can only occur when the air becomes so turbulent that ideas, which in normal times would just be fleeting fantasies, get up and fly. Clusters of Creativity captures this anti–gravitational feeling perfectly. Rich Gold, Former Director of RED, Xerox PARC

Spis treści:
Acknowledgements.
Introduction: The Hidden Lessons of "Siliconia".
SILICON VALLEY.
Introduction.
From Semi–desert to Silicon Valley.
Valley Dynamism.
Valley Innovators.
Post–silicon Silicon Valley.
EUROPE′S SILICON FEN.
Introduction.
The Phenomenon of Cambridge.
Cambridge Dynamics.
Phenomenally Innovative.
The Future of the Phenomenon.
Epilogue: A Silicon World?
Endnotes.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
ROB KOEPP is a director of the strategy consultancy, Intercedent Asia, and Adjunct Professor of the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, California. A globally active manager, consultant, educator, and writer, he has led marketing and technology development projects in and between the US, Asia, and Europe and advises a variety of organizations in the private and public sectors. He lectures frequently on the topics of innovation management, international entrepreneurship, and global business strategy. His written and sp oken commentary appear in The Economist publication Business Asia, Dow Jones′ Far Eastern Economic Review, and Oxford Economic Forecasting′s International Industry Report, among others. A former Thomas J. Watson Fellow, he holds an MBA from the University of Cambridge and a BA from Pomona College in Claremont, California.

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It is an old adage that "fortune favours the prepared mind", that in many cases the elements of a creativity synthesis just "happened to be there". It is Koepp′s valuable contribution that he assembles all such clustering dynamics and makes coherent "the gale of creativity destruction" that has puzzled us all. An innovative book for an innovative topic. Dr Charles Hampden–Turner, Cambridge University
Every so often one is lucky enough to be at the center of the world while it still is the center of the world. Being in Silicon Valley during the 1990s was certainly just that. Such centers produce a flowering of creativity that can only occur when the air becomes so turbulent that ideas, which in normal times would just be fleeting fantasies, get up and fly. Clusters of Creativity captures this anti–gravitational feeling perfectly. Rich Gold, Former Director of RED, Xerox PARC