Routledge Library Editions: The Economics and Business of Technology

1 primary work

The Rise, Decline and Renewal of Silicon Valley's High Technology Industry

by Dan Khanna

Published 26 March 2018

Originally published in 1997 this book examines the unique nature and characteristics of Silicon Valley and looks at the factors that led to the economic and competitiveness problems of the 1980s. The research concluded that the information revolution caused a complex set of events that had global ramifications. Silicon Valley was no longer operating as a driver of this revolution, but it was facing the onslaught of the global competitiveness it had unleashed.