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The New Argonauts
Regional Advantage in a Global Economy
Harvard University Press
…Essential reading for all who want to understand how the global technology economy operates in the 21st century.
—Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, Earth Institute at Columbia University
Like the Greeks who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece, the new Argonauts—foreign-born, technically skilled entrepreneurs who travel back and forth between Silicon Valley and their home countries—seek their fortune in distant lands by launching companies far from established centers of skill and technology. Their story illuminates profound transformations in the global economy.
The New Argonauts extends Saxenian’s pioneering research into the dynamics of competition in Silicon Valley. The book brings a fresh perspective to the way that technology entrepreneurs build regional advantage in order to compete in global markets. For Americans accustomed to unchallenged economic domination, the fast-growing capabilities of China and India may seem threatening. But as Saxenian convincingly displays in this pathbreaking book, the Argonauts have made America richer, not poorer.
AnnaLee Saxenian is Dean of the School of Information Management and Systems at the University of California, Berkeley and author of Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128
Foreign editions of The New Argonauts
Chinese (complex characters): CommonWealth Magazine Publishing
Japanese: Nikkei BP
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