AnnaLee Saxenian
AnnaLee Saxenian | |
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 AnnaLee Saxenian addressing graduates at the UC Berkeley School of Information 2006 commencement. | |
| Education | Williams College |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Dean of the UC Berkeley School of Information |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Technology clusters and social networks in Silicon Valley |
| Institutions | UC Berkeley School of Information |
| Thesis | The political economy of industrial adaptation in Silicon Valley (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles Sabel |
| Doctoral students | danah boyd |
AnnaLee Saxenian is a professor and the former Dean of the UC Berkeley School of Information, known widely for her work on technology clusters and social networks in Silicon Valley. She received her BA from Williams College in 1976 and her PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1989.[1]
In her book Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 (1994), Saxenian proposes a hypothesis to explain why
Her 2006 book, The New Argonauts: Regional Advantage in a Global Economy, explores the
professionals taking the Silicon Valley entrepreneurial model to their home countries while also maintaining connections with the US.References
- ^ "AnnaLee Saxenian".
- ^ Starr, Paul (May 1995). "Review of Annalee Saxenian, Regional Advantage". Contemporary Sociology.
Bibliography
- Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 Harvard University Press, 1994, ISBN 9780674753396
- The New Argonauts: Regional Advantage in a Global Economy Harvard University Press, 2007, ISBN 9780674025660
- Il vantaggio competitivo dei sistemi locali nell'era della globalizzazione. Cultura e competizione nella Silicon Valley e nella Route 128 FrancoAngeli, 2002, ISBN 9788846439710
- Silicon Valley's new immigrant entrepreneurs Public Policy Institute of California, 1999, ISBN 9781582130095
- The Silicon Valley-Hsinchu Connection: Technical Communities and Industrial Upgrading Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, 1999
- Local and Global Networks of Immigrant Professionals in Silicon Valley Public Policy Instit. of CA, 2002, ISBN 9781582130484
- America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs 2012
- Regional networks and the resurgence of Silicon Valley Institute of Urban & Regional Development, University of California, 1989
- The Cheshire Cat's Grin: Innovation, Regional Development and the Cambridge Case Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Political Science, 1987
- The origins and dynamics of production networks in Silicon Valley Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California, 1990
- A Fugitive Success: Finland's Economic Future SITRA, 2008, ISBN 9789515636386
External links
- "AnnaLee Saxenian". UC Berkeley School of Information. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
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