Page:  of 316
 

19
Baby Hotspots
The classic innovative hotspots are California's Silicon Valley and
Massachusetts' Route 128. These two hotspots had their beginnings in
the early fifties and grew into national prominence during the 1970s.
These are not the only innovative hotspots in the United States. Their
success spawned dozens of attempts to duplicate their achievements,
such as Silicon Mountain, north of Denver. It is representative of a
Colorado software industry that is attracted to Boulder by the
availability of technical personnel, mountain recreational areas, the
University of Colorado at Boulder, and high-tech companies located
nearby. Other potential hotspots include Lafayette, Louisiana's
Silicon Bayou, Florida's Robot Alley, Washington, D.C.'s Capitol
Beltway, Phoenix's Silicon Desert, San Diego's Golden Triangle,
Southeast Florida's Silicon Beach, and Portland's Sunset Corridor, also
called Silicon Forest. Two potential hotspots are not merely in the
birthing process but are well along in the hotspot development process.
THE UP-AND-COMING HOTSPOTS
To become a true innovation hotspot, a region must overcome four types
of barriers--facilities, information, education, and capital ( Rees,
1986):
Barriers to investing in ideas and facilities such as university
staffing. This barrier can be minimized by increased funding for
teaching fellowships, graduate research, and endowed professors
which can attract and keep the necessary talent and create an
atmosphere for scientific discovery. Other oft-used tactics include the
wide use of research grants either to individuals or companies in areas

-249-

Questia, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning. www.questia.com

Publication Information: Book Title: The Innovation Matrix: Culture and Structure Prerequisites to Innovation. Contributors: Paul A. Herbig - author. Publisher: Quorum Books. Place of Publication: Westport, CT. Publication Year: 1994. Page Number: 249.
    
This feature allows you to create and manage separate folders for your different research projects. To view markups for a different project, make that project your current project.
This feature allows you to save a link to the publication you are reading or view all the publications you have put on your bookshelf.
This feature allows you to save a link to the page you are reading, which you can later return to from Projects.
This feature allows you to highlight words or phrases on the publication page you are reading.
This feature allows you to save a note you write on the publication page you are reading.
This feature allows you to create a citation to the page you are reading that you can paste into your paper. Highlight a passage to include that passage as a quotation.
This feature allows you to save a reference to a publication you are reading for your bibliography or generate a bibliography you can paste into your paper.
This feature allows you to print the page you are reading, including your notes or highlights (IE users must have "print background colors and image" setting selected.)
This feature allows you to look up words in encyclopedia.
  About Questia Tools
Close Window  
Questia's powerful research tools allow you to highlight, take notes, bookmark and even create instant citations and bibliographies. To use these features and save hours of work, you must create a Questia account.
Need a Questia account?
Sign up for a FREE trial now. Save time, stress and hassle, and get better grades with trusted, online research.

» Click here for our free trial

Already have a Questia account? Login now!
Error
Working...
Printing Preferences
Format for black and white printer: On Off
Print highlights: On Off
Print notes: On Off
Choose one of the options for printing:
Print this page (No Charge)
Print pages to