2.1 Influences of Regional Characteristics on Business Cultures and Practices12 | |
2.2 Silicon Valley Profile16 | |
2.3 Route 128 Profile18 | |
3.1 Demographic Profile of Executives and Firms: Silicon Valley26 | |
4.1 Summary of Garreau's Nine Nations of North America45 | |
4.2 Summary of Bureau of Census Regions46 | |
4.3 Distribution of Values across the Nine Nations52 | |
4.4 Distribution of Values across Quadrants of the United States53 | |
4.5 Distribution of Values across Census Regions of the United States54 | |
7.1 Resources Available for Promoting Entrepreneurship97 | |
9.1 Factors Influencing Location of High-Technology Plants123 | |
9.2 Factors for Selection of Region and Within-Region Location for High-Technology Plants124 | |
9.3 High-Technology Regional Industrial Culture in Bangalore, Route 128, and Silicon Valley136 | |
10.1 Quality of Site Factors in the Regions of Kassel, Bonn, and Duisburg152 |
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