Global Clusters of Innovation: Lessons from Silicon Valley
识别硅谷创新集群的关键要素，分析其在欧洲、亚洲和拉丁美洲不同经济社区的应用，为政策制定者、创业者和风险投资者提供提升区域创新潜力的策略。
Can innovation and entrepreneurship stimulate economic growth in diverse communities, or is it only effective in a few unique places like Silicon Valley? This article identifies the salient components, behaviors, and linkages that characterize Silicon Valley and explores how these characteristics apply in a diverse selection of economic communities in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. It focuses on the role institutions—such as governments, universities, major corporations, and NGOs—play in shaping such communities. It provides insights for government policy makers on how to enhance their region's innovation potential, and offers strategies for entrepreneurs and venture investors as to how to leverage the benefits of clusters of innovation, wherever one is located.