Invention and Reinvention :: the Evolution of San Diego's Innovation Economy.

Formerly prosperous cities across the United States, struggling to keep up with an increasingly global economy and the continued decline of post-war industries like manufacturing, face the issue of how to adapt to today's knowledge economy. In Invention and Reinvention, authors Mary Walshok and...

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Main Author: Walshok, Mary
Other Authors: Shragge, Abraham
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2013.
Series:Innovation and Technology in the World E.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Formerly prosperous cities across the United States, struggling to keep up with an increasingly global economy and the continued decline of post-war industries like manufacturing, face the issue of how to adapt to today's knowledge economy. In Invention and Reinvention, authors Mary Walshok and Abraham Shragge chronicle San Diego's transformation from a small West Coast settlement to a booming military metropolis and then to a successful innovation hub. This instructive story of a second-tier city that transformed its core economic identity can serve as a rich case and a model for similar reg.
Physical Description:1 online resource (246 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index.
ISBN:9780804788885
080478888X