Silicon Valley North by Larisa V. Shavinina, Howard Thomas - 9780080444574

Name: Silicon Valley North by Larisa V. Shavinina, Howard Thomas - 9780080444574
Brand: Emerald Publishing Limited

Emerald Publishing Limited

Silicon Valley NorthA High-Tech Cluster of Innovation and Entrepreneurship\nAuthor(s): Larisa V. Shavinina, Howard Thomas\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, United Kingdom\nImprint: Elsevier Science Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780080444574, 978-0080444574\nSynopsis\nThe Silicon phenomenon was, is, and will be an extremely important phenomenon in the accelerated technological, scientific, and economic development of countries and regions. Silicon Valley North (SVN) is the high tech capital of Canada, the nations most developed and dynamic technology sector, which includes multiple clusters in telecommunications, software, photonics, and life sciences. It gave birth to many well-known companies such as Corel, JDS Uniphase, Mitel, Newbridge Networks, Nortel Networks, Digital Equipment of Canada, just to mention a few. A lot of literature describes Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley in the US, Silicon Islands in Asia, and so on. Despite the quite evident importance of Silicon Val.