Clusters of Creativity by Rob Koepp - 9780471496045

Clusters of CreativityEnduring Lessons on Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Silicon Valley and Europe's Silicon Fen\nAuthor(s): Rob Koepp\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc\nISBN-13: 9780471496045, 978-0471496045\nSynopsis\n\""An innovative book for an innovative topic.\"" Charles Hampden-Turner Like the subject matter it covers, Clusters of Creativity is innovative and original. It breaks with popular interpretations of Silicon Valley and similar regions, which range from the hyperbolically laudatory to the contemptuously dismissive, and takes a critical, objective look at the lessons that these locations provide about innovation and entrepreneurship. Readable, yet rigorous in its analyses, the book provides a practical and balanced set of perspectives on how the powers of business creativity are fostered and sustained. It focuses not so much on the generations of high technologies but on the motivations and .