Invention and Reinvention – The Evolution of San Diego′s Innovation Economy

Invention and ReinventionThe Evolution of San Diego's Innovation Economy\nAuthor(s): Mary Lindenstein Walshok, Abraham J. Shragge\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford Business Books,US\nISBN-13: 9780804775205, 978-0804775205\nSynopsis\nFormerly 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 regions. \n\n Stressing the role that cultural values and social dynamics played in its transition, the authors .