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

By:

Walshok, Mary

Contributor(s):

Shragge, Abraham

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Innovation and Technology in the World EPublication details: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (246 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780804788885
080478888X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

330.9794/985 330.9794985

LOC classification:

HC108.S65 W35 2014

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Contents:

Inventing San Diego -- The invention of a 20th century city : the rise of the martial metropolis -- The post-war reinvention of the martial metropolis : building the foundation of R & D to serve the Cold-War economy -- San Diego's economy comes of age, 1969-1984 -- Connecting science and business : San Diego's next reinvention -- Innovative, evolutionary San Diego.

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.

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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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index.

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