Comment on Kenney and von Burg, 'Technology, Entrepreneuship and Path Dependence: Industrial Clustering in Silicon Valley and Route 128.'
Comment on Kenney and von Burg, 'Technology, Entrepreneuship and Path Dependence: Industrial Clustering in Silicon Valley and Route 128.'
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评论 Kenney 和 von Burg，“技术、创业精神和路径依赖：硅谷和 128 号公路的产业集群”。
DOI：
10.1093/icc/8.1.105
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发表时间：
1999
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
A. Saxenian
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作者：
A. Saxenian
Martin肯尼和Urs von布尔格在本文中提出了两个主张。他们首先断言，硅谷和128号公路经济体的不同表现可以用其主导产业的路径依赖技术轨迹来解释，而不是用其工业系统的组织来解释。第二，他们声称，这些区域动态最好的理解，通过分析之间的分离建立公司和环境支持新的公司形成。这两个论点都有很大的缺陷。此外，虽然两位作者后来才认识到硅谷和128号公路经济体的活力（佛罗里达和肯尼，1990），但他们仍然存在不恰当的生态隐喻的弱点。他们仍然认为公司就像种子和树木（Saxenian，1991）。
Martin Kenney and Urs von Burg advance two claims in this paper. They assert first that the divergent performance of the Silicon Valley and Route 128 economies can be explained by the path-dependent technological trajectories of their leading industries rather than by the organization of their industrial systems. Second, they claim that these regional dynamics are best understood through an analytical separation between established firms and the environment supporting new firm formation. Both arguments are deeply flawed. Moreover, while the authors belatedly recognize the dynamism of the Silicon Valley and Route 128 economies (Florida and Kenney, 1990) they retain a weakness for inappropriate ecological metaphors. They still think firms are like seeds and trees (Saxenian, 1991).