Includes bibliographical references and index.

Silicon phenomenon : introduction to some important issues / Larisa V. Shavinina -- Silicon Valley North : the formation of the Ottawa innovation cluster / Jocelyn Ghent Mallett -- Yesterday's adventures with todays technology : Carleton University's wired city simulation laboratory / David C. Coll -- A tale of one city : the Ottawa technology cluster / Allan L. Riding -- The national capital region's product leadership cluster / Antonio J. Bailetti -- How technology-intensive clusters are organized in the Ottawa region / Alan O'Sullivan -- The role of venture capital in building technology companies in the Ottawa region / Ken Charbonneau -- The role of universities in developing Canadian Silicon Valley / Robert E. Armit -- The river runs through it : the case for collaborative governance in the national capital region / Chris Wilson -- Technological development in Gatineau, the Quebec sector of Silicon Valley North / Franco Materazzi -- Developing knowledge workers in Silicon Valley North : it is not just about training / Natalie Lam -- Can technology clusters deliver sustainable livelihoods? : constructing a role for community economic development / Rahil Khan -- An innovative model for skill development in Silicon Valley North : O-vitesse / Arvind Chhatbar -- Ottawa's TalentWorks : regional learning and collaborative governance for a knowledge age / Chris Wilson -- The luster of clusters : a cautionary tale / Warren Thorngate.

The 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 Valley North for the regional, national, and international technological development (especially when Nortel Networks and JDS Uniphase became global leaders in their fields and expanded in explosive fashion), this phenomenon is far from being well understood.Because of this, a book on the Canadian Silicon Valley is an exceptionally timely endeavor. Silicon Valley North: A High-Tech Cluster of Innovation and Entrepreneurship is devoted to the multidimensional and multifaceted nature of SVN, its history, current state and future developments. The book offers a broad and deeply thematic analysis of one particular innovative clusterSilicon Valley North. The reader will obtain expert insight into what SVN is all about by acquiring a comprehensive and panoramic picture of SVN within a single book. The reader will develop an accurate sense of what spurs high tech start-up companies in SVN toward their exceptional performances, and how to apply these insights to his or her unique regional context.

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