Technopolis : high-technology industry and regional development in southern California / Allen J. Scott.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Scott, Allen John
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993.
Series:	History e-book project.
Subjects:	High technology industries > California, Southern. Regional planning > California, Southern. Industrial location > California, Southern. Industries > California, Southern > Location. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General. High technology industries Industrial location Regional planning Southern California
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Table of Contents:

Setting the scene
The Southern Californian technopolis in context
Patterns of industrialization and regional development
A geographical and historical overview of the Southern Californian technopolis
The structure and organization of high-technology industry in Southern California: A brief profile
Southern California's pathway to high-technology industrial development, 1920-1960
Analyses of the core high-technology industrial complex
The aircraft and parts industry
The missile and space industry: The Southern Californian nexus in national context
The electronics industry
Local labor markets: Two contrasting cases
The local labor market dynamics of a cohort of engineers and scientists
Electronics assembly workers in Southern California
Industrial organization, innovation, and location
Subcontracting relations and locational agglomeration in the printed circuits industry
Innovation, new firm foundation, and location in Southern California's medical device industry
Finale
Questions of policy and strategic choice: Collective action and regional development in the new global economy.

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