Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Second Tier Regions

Heike Mayer, Professor of Economic Geography, Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland

Second tier high-tech regions are taking a different path than their well-known counterparts such as Silicon Valley or Route 128 around Boston. They may lack many prerequisites of growth such as a world-class research university or high levels of venture capital funding. Often, however, they can successfully leverage anchor firms and entrepreneurial spinoffs. This book explores the evolution of these regions in the United States.

‘. . . this is a useful path-breaking book that should open a new dialogue about economic development and offer hope to a great number of places.’
– Maryann P. Feldman and Jongmin Choi, Journal of Regional Science