ESCP Europe

When it comes to promoting entrepreneurial culture, some places just seem to "get it right" -- serving as powerful magnets for talent, money, and ideas, and as powerful incubators for tomorrow's best companies. Now, drawing on extensive new research, Jeff Saperstein and Dr. Daniel Rouach pinpoint the key reasons why some locations succeed in the quest to become centers of technology and innovation - and sustain their competitive advantages over time - while others fail. By examining examples from several world-class regions (Silicon Valley, Taiwan, Ireland, France and Sophia Antipolis, Sweden, Israel, Germany and Munich, the United Kingdom and Cambridge, India), this book answers the most crucial questions about the world's entrepreneurial hotspots: What makes these locations so special? Which local characteristics are inherent? Which can be fostered? What are the best practices for business and government organizations that want to promote local entrepreneurship and reach critical mass? Daniel Rouach is a professor at ESCP-EAP.