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Who's Your City: Top 10 Megaregions: These ten megaregions generate the bulk of America's economic output and stand to be the biggest areas for job and economic growth, according to Richard Florida, author of Who's Your City? ...; Tags: Richard Florida, Chicago, Boston, biotechnology, talent, commercial real estate, finance, America, New York, job, supply chain, transportation, logistics, venture capital, banking, manufacturing, brand, performance, computer, network; Articles 2008-03-19
Windfall of 2008 Tech Media Forecasts: Last week, the Silicon Valley chapter of the PRSA held its annual "media predictions" event, this year featuring six of the top tech media professionals (Kara Swisher, Co-Executive Editor, D:All Things Digital Blog and Conference, Rob Hof, Silicon Valley Bureau Chief, BusinessWeek, Jim Goldman, Silicon Valley Bureau Chief, CNBC, Victoria...; Tags: Public relations, Corporate communications, Jon Greer, Jim Goldman, Kara Swisher, Don Clark; Blog posts 2007-12-03
What Makes Silicon Valley Succeed?: When you think of Silicon Valley, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Most likely it's something having to do with computers and the internet. But an intriguing article from today's NY Times reports that managers in the region have a more expansive idea of what they're all about:...; Tags: Strategy, Semiconductors, Andrew Hines, core competence, competence, industry; Blog posts 2007-03-14
Silicon Valley Labor Markets: Overview of Structure, Dynamics and Outcomes for Workers: This paper provides an overview of employment and wage trends in Silicon Valley. The central purpose is to provide a statistical background on employment trends. In addition, however, the paper wants to argue that the nature of employment in Silicon Valley is characterized by a shift in the locus of...; Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Silicon Valley, mobility, worker, job, network; White papers 2003-02-28
Showdown in Silicon Valley: Will Fiorina or Hewlett Win the Battle for H-P Shareholders’ Votes?: This article is based on the merger and acquisiton of two companies and state the impact of acquision on shareholders. It states an examplof of Fiorina vs. Hewlett in Silicon Valley. It discusses the showdown of Fiorina vs. Hewlett in Silicon Valley has been one nasty, bare-knuckle fight for...; Tags: Financial accounting, Knowledge@Wharton, showdown, Silicon Valley, shareholder, merger, advertisement; White papers 2002-03-13

Case Study: Labor Market Intermediaries In California's Silicon Valley: Research on Silicon Valley suggests that Labor Market Intermediaries (LMIs) organizations that acts as a third party brokering relationships between job seekers and employers are key to the way corporations work in the new economy. Corporations are increasingly outsourcing their human resource needs and relying on contingent workers. Some...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, labor contract, Silicon Valley, workplace, Human Resources, outsourcing, worker, job; Case studies 2001-04-01
The Most Creative Man in Silicon Valley: Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Michael Ray has taught some of the best-known innovators in Silicon Valley how to be more creative. It's no wonder that both students and executives are clamoring for his lessons. Read this case study and get informed.; Tags: Silicon Valley; White papers 2000-06-01

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Willie Sutton and Silicon Valley: Tags: General; Blog posts 2007-02-19
The Value of Corporate Mortality: Organizational death is as necessary a part of our economic system as organizational birth. We need a Death Valley that has equal status with Silicon Valley. Most organizations engage in both value-creating and value-destroying activities. This is because trial-and-error is an essential part of value generation, and not all activities...; Tags: Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.; White papers 2000-10-01
Solar Cells on N-Type Multi-crystalline Silicon Wafers by Industrial Processing Techniques: This paper focuses on the n-type silicon which can be an interesting material to reduce the expected silicon shortage. The paper presents an industrial process sequence of n-type silicon. The reports improvement of emitter processing and implementation of a SiNx ARC which results in an increase of the efficiency from...; Tags: Semiconductors, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands, silicon, firing, technique; White papers 2004-06-01
Photovoltaic Materials, Past, Present, Future: This paper traces briefly the history of this photovoltaic materials and it tries to look at possible future scenarios. A large part of the paper is concerned with silicon although from solid-state physics we know that silicon is not the ideal material for photovoltaic conversion. The conventional technology still has...; Tags: Manufacturing, Reed Elsevier Inc., photovoltaics, silicon, cost reduction; White papers 2000-03-29
Search and Employ: If one goes to hire top scientists, he needs to understand them what books are on their shelves, what they listen to on the radio, who confesses to sometimes stealing a peek at the desktop clutter of scientists as part of his research. This case study of Chiron Corporation, a...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Crain Communications Inc., scientist, recruiting, hiring, radio, desktop; Case studies 2003-06-01
Mock CMOS: An Inexpensive, Fast, and Versatile Microfabrication Technique Using One Metal and One Silicon Dioxide Film: This technical report deals with a versatile fabrication process that allows users to quickly construct micro machined structures using a one metal, one silicon dioxide film stack on silicon. This simplified process, called Mock CMOS, starts from pre-processed wafers and requires only one photolithography step, provides a conductor material for...; Tags: Semiconductors, Carnegie-Mellon University, silicon, MEMS, CMOS; White papers 2002-05-07
Citrus Valley Medical Center-Los Angeles, California: Variable-Frequency Chiller Drives Enhance Hospital Efficiency: Citrus Valley Medical Center is a not for-profit health care facility serving the San Gabriel Valley, in the north central Los Angeles region.; Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, American Standard Inc., health care; Case studies
Breaking Geopolitical Barriers: The dream of becoming a professional of choice calls for being at the right place and at the right time. For example, the people who are inclined towards software technology can look westwards to the Silicon Valley, which is the hub of IT activity. The way a company achieves global...; Tags: CMP Media, leadership, Software Technology, barrier, information technology, software; White papers 2003-09-01
Power Tools for Everyone: If You Can Only Buy Five - Which Five?: After years of renting, consumers like David and Paula Arenas sited in this article finally bought their first home in the over-inflated housing market in Silicon Valley, Calif. Inexperienced in these matters, they began with some basic research into the one area every remodeler must learn about - power tools....; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Homestore Inc., housing market, tool; White papers
Laying Out an Irregular Valley Rafter: Locating where a hip or valley bears on an exterior wall is pretty straightforward on roofs with equal pitches - it's always located right over the outside corner, coming off at a 45-degree angle when viewed in plan. But on hips and valleys between roofs with unequal pitches, this can...; Tags: Construction, Hanley Wood, wall; White papers 2002-01-01
New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities: Too often corporations decide to locate facilities based solely on cost savings. And that's shortsighted, argues the Harvard Business School professor. Instead, business leaders should look for locations that gather industry-specific resources together in one "Cluster" (think Silicon Valley or the Napa wine country) that can lead to competitive advantage.; Tags: BetterManagement.com, wine, cost savings, competitive advantage; White papers
Once Upon a Business...The Role of Storytelling in Leadership, Management, and Entrepreneurship: Once Upon a Business...The Role of Storytelling in Leadership, Management, and EntrepreneurshipStories, Wisdom and TimeGreat topic. I have always loved to tell stories and I have some pips. It is unfortunate that in some Silicon Valley companies, this skill is not appreciated. Stories that teach and mentor as well as...; Tags: entrepreneurship, leadership; Discussion threads 2007-05-07
Video: Getting Things Done, David Allen's Way: At the Under the Radar confab in Silicon Valley on March 26, 'Getting Things Done' author David Allen gave CNET a dollop of his time. He explained the importance of list management for those who want to be effective in using their time, and offered...; Tags: Aerospace & Defense, BNET staff, David Allen, Getting Things Done; Blog posts 2007-03-30