University of California at Berkeley
Department of City and Regional Planning
Berkeley, California 94720-1850
[email protected]

Professional Bio

AnnaLee Saxenian is a Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of California at Berkeley and an internationally recognized expert on regional economies and the information technology sector. Her current research examines the contributions of skilled immigrants to Silicon Valley and their growing ties to regions in Asia. Her recent publications include Silicon Valley’s New Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128. She has written extensively about innovation and regional development, urbanization, and the organization of labor markets in Silicon Valley.

Saxenian is currently the Gordon Cain Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. She is also an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute for the Future. She holds a Doctorate in Political Science from MIT, a Master's in Regional Planning from the University of California at Berkeley, and a BA in Economics from Williams College in Massachusetts. She lives in Berkeley with her husband and two sons.

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

EMPLOYMENT

HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS

PUBLICATIONS

Books and Monographs

Silicon Valley’s New Immigrant Entrepreneurs San Francisco, CA: Public Policy Institute of California, June 1999

Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1994. Translated into Japanese, Chinese and Italian

Journal Articles

“The Silicon Valley-Hsinchu Connection: Technical Communities and Industrial Upgrading” Industrial and Corporate Change Invited contribution for Special Issue on Geography of Innovation and Economics of Clustering, Under review

“Bay-to-Bay Strategic Alliances: Network Linkages Between Taiwan and U.S. Venture Capital Industries" with Wendy Li International Journal of Technology Management, Forthcoming

“The Limits of Guanxi Capitalism: Transnational Collaboration Between Taiwan and the U.S.” with Jinn-Yuh Hsu, Environment and Planning A, Forthcoming

“Comment on Martin Kenney and Urs Van Burg ‘Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Path Dependence: Industrial Clustering in Silicon Valley and Route 128’Industrial and Corporate Change Volume 8, Number 1, 1999

“Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley” with J. Edulbehram, Berkeley Planning Journal Volume 12, 1997-98

“Inside-Out: Regional Networks and Industrial Adaptation in Silicon Valley and Route 128”  Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research Volume 2, Number 2, May 1996
      Reprinted in C. Edquist, ed. Systems of Innovation: Growth, Competitiveness and Employment,
      London: Edward Elgar, 2000

"Contrasting Patterns of Business Organization in Silicon Valley" Environment and Planning D: Society and Space Volume 10, 1992

"The Origins and Dynamics of Production Networks in Silicon Valley" Research Policy Volume 20, 1991

     Reprinted in R. Swedberg, ed. Entrepreneurship: The Social Science View Oxford:
      Oxford University Press, 2000

     Reprinted in M. Kenney, ed. Understanding Silicon Valley:
      The Anatomy of an Entrepreneurial Region Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000

     Reprinted in Z.Acs, ed. The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics:
      Small Firms and Economic Growth London: Edward Elgar,1996

"Institutions and the Growth of Silicon Valley" Berkeley Planning Journal Volume 6, 1991
      Reprinted in W. Lazonick and W. Mass, eds. The International Library of Critical Writings in Business History:
      Organizational Capability and Competitive Advantage London: Edward Elgar, 1995

"Regional Networks and the Resurgence of Silicon Valley" California Management Review Volume 33, Number 1, Fall 1990
      Reprinted in N. Hansen, K. Button, and P. Nijkamp, eds. Modern Classics in Regional Science:
      Regional Policy and Regional Integration  London: Edward Elgar, 1996

"The Cheshire Cat's Grin: Innovation, Regional Development and the Cambridge Case" Economy and Society Volume 18, Number 4 Winter 1989

"In Search of Power: The Organization of Business Interests in Silicon Valley and Route 128" Economy and Society Volume 18, Number 1, February 1989

"The Urban Contradictions of Silicon Valley: Regional Growth and the Restructuring of the Semiconductor Industry" International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Volume 7, Number 2, 1983

Book Chapters

“Bangalore: Silicon Valley of Asia?” Proceedings of Conference on Indian Economic Prospects: Advancing Policy Reform, Center for Research on Economic Development and Policy Reform, Stanford University, Under review at The University of Chicago Press

“Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley” in W. Cornelius and T. Espenshade, eds. The International Migration of the Highly Skilled: Demand, Supply and Development Consequences La Jolla: Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, Univ of California at San Diego, 2001

“Networks of Immigrant Entrepreneurs” in W. Miller et al, eds. The Silicon Valley Edge: A Habitat for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000

“Silicon Valley’s New Immigrant Entrepreneurs” in K. Schoonhoven and E. Romanelli, eds.

The Entrepreneurship Dynamic: Origins of Entrepreneurship and the Evolution of Industries: Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000

 “Transnational Entrepreneurs and Regional Industrialization: The Silicon Valley-Hsinchu Connection” in R. Tzeng and B. Uzzi, eds. Embeddedness and Corporate Change in a Global Economy N.Y.: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc, 2000

“Regional Networks and Innovation in Silicon Valley and Route 128” in Z. Acs, ed. Regional Innovation, Knowledge and Global Change London: Cassel, 2000

“Taiwan’s Transnational Connections” in M. Aoki, ed. East Asian Economics and Japanese Industry at a Turning Point Tokyo: Research Institute of International Trade and Industry, 2000

“Becoming Digital: Sources of Localization in Bay Area Multimedia Cluster” with Ted Egan in Braczyk, ed. Multimedia and Regional Economic Restructuring, London: Rutledge, 1999

“A Climate for Entrepreneurship” in B. Swedenborg and H.T. Soderstrom, eds. Creating an Environment for Growth Stockholm, Sweden: Center for Business and Policy Studies, 1999

"The Limits of Autarky: Regional Networks and Industrial Adaptation in Silicon Valley and Route 128" in M. Fruin, ed. Networks, Markets, and the Pacific Rim: Studies in Strategies New York: Oxford University Press, 1998

“Beyond Boundaries: Open Labor Markets and Learning in Silicon Valley” in M. Arthur and D. Rousseau, eds. Boundaryless Careers: Work, Mobility, and Learning in the New Organizational Era  New York: Oxford University Press, 1996

"Divergent Patterns of Business Organization in Silicon Valley" in A. Scott and M. Storper, eds. Pathways to Industrialization and Regional Development in the 1990s New York: Allen & Unwin, 1992

"Local Area Networks: Industrial Adaptation in Silicon Valley" in J. Brotchie, P. Hall et. al., eds. Cities of the 21st Century: New Technologies and Spatial Systems London and New York: Longman and John Wiley, 1991

"A High Technology Industrial District: Silicon Valley in the American Context" in P. Perulli, ed. Citta della scienza e della technologia Quaderni della Fondazione Istituto Gramsci Veneto, June 7, 1989

"Silicon Valley and Route 128: Regional Prototypes or Historic Exceptions?" in M. Castells, ed. High Technology, Space and Society Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1985

"The Genesis of Silicon Valley" in P. Hall and A. Markusen, eds. Silicon Landscapes London: Allen & Unwin, 1985

"The Urban Contradictions of Silicon Valley" in L. Sawers and W. Tabb, eds. Sunbelt-Snowbelt: Urban Development and Regional Restructuring New York: Oxford University Press, 1984

Other Articles and Book Reviews

“From India to Silicon Valley and Back Again” The Asian Wall Street Journal January 24, 2000

“The Increasing Role of Skilled Immigrants: A Valley Asset?” The San Jose Mercury News June 21, 1998

“Redes regionales y adapcion industrial en Silicon Valley y la Ruta 128” Revista Asturiana de Economia Volume 4, 1995

 “Social Networks and Open Exchange: Regional Advantage in Silicon Valley” Firm Connections Volume 2, Number 5, September/October 1994

"Lessons From Silicon Valley" Technology Review June 1994
      Translated into Japanese for publication in L’Esprit d’Aujourd’hui February 1996

"The New Economy: Silicon Valley Versus Route 128" Inc. Volume 16, Number 2, February 1994

"Technomiracles Revisited" Science Volume 258, October 23, 1992; Review of S. Rosegrant and D. Lampe, Route 128, and M. Luger and H. Goldstein, Technology in the Garden

"A Response to Richard Florida and Martin Kenney" California Management Review Volume 33, Number 3, Spring 1991

"Silicon Valley Y Route 128: Prototipos Regionales o Excepciones Historicas" Urbanismo Number 11, September 1990

Review of K. Chapman and D. Walker, “Industrial Location” Journal of Regional Science Volume 29, Number 3 1989

"The Cheshire Cat's Grin: Innovation and Regional Development in England" Technology Review February/March 1988

"Let Them Eat Chips" Environment and Planning D: Society and Space Volume 3, Spring 1985; Review of E. Rogers and J. Larsen, Silicon Valley Fever

"The Genesis of Silicon Valley" Built Environment Volume 9, Number 1, 1983

"Who Benefits from Intergovernmental Transfers?" with A. R. Markusen and M. Weiss Publius Volume 11, Number 1, Winter 1981

Recent Working Papers

“High Tech, Low Income: Closing the Gap in the Mission” with S. Weber, B. Crawford, K. Chapple, R. Kunamneni, and S. Falcone, Digital Mission Collaborative, San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Community Development, February 2000

“The Silicon Valley-Hsinchu Connection: Technical Communities and Industrial Upgrading” Discussion Paper 99-10, Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research, September 1999

“Silicon Valley’s New Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Skills, Networks, and Careers” Task Force Working Paper #WP05, MIT Sloan School of Management, Task Force on Reconstructing America’s Labor Market Institutions, January 1999

Major Invited Lectures and Conference Papers

Brain Drain or Brain Circulation? The Silicon Valley-Asia Connection Lecture to the Modern Asia Series, Institute for International Studies, Harvard University, September 29, 2000

Bangalore: Silicon Valley of Asia? Conference on Indian Economic Prospects: Advancing Policy Reform, Center for Research on Economic Development and Policy Reform, Stanford University, May 2000

India’s Software Boom: Brain Drain/Brain Circulation?  Invited Address to Distinguished Lecturer Series, Indian Institute of Technology-Bangalore, India December 6, 1999

Forging Ties Between Silicon Valley and Asia. Invited lecture to 4^th Asian Leadership Conference, University of California, Berkeley, Hualien, Taiwan, November 4-6, 1999

Regional Development of Knowledge Economies. Invited panelist at the Third Annual UC Berkeley Forum on Knowledge and the Firm, Haas School of Business, October 14-15, 1999

The Silicon Valley-Hsinchu Connection. Keynote lecture International symposium on East Asian Economy at a Turning Point, MITI Research Institute, Tokyo, June 16-17, 1999

The Information Revolution: Replicating the Silicon Valley Experience, Institute for International Studies Conference on Globalization: Winners and Losers? Stanford University, Oct 21 1998

A Climate for Entrepreneurship.  Invited lecture to Conference on Creating an Environment for Growth, XII International Conference of Private Business Associations, Center for Business and Policy Studies (SNS) Stockholm, Sweden, June 11-12, 1998

Reflections on Silicon Valley and the American Economic Renaissance. Keynote address to Conference on The Silicon Valley Phenomenon, United States Embassy and The Federation of Swedish Industries, Stockholm, Sweden, June 9, 1998

Building a Transnational Technical Community. International Conference on Business Transformation and Social Change in East Asia, TungHai University, Taiwan, May 22-23, 1998

Silicon Valley’s New Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Their Asian Networks. Invited lecture at Lewis Center for Regional Policy and Research, University of California at LA, May 8, 1998

Regional Advantage.  Keynote address to Conference on Biotechnology and the Law. Sponsored by UC Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, Berkeley, California, February 21, 1998

Regional Planning in the 21st Century.  Keynote address to Conference on The New Regional Planning in Japan.  Sponsored by Japan Industrial Location Center and Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan, October 31, 1997

Urban Development and Regional Advantage.  Keynote  to Joint Meeting of the Urban Land Institute and the International Development Research Council, Mountain View CA, June 5, 1997

Regional Linkages, Silicon Valley and the Networked Firm. Invited lecture to Conference on The Changing Nature of Entrepreneurship.  Sponsored by Center for Economics and Policy Research, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, May 30, 1997

Transnational Entrepreneurs and Regional Industrialization: The Silicon Valley-Hsinchu Connection.  Invited lecture at Conference on Social Structure and Social Change: International Perspectives on Business Firms and Economic Life, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, May 9-10, 1997

Networks, Regions, and Innovation. Keynote address to Connect ‘96 Conference, Stanford University, School of Business, Palo Alto, California, September 10, 1996

Venture Capital and the Growth of Silicon Valley. California Coalition for Science and Technology Summit, Office of the President, Univ of California, Sacramento, May 29, 1996

Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128. Invited lecture to Chancellor’s Forum, University of California, Berkeley, March 29, 1996

Creating a Twentieth Century Technical Community: Frederick Terman’s Silicon Valley. Keynote address to Inaugural Symposium for The Lemelson Center for Innovation and Invention, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institute, November 11, 1995

The Lessons of Silicon Valley for Industrial Reconstruction. Keynote address to International Conference on the Reconstruction of the Hanshin-Awaji Areas, Sponsored by Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Kobe, Japan, September 11, 1995

Corporate Culture as a Source of Regional Advantage: Lessons from Silicon Valley and Route 128.  Invited lecture at the Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, April 14, 1995

The Limits of Autarky: Industrial Adaptation in Silicon Valley and Route 128. Invited lecture at Conference on the New Regionalism. Sponsored by the  Social Science Research Council and HUD, Washington, DC, December 8-9, 1994

The Sources of Regional Advantage.  Invited lecture at international workshop on the Future of the Computer Industry, Stanford University-Japan Center, Kyoto, Japan, October 22-24, 1994

Why did Route 128 Fail and Silicon Valley Succeed?  Keynote Speaker, Executive Forum on Microelectronics: The Future of Communications, Industry Canada, Ottowa, November 1, 1994

Silicon Valley: Prospects and Problems.  Keynote Speaker for Annual Meeting of the Leadership Council, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley, San Jose, California, September 23, 1994

Regional Regulation Revisited: The Case of Silicon Valley and Route 128.  Conference on Regions, Institutions, and Technology, University of Toronto, September 23-25, 1994

Author Meets The Critics: AnnaLee Saxenian's Regional Advantage.  Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, California, March 28-April 3, 1994

What Happened to Route 128? An Innovative Region in Crisis.  Seminar on Technology Parks and Regional Development, Basque Technology Park, Bilbao, Spain, April 25-26, 1991

Regional Adaptation in Silicon Valley and Route 128. Invited lecture to Urban Studies Seminar Series, Sociology Department and Urban Studies, Brown University, April 4, 1991

Silicon Valley as a Global Technology Center. Conference on Global Cities in the Economy of the 1990s, Instituto Madrileno de Desarollo and the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain, February 27-March 2, 1991

Cities, Regions and Technological Development. Seminar on the Problems of Large Cities sponsored by the BancoHipotecario de Espana and the Universidad International Menendez Pelayo, Santander, Spain, August 13-17, 1990

The Origins and Dynamics of Production Networks in Silicon Valley. International Workshop on Networks of Innovators, Ecoles des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Montreal, May 2-3, 1990

Contrasting Patterns of Business Organization in Silicon Valley. Pathways to Industrialization and Regional Development in the 1990s, Lewis Center for Regional Policy and School of Architecture and Planning, UCLA, March 14-18, 1990

Silicon Valley in the American Context. International Conference on Science and Technology Cities, Department of Economic and Social Analysis of Territory, Institute of Architecture at Venice University, Venice, Italy, February 23-25, 1989

Local Area Networks: Silicon Valley Third Annual International Workshop on Innovation, Technological Change and Spatial Impacts, Cambridge University, September 5-7 1989

The Cheshire Cat's Grin: Innovation, Regional Development and the Cambridge Case.  Annual Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies, Washington D.C., October 1987

Lectures to seminars and classes at Brown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National Taiwan University, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Santa Cruz, University of California at Los Angeles, University of Wisconsin, Portland State University

University Service

Affiliated Faculty, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, Energy and Resources Group, Institute of International Studies, Institute of Urban and Regional Development University of California, Berkeley

Committee on University Welfare, Academic Senate, Berkeley Division, 2000-2001

Steering Committee, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California (System-wide) 1996-97

Steering Committee, California Coalition of Science & Technology, University of California (System-wide) 1996

College Executive Committee, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley, 1994-97

Committee on Research, Academic Senate, Berkeley Division, 1993-96

Professional Service

Board of Advisors, Center for Work, Technology and Organization, Stanford University

Board of Advisors, NTT Multimedia Center, Palo Alto, California

Advisor (US) The National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council; U.S. Office of Technology Assessment; U.S. Economic Development Administration; State of  California legislature; San Jose Technology Museum of Innovation; Joint-Venture: Silicon Valley;  San Jose Office of Economic Development;  Mass Advocates for Technology Growth; Portland Institute of Metropolitan Studies; Seattle Economic Development Council

Advisor (International): Ministry of Industry and Trade, Japan; Nagoya and Osaka regional governments, Japan; Industry Canada, Canada; Basque Technology Park, Spain;

Reviewer of grant proposals for National Science Foundation and the California Policy Seminar

Reviewer of book manuscripts for Harvard University Press, Harvard Business School Press, University of California Press, Stanford University Press, Yale University Press

Reviewer of journal articles for Regional Studies, Society and Space, Economic Geography, Research Policy, Industrial and Corporate Change, Cambridge Journal of Economics, California Management Review, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Economic Development Quarterly, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research