Perspectives on the Economy

Innovation Needs Grease from the White House

by  Tapan Munroe - January 31, 2010

We are fast becoming a nation of pessimists. Pessimism is becoming a growth industry. Yet despite the many challenges we face, it does not have to be this way. <p>Let us not forget that recessions are not new. We have been here many times and most of the time the United States has come back more prosperous.

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Book Review:
Munroe tells what makes
"the Valley" tick
by Harriett Ainsworth
Contra Costa Times Columnist, 11/06/2009

 
A new book by Moraga's internationally recognized economist Tapan Munroe, Ph.D asks the question, "What Makes Silicon Valley Tick?" I guarantee you'll find Munroe's book fascinating in its analysis of the seven key factors, confluent in Silicon Valley and thus mutually responsible for the area's buzzing once more.

First in rank is the presence of outstanding research universities, pioneered by Stanford but now topped by the University of California's 10 campuses, where for instance in 2005 Cal received more patents than any research campus in this country: 390 (followed by MIT with 136 then the California Institute of Technology with 101 and Stanford with 90).

The statistics assembled to insure "innovation" by Munroe's co-author, Mark Westwind, are rather amazing and fun to read. Among the many congratulatory comments from businesses and academic leaders about Tapan Munroe's books, I like Douglas W. Borchert's the best: "Tapan highlights what can and cannot be done if the U.S. is to remain a visible and productive economy that counts in world affairs. He is to the East Bay what Thomas Friedman is to the East Coast. Tapan documents and identifies megatrends that will guide economic and social development in this century."

"What Makes Silicon Valley Tick?" is available now at Amazon.com.

   
   
Silicon Valley: The Ecology of Innovation

New Release!

What Makes Silicon Valley
Tick?

by  Tapan Munroe
& Mark Westwind

 


This thriving high-tech region in the southern San Francisco Bay Area is a unique economic environment where bold, new ideas compete and then are transformed into products and services that reshape our world. At the heart of this book are the key elements that make up the core of the Valley’s innovation ecosystem.

Published by Nova Vista Publishing

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Understanding the Dot-Com Boom, Bust & Resurgence

Available Now!

Dot-Com
to Dot-Bomb

Understanding the
Dot-Com Boom, Bust
& Resurgence

by  Tapan Munroe

The rush to cash in on the Dot-com Gold Rush was on. But there were serious problems. The dot-com bubble follows the classic pattern of speculative bubbles that economies around the world have experienced for centuries.

Published by Moraga Press

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