The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation is a great guide for those interested in high-tech economic development. Though the times have changed, the principles of industrial scale technology research and development still apply. Economic development programs of small cities and towns in the New Innovation Economy can benefit from a very similar process employed by Bell Labs and their host communities from the early twentieth century. A fascinating and instructive story.

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