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Future of Silicon Valley (4 minutes / 2 Slides)
The question that should be answered is: “What is a “normal” prosperity in the land of boom and bust? One section of this part is the favourable future of Silicon Valley. Positive effects for SV are the possibility of a new “healthy” boom that could arise and the fulfilment of projected trends from the 90s. Additionally the costs for IT business are falling continuously which makes entrepreneurship in this industry more interesting. Moreover there is a mass of intellectual and financial capital and a pool of entrepreneurial talent that is matched nowhere in the world. Arguments that are pointing more to an unfavourable future for Silicon Valley make up the second section of my part. One of the most striking arguments is the fact that not only SV profits from falling costs in starting new businesses. As the technical industry is one of the most global ones, spin-offs are appearing all over the world. With placing those tech companies in low cost countries the competition gets the cost advantages. Therefore the future of Silicon Valley is quiet unpredictable.

Characteristics that can be imitated and those that can not (2 minutes / 1 Slide)
There are characteristics that can be copied from Silicon Valley and there are some that can not, but the statistic is not looking that advantageous for Silicon Valley. Of course, there are great basic circumstances such as the climate, the high existing population and the absence of the finance industry which prevents enormous cash-support that manipulates businesses. In opposite to these fields the educational aspect and the possibility of immigration have to be mentioned. Both are highly influenced by the effects of globalisation again. With certain incentives competitors can easily copy these factors. Secondly the business culture of Silicon Valley can be copied by sending people to Silicon Valley and than pulling them out again to use their gained knowledge and attitudes. And finally technology parks are no longer unknown in the business world. The clustering of companies has been discovered as a very success promising option to get competitive in the global technology world. = =

**Imitators / Competitors (Examples) (4 minutes / 2 Slides)**
The first one is the Indian Silicon Valley in Bangalore. It is the most famous competitor of Silicon Valley. It developed as a strong manufacturing base. In Bangalore are living about 35% of India’s pool of 1 million IT professionals and about 10,000 millionaires, but at the same time the per capita income is only $US 1,160. The second example for an imitator to Silicon Valley is the Brazilian Silicon Valley in Campinas. It is manufacturing and development location to many high-tech and electric companies. Some figures show the potential of this area impressively: About 70 companies listed in the directory of the 500 largest companies are headquartered in Campinas with a total gross sales volume of more than US$ 25 billion. At the same time the average income per capita of the 100,000 workers in this area is still only about US$ 10,000 and therefore far away from the US$ 74,000 in Silicon Valley.

- „Was wurde eigentlich aus Silicon Valley?“ http://www.epochtimes.de/articles/2006/04/27/18837.html
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