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2.2.3. Culture of Innovation (JP - 5 minutes / 4 slides)
The ethnical composition is the basis for Silicon Valley's culture of innovation and therefore its prosperity. This competitive advantage with respect to other IT centres contributes to a steady supply of innovations to replace declining products in the fast moving IT product life cycle. But the latest developments have shown that the resource supply for this flow is endangered. One problem that arises in this social environment is the Asperger Syndrome mainly affecting children with parents being employed as engineers or programmers.

2.2.4. Education (JP - 3 minutes / 3 slides)
Local universities determine the pool of more highly educated staff available to companies, but in turn their freshman supply is heavily dependent on student immigration especially from Asian countries. As rising IT centres like Bangalore become able to cap a part of this incoming workforce flow and to attract Asian students for themselves, labour supply in the Valley is decreased. This leads with a steady demand to higher salary prices which lowers Silicon's competitive advantage. This phenomenon is even more exacerbated by the US students’ striving for international experience and corresponding emigration.

2.2.5. Environment (JP - 2 minutes / 2 slides)
One way the Valley can replenish its growth capability might be its diversification into clean technologies. Companies like HP or Cisco formed a “mini-Koyoto” and investments in this field just rocketed.

=Sources=


 * 2.2.3. Culture**
 * What you need for a SV: http://www.paulgraham.com/siliconvalley.html
 * Interview Web 2.0 with O'Reilly: http://www.zeit.de/2006/39/Interv_Reilly
 * Geek Autismus - social impoverishment in Silicon Valley: http://www.netzeitung.de/internet/188751.html


 * 2.2.4. Education**
 * the crying single: http://kellogg.northwestern.edu/news/hits/000731sh.htm
 * Immigration problem: http://www.forbes.com/technology/2007/03/04/india-global-exchange-tech-cz_ec_0305valleyletter.html
 * The influence of big companies: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-13420_22-6194777.html
 * Business recovery in Silicon Valley: http://www.pressetext.at/pte.mc?pte=060117021
 * New Silicon Valley in Petersburg and Bertelsmann: [|http://www.faz.net/s/RubEC1ACFE1EE274C81BCD3621EF555C83C/Doc~E62DF5DF00DA444E19F5582E98B96E4A3~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html]


 * Figures:**
 * http://www.procolleges.com/adult_education.php
 * **biggest database in US for social indicators:** http://sda.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/hsda3


 * 2.2.5. Environment**
 * **eco-boom in the silicon valley:** http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,480704,00.html and http://www.tecchannel.de/news/themen/business/408173/
 * http://www.welt.de/wams_print/article1135202/Klimawandel_im_Silicon_Valley.html and
 * "Cleantech": http://www.manager-magazin.de/geld/artikel/0,2828,490603,00.html and
 * "Al Gore": http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/artikel/881/114767/


 * X. General (for all three points valid)**
 * Silicon Valley Network (great report about Silicon Valley): http://www.jointventure.org/