Silicon Valley in Eastern Slovakia? Neo-liberalism, knowledge economy and post-socialism.
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Sokol, M., Silicon Valley in Eastern Slovakia? Neo-liberalism, knowledge economy and post-socialism., Europe-Asia Studies, 65, 7, 2013, 1324 - 1343Download Item:
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Abstract:
The essay critically examines the prospect of emulating a Silicon Valley-style regional development in the
post-socialist context of East-Central Europe. It underlines the problematic nature of the Silicon Valley
concept itself and examines the way in which the concept has been `domesticated? in Kosice, a peripheral
region in eastern Slovakia undergoing a painful post-socialist transformation towards the market economy. In
doing so, the essay also highlights links between neoliberalism, post-socialism and the knowledge-based
economy.
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