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The role of venture capital firms in Silicon Valley's complex innovation network

Michel Ferrary, Mark Granovetter · 2009 · Economy and Society

Summary. Venture capital firms play five critical roles in Silicon Valley's innovation network: financing startups, selecting promising companies, facilitating collective learning, embedding firms within the ecosystem, and signaling quality to other investors. These functions create a robust system of interconnected economic agents—universities, large companies, laboratories, and startups—that explains Silicon Valley's sustained innovative success over seventy years and why other regions have failed to replicate it.

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Ferrary, M., & Granovetter, M.. (2009). The role of venture capital firms in Silicon Valley's complex innovation network. Economy and Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/03085140902786827

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DOI
10.1080/03085140902786827
Countries
United States
Regions
North America
Categories
entrepreneurship, innovation-networks, funding, general-innovation
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2026-04-28