How Silicon Valley came to be / Timothy J. Sturgeon -- The biggest "angel" of them all : the military and the making of Silicon Valley / Stuart W. Leslie -- Dealmakers and counselors : law firms as intermediaries in the development of Silicon Valley / Mark C. Suchman -- Venture capital in Silicon Valley : fueling new firm formation / Martin Kenney and Richard Florida -- High-technology agglomeration and the labor market : the case of Silicon Valley / David P. Angel -- The origins and dynamics of production networks in Silicon Valley / Annalee Saxenian -- Flexible recycling and high-technology entrepreneurship / Homa Bahrami and Stuart Evans -- Social capital and capital gains : an examination of social capital in Silicon Valley / Stephen S. Cohen and Gary Fields -- Institutions and economies : creating Silicon Valley / Martin Kenney and Urs von Burg.