【论文阅读】【Social Capital Series】Social Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Silicon Valley

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Social Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Silicon Valley
A Case Study on The Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network

Social entrepreneurs are playing a pivotal role in promoting intersector initiatives to
address economic and social challenges in regions and local communities. This generates
social capital to support an initiative-oriented collaboration framework among participants
and across sectors. Such intersectoral initiatives are of paramount importance
for the capacity of a region/community to set up innovative solutions to socioeconomic
problems from the bottom-up, going beyond the limits of markets and government
institutions. This is increasingly happening not only in depressed but also in developed
regions and communities, such as Silicon Valley. This article reports on the Joint
Venture: Silicon Valley Network, a nonprofit organization launched in 1992 to promote
a series of intersectoral initiatives at the edge of the economy, society, and environment
in Silicon Valley.