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Where is Europe's Silicon Valley?

posted by martyb on Sunday June 21 2015, @10:42AM   
from the on-the-other-side-of-the-mountain dept.

kaszz writes:

The New York Times has a story that delves into a conundrum faced by Europeans: Why are there few, if any, technology companies from Europe with the size and reach of American tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Apple?

The article hypothesizes that, even though employment regulations and other business and legal factors play a role, it's actually deeply-embedded cultural differences that are the primary cause, citing less aversion to risk-taking, less stigma from business failures such as bankruptcies, little or no stigma from leaving and rejoining a company which is seen as disloyal in European cultures, more acceptance of disruptive innovation, and a less rigid educational system that allows individuals to find their own form of success.

(Considering the many indications that US schools now train for tests, not knowledge, perhaps alternatives to school are more attractive.)

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• Re:service minded+consumer oriented+problems Re:service minded+consumer oriented+problems (Score: 1, Troll) by zugedneb on Sunday June 21 2015, @02:16PM

  by zugedneb (4556) on Sunday June 21 2015, @02:16PM (#199073)

  also do not troll my fucking conversations with products that are built on american chips.

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• Re:service minded+consumer oriented+problems (Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday June 21 2015, @02:30PM

  by c0lo (156) on Sunday June 21 2015, @02:30PM (#199077) Journal

  Behave youngter. Until I replied to you, you were having a monologue.

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• Re:service minded+consumer oriented+problems (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday June 21 2015, @08:11PM

  by khallow (3766) on Sunday June 21 2015, @08:11PM (#199186) Journal

  with European products that are built on american chips

  FIFY.

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• Re:service minded+consumer oriented+problems (Score: 3, Touché) by Dr Spin on Monday June 22 2015, @08:18AM

  by Dr Spin (5239) on Monday June 22 2015, @08:18AM (#199331)

  Especially not when using a mobile phone with a CPU designed in Europe (ARM).

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