Silicon Valley in Eastern Slovakia? Neoliberalism, Post-Socialism and the Knowledge Economy

Martin Sokol

Europe-Asia Studies, 2013, vol. 65, issue 7, 1324-1343

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 Košice, 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.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2013.822714

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