Joint Venture produces and provides supporting documents and research for a wide array of Silicon Valley interests. We also help to support our initiatives through the publication of the annual Silicon Valley Index (Now produced by the Institute for Regional Studies, the research arm of Joint Venture Silicon Valley) and a variety of other periodic reports and white papers.
February 2006 - The forces and opportunities of globalization are driving Silicon Valley's long-term transition from a powerhouse of industrial production to one of ideas. Our jobs, although modestly growing, are different, and our assets as a creative world center do not guarantee equitable dividends if our institutions do not adequately prepare our workforce for this demanding transition.
November 2005 - The vision of our Wireless Silicon Valley project is to provide a low-cost, high-speed, outdoor, wireless infrastructure that will be available for a variety of purposes—on streets and highways, in parks and plazas, at construction sites, in recreational areas and business parks, and on buses and trains.
February 2005 - This year's report highlights the complex effects of globalization on our region, exemplified by productivity and per capita income gains despite job losses. Persisting health and education gaps, unaffordable housing, and disparities in income growth do not reflect Silicon Valley's reputation as a vibrant, prosperous community.
October 2004 - Main Street Silicon Valley is intended to help the 20 cities along El Camino Real/Monterey Highway better understand the common challenges of this regional transportation corridor, highlight and leverage some of the successful actions these communities have already taken, and identify tools and models that can guide local cooperation to revitalize it.
2004 - Study Finds Offshoring Less Important Than Other Factors to Job Creation and Destruction in Bay Area.
February 2004 - Currently California faces an unprecedented budget shortfall. While fiscal deficits have faced many states, few have compared to California's, whose current deficit is larger than the budget shortfalls of all other states, combined.
February 2004 - This year's Index reports a deceleration in job losses, employment gains in some high-wage occupational clusters, and continued growth in regional productivity. Employment is robust in the health services industry and the biomedical industry cluster is becoming more concentrated in Silicon Valley as its employment grows relative to the nation.
2003 - Joint Venture partnered with the Valley’s three Workforce Investment Boards to convene a series of community forums on how Silicon Valley can do more to help the region’s youth prepare for the highly-skilled technology jobs that will drive our long-term economic growth. The there is a serious need to increase young people’s interest in technology professions and to connect them with career opportunities and information.
2003 - Silicon Valley is the world’s most dynamic economic region because it is a habitat for innovation and entrepreneurship. This paper addresses how short-term economic cycles, longer-term waves of innovation, and external economic shocks shape the Silicon Valley habitat. It outlines four action-based initiatives to rebuild Silicon Valley's economy, create more jobs, and improve the area's quality of life.
February 2003 - Assists in evaluating existing and pending tax proposals against the principles of good tax policy.
Joint Venture produces and provides supporting documents and research for a wide array of Silicon Valley interests. We also help to support our initiatives through the publication of the annual Silicon Valley Index and a variety of other periodic reports and white papers.
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