Popular myth "Silicon Valley"?!

The Silicon Valley economic region was long regarded as a model economic region. Governments in many countries strove to copy this model region. But is Silicon Valley really so exemplary - or is it simply a myth? Prof. Dr. Ted Baker (Newark/USA) and Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Friederike Welter in their article "Silicon Valley entrepreneurship. Reflections on a popular myth" for the edited volume "Economy and evolution. Institutions, liberal democracy and economic development".