Information Technology

Assignment 2 – Silicon Valley v. Bangalore
◼ This CA accounts for 1/3 of your overall module mark
◼ Write an essay comparing the ICT concentration in Silicon Valley
and Bangalore
◼ The essay should adopt a System of Innovation Approach to
comparing industrial concentrations
◼ The Essay should:
• Include a maximum of 1400 words (not counting the bibliography)
• Use proper referencing and citation (for details see Departmental Guide
to Referencing available on the ‘all third year students’ moodle page)
• Line spacing: 1.5
Assignment 2
◼ Students are free to develop their own essay structure
but the essay should include at least the following
elements:
• Cover page. Simply make up your own page stating: name, student
number, module and date.
• Title
• Short introduction (which ends with a guide through your essay)
• Body sections
• Brief conclusion (approximately. 100 words)
• Bibliography
Assignment 2
◼ Assessment Criteria:
• Content (Comprehensiveness; Argument; Logic; Critical aspect)
• Structure of the essay (use sections and section headings!)
• Proper use of references
• For every 100 words over the set word count range 5% of the mark will
be deducted
• Plagiarism or copying from the Internet will result in “no mark”
• Simply copying lecture slides will result in a fail
• Deadline: Upload a copy of your essay via Turnitin on Moodle
before 1 December 17.00 hours (15 marks deducted for each
week (or part of week) being late.
Assessment 2
◼ List for integration in the essay
◼ Lecture slides
◼ Malecki & Moriset: The Digital Economy Ch 8 and Ch6, Pages 142-147
◼ Edquist, C. (2006) Systems of Innovation: Perspectives and Challenges. In: Fagerberg, J. Mowery,
D. and Nelson, R. (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Innovation, Oxford: Oxford University Press
(Moodle)
◼ Bound, K. (2007): India: the Uneven Innovator (507 DEM) (India/Bangalore). Also at
http://www.demos.co.uk/files/India_Final.pdf [Moodle] ◼ D’Costa, A. (2008) Extensive growth and innovation: Challenges in Bangalore, India. IN: G. Parayil
and A. D’Costa, The New Asian Innovation Dynamics: China and India in Perspective. Basingstoke:
Palgrave [moodle] ◼ Castells, M. and Hall, P. (1994). Silicon Valley (Chapter 2), in: Technopoles of the World: The
Making of Twenty-first Century Industrial Complexes. London: Routledge, pp. 12-30. (338.6042)
[Preview available at http://books.google.ie/ except for pages 15, 16,22 and 23. These missing
pages are available on Moodle] ◼ Supplementary readings
◼ Asheim, B. Cooke, P. and Martin, R. (2006), The Rise of the Cluster Concept, in: Asheim, B.
Cooke, P. and Martin, R. Clusters and Regional Development: Critical Reflections and Explorations
[Moodle] ◼ Vang, J. et al. (2007) Learning from the Bangalore Experience: The Role of Universities in an
Emerging Regional Innovation System. Paper No. 2007/04. Lund: Circle [Moodle]