Silicon Valley - Summary - Advantages and disadvantages table in A Level and IB Geography

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	Silicon Valley - Summary
	AdvantagesGetting StartedGetting Started Links their research closely to Stanford University which provides many high-quality graduates. Availability of venture Captial - which funds risky innovations. Nearly half of venture Captial in US spent there and has most millionaires and billionaires in region. Law firms specialising in patent and copyright law clustered here, offering jobs for specialists.	Disadvantages production line workers are often paid minimum wage at most. Manufacturing of some computer component can expose employees to toxic chemicals, imposing health problems. Majority of exposed are female immigrants from Asia or Latin America.
	Evaluation Silicon Valley - enterprise and high standards of living. Home to many large high-tech corps and start-up businesses. Centred Santa Clara Valley and San Jose in South of San Francisco Bay, California. Many assembly line workers are paid minimum wage at most and most workers manufacturing computer components are exposed to toxic chemicals which can impose health problems (mostly to female immigrant from Asia and Latin America). Silicon valley closely links their research to stanford University which can provide them with high-quality graduates and many law firms and copyright specialist are clustered there offering jobs for specialists. Almost half of US venture capital is invested here often funding risky innovations and has the most millionaires and billionaires.

Silicon Valley - Summary

AdvantagesGetting StartedGetting Started

Links their research closely to Stanford University which provides many high-quality graduates.
Availability of venture Captial - which funds risky innovations. Nearly half of venture Captial in US spent there and has most millionaires and billionaires in region.
Law firms specialising in patent and copyright law clustered here, offering jobs for specialists.

Disadvantages

production line workers are often paid minimum wage at most.
Manufacturing of some computer component can expose employees to toxic chemicals, imposing health problems.
Majority of exposed are female immigrants from Asia or Latin America.

Evaluation

Silicon Valley - enterprise and high standards of living. Home to many large high-tech corps and start-up businesses. Centred Santa Clara Valley and San Jose in South of San Francisco Bay, California. Many assembly line workers are paid minimum wage at most and most workers manufacturing computer components are exposed to toxic chemicals which can impose health problems (mostly to female immigrant from Asia and Latin America). Silicon valley closely links their research to stanford University which can provide them with high-quality graduates and many law firms and copyright specialist are clustered there offering jobs for specialists. Almost half of US venture capital is invested here often funding risky innovations and has the most millionaires and billionaires.

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Silicon Valley - Summary