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The Stanford Research Park
2nd October 2010
One for the economic geographers - a fascinating tour of a research park established by Stanford University in the early 1950s which has played host to some vastly successful businesses - old tech and new - and which has become a phenmenonal source of income for the university. Many universities in the UK have sought to create Science Parks and other clusters of emerging industries - but are perhaps light years away from the scale and impact of this example.