The Silicon Valley Model / Management for Professionals (PDF)

Dr. Annika Steiber is a Researcher, Lecturer and Advisor in Business Management and Innovation Management. She is a Professor and the CEO of Management Insights (Menlo Park, CA, USA) and has for decades conducted research on management for the digital age, as well as worked as an entrepreneurial executive in the tech sector. Dr. Steiber is the author of several award-winning articles and books, including The Google Model (Springer, 2014), The Silicon Valley Model (Springer, 2016), Management for the Digital Age (Springer, 2018) and Leadership for the Digital Age (Springer, 2022).

Dr. Sverker Alänge is a retired Professor from the Department of Technology Management and Economics at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. He has a Ph.D. in Industrial Management and an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Alänge has been conducting pioneering research and development programs in various parts of the world. His research interests include innovation and change processes in firms and innovation systems, entrepreneurship, and sustainable business development. Dr. Alänge has written articles and books in many areas such as organizational agility, innovation, leadership, entrepreneurship, corporate-startup collaborations, and evaluation of such collaborations.