Research and education. The strength of engineering and computer science in
Stanford University and bio-technology and engineering at MIT mean that
companies located in Silicon Valley and ‘‘Bio-Cambridge’’ have access to state of
the art research and have a steady supply of educated employees, while faculty
and students can work in their laboratories on real problems using actual data.
Such symbiotic relationships between university and industry clusters are not
limited to the information technology or bio-technology industry. Thus, Sonoma
Valley supports the Wine Business Institute in Sonoma State University, while
the nearby University of California, Davis offers, arguably, the leading program
in the US for viticulture and enology.