As Cisco has spread into more businesses, Chambers has tried to create harmony with interlocking networks of boards, business councils and development groups, mixing engineers and managers from all the businesses.

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For me, what is noteworthy about this story is that these governmental entities have the feel of public-private partnerships, effectively mixing the strategic planning of entrepreneurial government agencies with aggressive economic development and a healthy orientation toward profit and efficiency.

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