John Steele Gordon, 10 Moments That Made American Business, in American Heritage, February/March 2007. URL consultato il 16 giugno 2018 (archiviato dall'url originale il 20 aprile 2008).
«But even more important than the inventions themselves was the process. Laboratories in the past had mostly pursued pure research, with little or no regard for the practical applications that might flow from that research. Menlo Park was all about practical application, turning ideas into products that would have commercial potential.»
