1st Edition
Growth Policy in the Age of High Technology
Part 1: The States as Actors 1. Introduction: Technology, Regions and States Jurgen Schmandt and Robert Wilson 2. Regional Roles in the Governance of the Scientific State Jurgen Schmandt
3. Structural Economic Change and the Powers of State Government: The Viability of Regional Development Strategies Robert Wilson
Part 2: Theory and Evidence 4. High Tech Policy, High Tech Realities: The Spatial Distribution of High Tech Industry in America Amy Glasmeier
5. Technological Innovation and Paths to Regional Economic Growth Edward J. Malecki
6. State Innovation Policies and Regional Restructuring of Technologically Dependent Industry Edward M. Bergman Part 3: State Development Strategies
7. Recent State Inititatives: An Overview of State Science and Technology Policies and Programs Marianne K. Clarke
8. State Strategies for Business Assistance R. Scott Fosler
9. An Assessment of State Technology Develoopment Programs John Rees and Tim Lewington
10. The Impact of Elementary and Secondary Education on State Economic Development Ray Marshall
11. Simple faiths, complex facts: vocational Education as an Economic Development Strategy W. Norton Grubb 12. Engineering regional growth Stuart A. Rosenfeld & Robert D. Atkinson
13. University-industry R & D Relationships Irwin Feller
14. State Government-university Cooperation Karen M. Paget
15. Creating and Sustaining the U.S. Technopolis David V. Gibson & Raymond W. Smilor
Biography
Jurgen Schmandt
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