The Arc's Peer Group - North America
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the topic was innovation 3.0 and how the Valley can lead the world. You can find the report of proceedings on this web-site. Key conclusions were:
The region (the Bay Area) must work collaboratively—across both public and private sectors—to address the challenges, manage the complexities, and build on existing strengths.
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Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: The Example of the Kendall Square Biotech Cluster
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Outline of a Conversation Brisbane, 15 January 2007
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Concerned that Canada was losing ground, a group of 12 visionary business leaders, working with academic and government partners, founded MaRS in 2000.
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If the 2008 Index were a weather report, it would say we’re in for some stormy weather. What’s causing it? Some local conditions, for sure, but mostly it’s a series of high-pressure systems outside Silicon Valley that send heavy winds gusting in: a sub-prime mortgage crisis, volatility in financial markets, and a rapidly changing global economy.
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The Western Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is one of the most significant biotechnology clusters in Canada. Its roots lie in the past decisions of major pharmaceutical companies to take advantage of the region’s low business costs, high quality of life, and excellent transportation infrastructure. Today, biomedical firms of all types continue to locate here for the same reasons. As a result, the Western GTA now has a deep labour pool, a broad base of supporting industries, excellent physical infrastructure, and access to the largest medical research complex in North America.
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The Toronto Region Research Alliance (TRRA) – is a PPP which was founded in 2005 with a remit to ‘transform the Toronto region into a world-leading centre for
research and research-intensive industry’. TRRA serves the Greater Toronto region (an area often called the ‘Golden Horseshoe’). A board of some 43 people directs the activities of a 8-9 strong secretariat1. The board follows triple helix lines. TRRA is a non-profit organisation receiving support (financial plus) from the governments of Ontario and Canada, and a large number of private sector companies.
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The goal of this project is to produce a strategy that addresses the current needs of Toronto’s creative economy, promotes its future growth and leverages these creative assets to enhance economic and social opportunity.
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Today, 223 years later, educational institutions have redeemed in full measure his confidence and remain central to the present and future of the Commonwealth’s social, cultural and economic life. Greater Boston’s eight research universities in particular are the region’s special advantage: an enduring and stable economic engine, constantly changing and developing as new knowledge is gained and new technologies and industries are created.
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One of the great engines of our growing economy is our Nation’s capacity to innovate. Through America’s investments in science and technology, we have revolutionized our economy and changed the world for the better. Groundbreaking ideas generated by innovative minds in the private and public sectors have paid enormous dividends—improving the lives and livelihoods of generations of Americans.
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Fifteen of our country's most prominent business organizations have joined together to express our deep concern about the United States' ability to sustain its scientific and technological superiority through this decade and beyond. To maintain our country's competitiveness in the 21st century, we must cultivate the skilled scientists and engineers needed to create tomorrow's innovations.
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THE FUTURE OF BAY AREA JOBS: THE IMPACT OF OFFSHORING AND OTHER KEY TRENDS
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This study has been prepared due to the intensifying debate on jobs and offshoring. In an
election year, the debate is becoming particularly politicized. Bills to restrict offshoring have been introduced in as many as 37 state legislatures nationwide. In California, a dozen anti-offshoring bills have been drafted: some bar state services from using foreign call centers and other offshore resources, others restrict offshoring where sensitive information is handled, and still others require detailed disclosure of global sourcing.
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This case study is one of a series of city reports undertaken as part of the Strategies for Creative Cities research project. A collaborative project between the cities of London and Toronto, it has been jointly funded by the London Development Agency (Creative London and the Evidence & Evaluation Team), the City of Toronto Economic Development and Culture offices, and the Ontario Ministries of esearch & Innovation and Culture.
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In the summer of 2006, Trek Consulting LLC undertook a survey of Chief Innovation Officers, a new class of senior managers that has emerged at leading edge companies in recent years.1 As corporate officers who are shouldering the responsibility for delivering growth and competitive advantage to their companies, these Chief Innovation Officers (CIO’s2) represent a resource for practical knowledge about how American corporations can face the innovation challenge.
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After nearly a decade of robust economic growth, the Boston metropolitan area began in
2001 to feel the effects of the national recession. While the recession may be relatively mild by historic standards, by the end of 2002 a real recovery had not yet materialized. A return to the vibrant growth that characterized the Boston area economy in the late 1990’s thus cannot be taken for granted. Those with a stake in the region’s economic future need to identify clearly the Boston area’s strengths, and consider carefully how the region can most effectively build on those strengths.
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St. Louis Regional Competitiveness Summit - February 17, 2005
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This document provides an outline of a presentation and is incomplete without the accompanying oral
commentary and discussion.
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In the modern global economy, U.S. regions face a new economic development challenge. Traditionally the regional economic development endeavor has been focused on attracting smokestacks, or more recently, large service operations using tax incentives and access to inexpensive labor as the primary promotional tools. During the past decades however the US industrial landscape has transformed dramatically
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From the idyllic Vermont countryside to the bustle of Boston, New England's attractions are legendary. Harvard, Yale and MIT beckon to promising students looking for a top-notch education. Biotechnology, health care, financial services and other industries offer a range of employment options. Sport fans can cheer on the Patriots and the Red Sox, and outdoor types can stay busy from ski season to swim season.
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North Carolina’s economy is in transition. As manufacturing jobs in traditional ndustries decline, new opportunities for job creation must be identified and aggressively pursued. Few sectors offer as much promise for long-term, sustained community development and job creation as the relatively young field of biotechnology. Few states are as well positioned as North Carolina for national and international leadership in biotechnology and economic gain from the industry’s growth.
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One Million Jobs at Risk: The Future of Manufacturing In California
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California’s manufacturing economy is at a crossroads. It is mature and diverse, yet in many ways it is
a poster child for manufacturing in high-cost countries. California leads the nation in manufacturing jobs, and its base ranges from metals to beverage production to high tech. However, manufacturers face extreme cost-related pressures, with high wage and benefits rates, as well as high input costs such
as electricity
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The economy is clearly growing and transforming, evidenced by the region adding more than 30,000 jobs over last year’s total. Moreover, the employment gains are quite broadly based, spanning most sectors of the economy and not just our driving industry clusters. Per capita income, average pay, and value-added per worker have been on the rise now for three years running, but over the past year they showed substantial increases.
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When It Comes to Innovation, Geography Is Destiny –New York Times
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IN our celebrity-studded world, where we make a cult of genius and individual achievement,
the mind rebels at the notion that geography trumps personality. Yet the inescapable lesson of the iPod, Google, eBay, Netflix and Silicon Valley in general is that where you live often trumps who you are.