Promoting High Technology Industry: Initiatives and Policies for State Governments

Promoting High Technology Industry: Initiatives and Policies for State Governments

By Jurgen Schmandt, Robert Wilson, Suzanne E Smith, and Brian H Muller

The contributors to this study look at the attempts of eight states to foster economic development through science and advanced technology industries and discuss factors common to the emergence of science and technology policies.

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Publisher: Routledge
Publish Date: 12/04/2020
Pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780367299927
ISBN-10: 0367299925
Language: English

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In the wake of declining federal involvement in state affairs, state governments have taken the initiative in creating science and technology policies and programs for economic development. The contributors to this study look at the attempts of eight states--California, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and T

About the Authors

Jurgen Schmandt is director of The Woodlands Center for Growth Studies, Houston Area Research Center, and a professor of public affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Robert Wilson has been an award-winning editor at Preservation, Civilization , and The American Scholar , which he has edited since 2004. He writes often for magazines and newspapers and was on staff at USA Today and The Washington Post.

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