Best practices in state and regional innovation initiatives : : competing in the 21st century / / Charles W. Wessner, editor; Committee on Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State and Regional Innovation Innitiatives ; Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs ; National Research Council of the National Academies.

• TeilnehmendeR: Wessner, Charles W.,; National Research Council (U.S.),; National Academy of Sciences,; National Academy of Engineering,; Institute of Medicine (U.S.),
• Place / Publishing House: Washington, D. C. : : National Academies Press,, [2013]; 2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 pages) :; illustrations (some color)

"Most of the policy discussion about stimulating innovation has focused on the federal level. This study focuses on the significant activity at the state level, with the goal of improving the public's understanding of key policy strategies and exemplary practices. Based on a series of work...

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Executive Summary
• Innovation and Place-Based Economic Development
• Catalytic Role of Public Purpose Organizations
• Review of Selected State and Regional Practices
• Bibliography
• Annex A: Stanford and Silicon Valley
• Annex B: North Carolina's Research Triangle Park.