Social Culture and High-Tech Economic Development: The Technopolis Columns

294 Pages·2006·1.747 MB·English

by  Fred Phillips (auth.)

Social Culture and High-Tech
Economic Development
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Social Culture and
High-Tech Economic
Development
The Technopolis Columns
Fred Phillips
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Phillips,Fred,1952–
Social culture and high-tech economic development :the technopolis
columns / Fred Phillips.
p.cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-349-54794-4
1.High technology industries—Social aspects.2.Industrial
location—Social aspects.3.Economic development.4.Regional planning.
I.Title.
HC79.H53P55 2006
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For Hyonsook
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Contents
List of Tables x
List of Figures xi
List of Abbreviations xii
Acknowledgements xv
Preface xviii
List of Contributors xx
Introduction: Technology-Based Economic
Development and the Initiatives that Advance it 1
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Part I Austin
1 Toward a Modern Economics 15
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2 Memoir on the History of the Austin
Software Council 18
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3 The Austin Experience: Behind the Success Factors 22
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4 Toward an Intellectual Foundation for
“Shared Prosperity” 28
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5 The Business School in a Time of Transition 49
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6 Anointing “a City of Light and Wisdom” 61
David Gibson
7 Advantage Austin II 64
George Kozmetsky and Patricia A. Hayes
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viii Contents
Part II Portland
8 Portland Looks at International Benchmarks 69
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9 The Power of Combination: Three Unpopular Truths
about Civic Entrepreneurship 75
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10 Gaining on Us and Closing Fast 80
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11 Sometimes, Montana 84
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12 Lack of Investment Puts Portland Behind 87
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13 Twelve Hurdles to Starting an Executive
MOT Program: How and Why to Overcome Them 91
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14 Do We Know How to Play This Game? Some
Thoughts on Regional Leadership 105
Ralph R. Shaw
15 Bring Back Oregon’s Common Sense of Purpose 118
Chet Orloff
16 Please, Portland, Don’t Pearlize Joe’s Garage 120
Pierre Ouellette
Part III And Beyond
17 Sustaining a Technopolis Initiative 125
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18 WTO vs. WTA? Exploring the World Trade Organization’s
Impact on Technopolis 152
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19 Why Do Universities Transfer Technology? 157
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20 Universities and Incubators 163
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21 Does Place Matter? Quality of Life and Wandering Alumni 186
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Contents ix
22 Short Takes 190
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23 Technology Is the Engine of a New Russian Revolution 203
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24 Conclusion 205
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Appendix 218
Works Cited 247
Bibliography 258
Index 265