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Accelerating Technology-based Economic Growth and Entrepreneurship in Greater Moncton Part B, Full Data Presentation
(2007-04) IC² Institute, The University of Texas at Austin
Report prepared for the Moncton Technology Planning Group, Moncton, NB, Canada. It emphasizes the importance of having common visions and action plans to mobilize key local partnerships.
Accelerating Technology-based Economic Growth and Entrepreneurship in Greater Moncton: Part A, Executive Summary
(IC² Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 2007-01) IC² Institute, The University of Texas at Austin
Report prepared for the Moncton Technology Planning Group, Moncton, NB, Canada. It emphasizes the importance of having common visions and action plans to mobilize key local partnerships.
Accelerating Technology-Based Growth and Entrepreneurship in the Greater Waco Region
(IC² Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 2002) IC² Institute, The University of Texas at Austin
Study prepared for the Greater Waco Technology Planning Group to assist in visioning a new economic future for Waco. The Executive Summary, which is prepared as a stand-alone document, is included in the main report along with a section of supporting documents.
Assets and Challenges for Accelerated Technology-Based Growth in Hidalgo County: A Knowledge-Based Benchmarking
(University of Texas Pan-American, 2001-10-31) Brazier, Gerald D.; Gibson, David V.
Assessment of assets and challenges to the development of a knowledge-based economy in Hidalgo County, Texas, driven by technology industries, second-generation manufacturing, and value-added support services. Includes data on demographics, economy, education, infrastructure, and business activity, as well as a survey of local business leaders on factors affecting economic development.
Austin Sui Generis?: The Strength and Resilience of the High-Tech Complex
(Bureau of Business Research, The University of Texas at Austin, 1998-02) Oden, Michael D.
Since the late 1980s, the growth of the Austin regional economy has outpaced that of other medium-sized high-tech centers. Austin’s economic expansion was based on four private sector growth drivers: computer and office equipment, electronic and electrical equipment, software, and research and engineering services. Each sector showed rapid employment growth, a strong regional export posture, and robust growth in the number of establishments. However, despite this impressive performance, questions linger about the stability and dynamism of this high-tech complex.
The Austin/San Antonio Corridor: The Dynamics of a Developing Technopolis
(IC² Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 1987-03) Smilor, Raymond W.; Kozmetsky, George; Gibson, David V.
Examination of the factors contributing to the development of the Austin/San Antonio corridor as a high-technology center in the years 1945-1986. The paper uses a conceptual framework called the Technopolis Wheel, which identifies seven segments as fundamental in regional high-tech growth: university, large and small technology companies, state-local-and federal government, and support groups (e.g. chambers of commerce). The major contribution of the paper is its emphasis on using multiple data sources to measure the relative importance of these segments. It concludes with case studies of Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) in Austin and the biotechnology sector in San Antonio.
Benchmarking Technology-Based Entrepreneurship in the Charleston Region
(IC² Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 1996-08) Gibson, David V.; Jarrett, James E.; Chesser, Michele; Graham, Mary; Warren, Jacquelyn; Hefner, Frank L.; Brown, Lloyd
A study of resources and opportunities for technology-based economic development in Charleston, South Carolina. The study draws on interviews and a survey of managers of technology-intensive enterprises and public-sector institutions in the Charleston area conducted in June 1996.
The Boom in High-Tech Business Services: A New Impetus to Economic Development in Texas
(Bureau of Business Research, The University of Texas at Austin, 1998-08) Hansen, Niles M.
Business services, also called producer services, are intermediate activities that provide inputs for the production of goods or other services, rather than directly serving final consumers. They enhance efficiency and add value at various stages of production processes, both upstream (e.g., research) and downstream (e.g., marketing) of actual physical production. Business service inputs may be either undertaken within firms or purchased from firms that specialize in the relevant activities.
Building Indigenous Companies: Private/Public Infrastructures for Economic Growth and Diversification
(IC² Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 1986-05) Kozmetsky, George; Smilor, Raymond W.
This monograph brings together selected articles and IC2 Institute research on the topic of regional economic development through the growth of locally founded (or "indigenous") companies, in contrast to development relying primarily on industrial relocation. It provides a framework for understanding and implementing new approaches to economic growth and diversification at the community and regional levels. Talent, technology, capital and know-how are all required to build successful ventures. There must also be institutional foundations that support the entrepreneurial process through innovative infrastructures. These infrastructures include educational institutions, public and private sector entities, financial institutions and business networks. In addition, newer institutional relationships are necessary to link effectively business, government and academia.
Burying the Axe & Fording the River: A Tale of Regional Economic Cooperation
(Bureau of Business Research, The University of Texas at Austin, 2007-02) Poole, Kenneth E.
Economic development in Oklahoma and Texas has often involved one state's efforts to snatch companies from the other. When competing against one another, the Oklahoma-Texas rivalry could sometimes become blood sport. However, leaders from both sides of the Red River realized the advantages that comes with economic cooperation. So they resolved to ford the river and begin an unlikely collaboration between a relatively rural area of north Texas and southern Oklahoma - an area known as "Texoma" after the large lake in the center of the region.
Cameron County/Matamoros at the Crossroads: Assets and Challenges for Accelerated Regional and Binational Development
(IC² Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 2003) Gibson, David V.; Rhi-Perez, Pablo; Cotrofeld, Margaret; De Los Reyes, Oralia; Gipson, Mark
Study of assets and challenges for knowledge-based economic development in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Includes demographic, economic, and education data for the region, as well as results of a survey of government and business leaders concerning economic development strategy.
Case Studies of Multimodal/Intermodal Transportation Planning Methods, Funding Programs, and Projects, PRP 132
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 1999) Boske, Leigh B.
The Certified Capital Companies Economic Development Innovation: Missouri's Experience to Date
(2000-02) Jarrett, James E.
This report evaluates the Certified Capital Companies Economic Development Program (CAPCO), an innovative state government program for financing emerging companies in the State of Missouri. Certified capital company programs provide a state tax credit to insurance companies for providing venture capital to start-up and early stage businesses via intermediary firms.
Cities in Transition: The Case of Houston
(Bureau of Business Research, The University of Texas at Austin, 1999-02) Klineberg, Stephen L.
The end of the 20th century finds major U.S. cities in the midst of significant change, precipitated by important economic and demographic trends. first, the foundations of the U.S. economy have definitively shifted away from the blue collar “resource economy” of the Industrial Age into the more problematic “knowledge economy” of the Information Age. Second, a fundamental change has occurred in the ethnic composition of the U.S. population, from a European amalgam into a “universal nation.” This article explores the way the citizens of Houston are experiencing and responding to these remarkable changes.
Competing for Capital: The Diffusion of Bilateral Investment Treaties, 1960-2000
(International Organization, 2006-10) Elkins, Zachary; Guzman, Andrew; Simmons, Beth A.
Over the past forty-five years, bilateral investment treaties (BITs) have become the most important international legal mechanism for the encouragement and governance of foreign direct investment. The proliferation of BITs during the past two decades in particular has been phenomenal. These intergovernmental treaties typically grant extensive rights to foreign investors, including protection of contractual rights and the right to international arbitration in the event of an investment dispute. How can we explain the widespread adoption of BITs? We argue that the spread of BITs is driven by international competition among potential host countries—typically developing countries—for foreign direct investment. We propose a set of hypotheses that derive from such an explanation and develop a set of empirical tests that rely on network measures of economic competition as well as more indirect evidence of competitive pressures on the host to sign BITs. The evidence suggests that potential hosts are more likely to sign BITs when their competitors have done so. We find some evidence that coercion and learning play a role, but less support for cultural explanations based on emulation. Our main finding is that the diffusion of BITs is associated with competitive economic pressures among developing countries to capture a share of foreign investment. We are agnostic at this point about the benefits of this competition for development.
Connecting the Dots: Expanding Economic Opportunity in Texas Through Public-Private Partnerships
(Bureau of Business Research, The University of Texas at Austin, 2010-12) Baylor, Don; Rosen, Laura; Helmcamp, Leslie
More than ever, innovative and hard-working Texans need efficient and effective systems that promote economic mobility and opportunity. Currently, Texas faces two major public policy challenges. The first is that many Texans are outside the financial mainstream with subpar credit scores, low-wage income, and limited avenues for economic mobility. The second challenge is that many Texas students are academically prepared, yet lack financial preparation for college. In order to address these two issues, Texas needs a statewide collaborative platform to increase financial stability.
County Agent Model for Entrepreneurship: An Economic Development Vision for Texas
(IC² Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 2002) Butler, John Sibley
In Texas, the entrepreneurial spirit of our people is our most renewable resource. We believe that innovations from Texas entrepreneurs will drive our State’s economic growth in the 21 st century. When it comes to planning for our economic future, we see a choice – continue relying on the serendipitous good fortune that there will be another Michael Dell in our future, or begin aiding our own entrepreneurs with a systematic and intentional focus on their issues. To achieve a better future for Texas, we envision the implementation of a County Agent Model for Entrepreneurship – an entrepreneurship support system analogous to the county agent system that helped build our agricultural economy in the 20 th century.
Eco-economics in Texas: Competitive Adaptation for the Next Industry Revolution
(Bureau of Business Research, The University of Texas at Austin, 2008-10) Motloch, John; Armistead, J. David; Lebkowsky, Jon
The global economy within which Texas' businesses operate is shifting rapidly from a context of resource abundance to a context of resource constrain, leading to growth that is sought through continuous and accelerating resource performance improvements. This global shift unleashes a massive global demand for eco-economic activity and innovation, a trend that affects all fundamental resources, including energy, water and food. Global businesses have already begun to adapt to this shift and the speed at which Texas businesses can meet this eco-economic demand could well determine their ability to remain competitive in global markets over the coming decades.
Economic development in rural Texas: A study of heritage, assets, barriers and stakeholders in six rural communities
(2022) Spinuzzi, Clay
In summer 2021, I led a team of six graduate research assistants in a project to better understand economic development in small-town Texas. We asked these research questions: ● How do community leaders understand their community heritage as constraining or enabling development? ● Where do community leaders and members see potential for change and growth in community development? Where do they see barriers, threats, and hard choices? ● How do community leaders describe the relations among community development stakeholders? How do they describe expectations and trust among them on interpersonal, inter-group, and inter-organizational levels? To conduct the research, we selected six communities, which were paired to help us generate comparisons. For most communities, we had “grids,” or brief summaries of interviews that undergraduate students had conducted in summer 2020; these grids gave us a starting point for our more formal interviews as well as an idea of what concerns community leaders had expressed. Based on grids and a review of basic statistics for these communities, we selected three paired sets of communities.
Economic Growth and Linkage with Silicon Valley: The Cases of Austin and Boston
(Bureau of Business Research, The University of Texas at Austin, 2004-12) Ayala, Sofía G.; Echeverri-Carroll, Elsie L.
What creates growth in a local economy? Answers to this question have varied markedly over the last forty years. In the 1980s, the revolutionary concept that knowledge, rather than labor and physical capital, was the prime engine of economic growth. This idea prompted policy makers and analysts to associate local economic development with the exchange of ideas among educated workers living in a city. A study was conducted that supported the suggestion that local firms operating in cities with a large pool of scientists and engineers can innovate more readily, secure more patents, and therefore enjoy more rapid rates of technical progress and productivity growth. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Silicon Valley in California and Route 128 in Massachusetts. Part of Austin's success as an innovation center is due to its ability to capture a large share of the flow of ideas and knowledge emerging from Silicon Valley.