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Item 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.Item 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.Item Comparative High-Technology Industrial Growth: Texas, California, Massachusetts, and North Carolina(Bureau of Business Research, The University of Texas at Austin, 1986) Campbell, John P.To better understand the development of high technology industry in Texas, this monograph compares the high-technology industrial composition of Texas with that of California, Massachusetts, and North Carolina. Chapters examine interstate differences in high-technology industrial development by comparing (1) recent shifts in high-technology industry mix, (2) size distribution of firms, and (3) measures of locational specialization of labor, such as the ratio of production workers to scientists and engineers, levels of employee education, income distribution, and the comparative influence of education and work experience on earnings.Item Rethinking High Tech in Texas: Policy Challenges(Bureau of Business Research, The University of Texas at Austin, 1998-08) Echeverri-Carroll, Elsie L.Defining “high technology” is not easy. However, one component of defining it has been widely accepted: a high percentage of both R&D expenditures and engineers and scientists. The assumption here is that high-tech industries, because of their innovative nature, spend more on R&D and employ more skilled workers than other industries on average. This article analyzes the effect high technology has in metropolitan areas and the policy issues that surrounds high-tech industries.Item Two Views of Venture Capital: The Investor(Bureau of Business Research, The University of Texas at Austin, 1999-04) Tims, StanThe venture capital business is changing, again. Coincident with the rapid evolution of technology and industry, the venture capital business has in its short history, reinvented itself and its image. The number of services has increased and grown more varied. a glimpse into the brief life of the venture industry reveals a business growing in sophistication and suggests the directions of its future.Item The Vise: Occupational Restructuring and Earnings Inequality in High-Tech Manufacturing(Bureau of Business Research, The University of Texas at Austin, 2000-04) Luker, Bill Jr.High-tech industries are our most strategically important source of new products and processes. These industries generate much, if not most, of the competitive advantages that U.S.-made goods and services enjoy in domestic and international markets. Consequently, news about anything high tech consistently commands the attention of the general public. The latest high-tech story, however, is less about gadgetry and much more about the effects of accelerating technological change on the working lives of those employed in high-tech industries.Item Why Are Small High-Technology Firms in Texas Not Competing?(Bureau of Business Research, The University of Texas at Austin, 1997-12) Echeverri-Carroll, Elsie L.High-technology firms compete globally by bringing products to market quickly and efficiently. In a recent sample of high-technology companies in Texas, 84% reported the introduction of a new process or product during 1994-96. However, only 33% introduced new products and processes faster than their competitors. A key question for policymakers then is: why are most small high-technology firms in Texas not competing in this dimension? During 1996-97, the Bureau of Business Research (BBR) and IC2 Institute at the University of Texas at Austin addressed this question in a study of 1,772 Texas high technology firms.