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Item 2004 Texas Water Quality Inventory(Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 2004) Texas Commission on Environmental QualityItem Are We Killing the Rain? Meditations on the Water Cycle and, More Particularly, on Bioprecipitation(2012-01-01) Cohen, JamesItem An Assessment of the Adult Entertainment Industry in Texas(Bureau of Business Research, The University of Texas at Austin, 2009-03) Kellison, J. Bruce; Busch-Armendariz, Noël; Jarrett, James E.This project, a collaboration between the Bureau of Business Research (BBR) and the Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (IDVSA) at The University of Texas at Austin, assesses the socio-economic impact of Texas’ sexually oriented business industry on the Texas economy, analyzes the impact on Texas’ economy of the Adult Entertainment Fee (AEF) imposed by the Legislature in House Bill 1751, and provides recommendations for further regulating the sexually oriented business industry in Texas. Two files are available for download: an executive summary and the full report.Item Beyond the Digital Economy: A Perspective on Innovation for the Learning Society(2000) Conceição, Pedro; Gibson, David V.; Heitor, Manuel V.; Sirilli, GiorgioIn view of the current socio-economic context, in which innovation is a key driving force for the sustainable development, which challenges are facing education and research to enhance and nurture innovation and better contribute to help developing and exploiting engineering, science and technology? This broad question has motivated the work behind the present work, which reviews the strongest themes of the 3rd International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation (ICTPI), which was held in Austin, Texas, in August of 1999.Item Building and Creating the Future of the South: Breakthrough Partnerships for the 21st Century(IC² Institute, 1997-06-23) Kozmetsky, GeorgeIn a presentation to the Southern Growth Policy Board’s 1997 Conference on the Future of the South, argues that partnership, including Public Private Partnerships, for the 21st century needs to be about winning combinations. Describes the change in resources that generate, prosperity, jobs and meaningful futures from natural endowments and geographic location to advanced technologies based on knowledge-based investments, highly skilled personnel and abundant financial assets. Describes breakthrough partnering between the public and private sector as the key to developing technology that will generate wealth, prosperity and newer, higher paying jobs in the future. Describes four freedoms necessary to achieve breakthrough partnering: exchange of ideas, access, trade and enterprise. Argues that bold, innovative leadership is required to reshape and restructure institutions to fit the new economy.Item Characteristics of Technology Transfer in Business Ventures: The Case of Daejeon, Korea(2003) Sung, Tae Kyung; Gibson, David V.; Kang, Byung-SuThis article explores the characteristics of venture business and entrepreneurs in Korea to (1) identify technology transfer activities, (2) analyze the differences between technology transfer in linear and nonlinear venture businesses, and (3) guide more effective venture business policy and strategy. This empirical assessment reveals that entrepreneurs have insightful evaluations about their resources and capacities as well as expectations with regard to functions and features of science parks and incubators. Respondents from "linear model"-based start-ups tend to be older and have higher education, employ more basic research and development (R&D) and have more R&D-oriented careers, and have more varied work experience than "nonlinear"-based start-ups. The functions and features of science parks and incubators were generally not considered a critical influence on start-ups nor on the growth of venture businesses. Accordingly, alternative venture-nurturing strategies are discussed as being key to accelerate venture businesses growth.Item Choosing and Implementing Optimal Immigration Policies with Korok Ray(Salem Center, 2021-11-11) Ray, KorokItem Climate Change, Federalism, and Promoting Technological Change(2010-01-01) Adelman, David E.Item Counterterrorism and Humanitarian Policy in al-Hol Refugee Camp in Syria(2023) Adair, Bianca; Ham, TaylorThis Policy Research Project evolved as a result of a Spring 2022 course on US Foreign Policy in the Middle East, which sought to explore national security challenges in the region, including the issue of the al-Hol Syrian refugee camp. As concerns with the al-Hol camp evolved, a group of 22 graduate students enrolled in the year-long Policy Research Project to work on solving the issue. First, through academic research that culminated in five literature reviews, students analyzed repatriation, radicalization, deradicalization, forced migration, and ISIL propaganda. By breaking down the issue into pieces that took humanitarianism and security into account, students approached the issue through multidisciplinary perspectives.Item COVID, Tech and Local Government(New America, 2020-09-30) America, NewItem Current and Previous Chief Economists of the SEC on research needed to fill policy gaps(Salem Center, 2020-09-22) Kothari, SP; Sirri, Erik; Spatt, Chester; Lewis, GregItem Defensive Women: Women's Influence on Defense Policy in The United States Congress(2014) Guerrero, Taylor MarieItem The Developing Economist, Volume 4(University of Texas at Austin, 2017) Shorewala, Sanchit; Schweitzer, Justin; Daughtery, ForrestItem The Developing Economist, Volume 6(University of Texas at Austin, 2019) Braasch, Cara; Raghunathan, Preeta; Emblom, Allyson; Bowen, TannerItem Does Texas Value Reliable Energy? Texas Energy Policy with Alex Epstein(Salem Center, 2021-03-10) Epstein, AlexItem Downtown Austin Plan(Gateway Planning, 2010) City of AustinItem Draft Final Report(City of Austin, 2008) Waterfront Overlay Task ForceEXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Colorado River corridor from Tom Miller Dam, through Lady Bird Lake and then eastward beyond Longhorn Dam is undoubtedly the most significant community asset in central Austin. This incredibly beautiful stretch of river provides a wide range of benefits to our city including fantastic scenic vistas, wonderful urban recreational opportunities, and serene open spaces that gives our center city a unique character among Texas cities. In addition to providing our drinking water, the river and lake are a major economic asset drawing folks to Austin both to work and play downtown. It is also a fragile beauty that can quickly be overwhelmed if development along its shores is not carefully planned and regulated to provide a balance between accommodating growth in the urban core and preserving the character of the river corridor and the lakefront. Development along the banks of the lake in the 1970’s and early 1980’s drew attention to the need to establish a clear vision of what the community wanted along the lakefront. The 1985 Town Lake Corridor Study and the 1986 Waterfront Overlay ordinance gave the task force the necessary planning guidelines and land development tools to assess what would constitute harmonious development along the lakefront preserving the unique quality of this river corridor. While the original Waterfront Overlay ordinance was largely successful, recent development pressure along the shoreline of Lady Bird Lake has brought into question whether the current Waterfront Overlay ordinance is adequate to protect and enhance the lakefront, especially since the 1986 ordinance underwent a code rewrite in 1999 that made some significant changes. In response to this concern, the City Council charged the Waterfront Overlay Taskforce with reviewing the current situation. The essential finding from the Taskforce’s eight month review is that the current code has been significantly weakened by the changes in the ordinance that have been adopted since 1986 and in particular the 1999 recodification of the ordinance has removed significant protections and incentives to promote community benefits and enhancement of the waterfrontItem The Economic and Workforce Impacts of Hurricane Katrina, Demographic and Related Changes on NASA's Space Shuttle Program(IC² Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 2007-03-30) King, Christopher T.; Kellison, J. Bruce; Smith, Tara; Evans, Eliza; Anderson, MaryAnn; Merjanian, Ara; Hadley, Bryan; Stackhouse, AndrewTwo reports on the economic and workforce effects of Hurricane Katrina, aging workforce and related factors on NASA's Space Shuttle Program efforts along the Gulf Coast. The research was conducted by a joint team from the Ray Marshall Center and the IC² Institute and is based on field interviews, focus groups and surveys. The reports conclude with a series of recommendations for NASA, its contractors and others.Item The Economic Superorganism: Beyond the Competing Narratives on Energy, Growth, and Policy(Salem Center, 2021-04-05) King, CareyItem Elections have Consequences(Salem Center, 2021-11-19) Salem Center for Policy