@article{720826,
      recid = {720826},
      author = {Wessner, Charles W.,},
      title = {Building the Arkansas innovation economy summary of a  symposium / [electronic resource] :. Building the Arkansas  Innovation Economy Symposium},
      pages = {1 online resource (186 pages) :},
      note = {"... symposium titled Building the Arkansas Innovation  Economy"--p. 20.},
      abstract = {"A committee under the auspices of the Board on Science,  Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP), is conducting a  study of selected state and regional programs in order to  identify best practices with regard to their goals,  structures, instruments, modes of operation, synergies  across private and public programs, funding mechanisms and  levels, and evaluation efforts. The committee is reviewing  selected state and regional efforts to capitalize on  federal and state investments in areas of critical national  needs. Building the Arkansas Innovation Economy: Summary of  a Symposium includes both efforts to strengthen existing  industries as well as specific new technology focus areas  such as nanotechnology, stem cells, and energy in order to  better understand program goals, challenges, and  accomplishments. As a part of this review, the committee is  convening a series of public workshops and symposia  involving responsible local, state, and federal officials  and other stakeholders. These meetings and symposia will  enable an exchange of views, information, experience, and  analysis to identify best practice in the range of programs  and incentives adopted. Drawing from discussions at these  symposia, fact-finding meetings, and commissioned analyses  of existing state and regional programs and technology  focus areas, the committee will subsequently produce a  final report with findings and recommendations focused on  lessons, issues, and opportunities for complementary U.S.  policies created by these state and regional initiatives.  Since 1991, the National Research Council, under the  auspices of the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic  Policy, has undertaken a program of activities to improve  policymakers' understandings of the interconnections of  science, technology, and economic policy and their  importance for the American economy and its international  competitive position. The Board's activities have  corresponded with increased policy recognition of the  importance of knowledge and technology to economic growth.  One important element of STEP's analysis concerns the  growth and impact of foreign technology programs.1 U.S.  competitors have launched substantial programs to support  new technologies, small firm development, and consortia  among large and small firms to strengthen national and  regional positions in strategic sectors. Some governments  overseas have chosen to provide public support to  innovation to overcome the market imperfections apparent in  their national innovation systems. They believe that the  rising costs and risks associated with new potentially  high-payoff technologies, and the growing global dispersal  of technical expertise, underscore the need for national  R&D programs to support new and existing high-technology  firms within their borders."--Publisher's description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/720826},
}