Building the Arkansas innovation economy [electronic resource] : summary of a symposium / Charles W. Wessner, rapporteur ; Committee on Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies.
Building the Arkansas Innovation Economy Symposium (2010 : Little Rock, Arkansas), issuing body.; Wessner, Charles W., contributor.; National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives, issuing body.; National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, issuing body.
2012
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Title Building the Arkansas innovation economy [electronic resource] : summary of a symposium / Charles W. Wessner, rapporteur ; Committee on Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies.
Meeting Name Building the Arkansas Innovation Economy Symposium (2010 : Little Rock, Arkansas), issuing body.
ISBN 0309266432
9780309266437
9780309266444 electronic book
Published Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, [2012]
Copyright ©2012
Language English
Description 1 online resource (186 pages) : illustrations
Call Number T173.8 .B83 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 303.483309767
Summary "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.
Note "... symposium titled Building the Arkansas Innovation Economy"--p. 20.
"A symposium organized by The U.S. National Academy of Sciences and The University of Arkansas Little Rock, March 8-9, 2010, Little, Rock Arkansas"--p. 143.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-170).
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Added Corporate Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives, issuing body.
National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, issuing body.
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DAY 1 Session I: The Global Challenge and the Opportunity for Arkansas
The Innovation Imperative: Global Best Practices
Innovation Infrastructure at the State and Regional Level: Some Success Stories
Innovation and Commericalization Success in Oklahoma
California's Innovation Challenges and Opportunities
Evolution of Innovation in Arkansas
Session II: Cluster Opportunities for Arkansas
Arkansas and the New Energy Economy
Federal-State Synergies
The Wind Energy Industry in Arkansas: An Innovation Ecosystem
DAY 2 Session I: The State of Technology and Innovation in Arkansas
Session II: Cluster Opportunities for Arkansas (continued)
Research in Advanced Power Electronics: Status and Vision
Regional Initiation Clusters (RIC)
Agriculture and Food Processing
Information Technology
Nanotechnology
Session III: Federal and State Programs and Synergies
The Role of the Economic Development Administration
Initiatives of the Manufacturing Extension Program
University-Industry Partnerships
University-Federal Government Partnerships
From University Research to Start-ups: Building Deals for Arkansas
Session IV: Universities and Regional Growth
Arkansas STEM Coalition Activities
State Initiatives for Research Funding and Their Role in Economic Development
Session V: Arkansas R&D Capacity: Universities, Research Labs, and Science Parks
Infrastructure for High-Performance Computing
Research Parks in Arkansas
Understanding the Battelle Study
Appendix A: Agenda
Agenda B: Participants List
Apendix C: Bibliography.

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