Building the Illinois Innovation Economy : summary of a symposium /

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2013]
©2013
Description:1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11208419
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Other authors / contributors:Wessner, Charles E., rapporteur.
National Research Council (U.S.), sponsoring body.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), advisor.
National Academy of Engineering, advisor.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.), advisor.
ISBN:9780309278706
0309278708
9780309278690
0309278694
9780309278720
0309278724
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-208).
Online resource; title from resurce home page (National Academies Press, view October 17, 2013).
Summary:The symposium convened state officials and staff, business leaders, and leading national figures in early-stage finance, technology, engineering, education, and state and federal policies to review challenges, plans, and opportunities for innovation-led growth in Illinois. These symposium participants assessed Illinois' academic, industrial, and human resources, identified key policy issues, and engaged in a discussion of how the state might leverage regional development organizations, state initiatives, and national programs focused on manufacturing and innovation to support its economic development goals. The conference focuses on the biotechnology sector as a leading exemplar of an innovation driven industry. The partnerships among academia, industry, and government in biotechnology are illustrative of a wider set of initiatives underway in Illinois to grow the state's innovation ecosystem.
Other form:Print version: Council, National Research. Building the Illinois Innovation Economy : Summary of a Symposium. Washington : National Academies Press, ©1900 9780309278690
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Summary:Responding to the challenges of fostering regional growth and employment in an increasingly competitive global economy, many U.S. states and regions have developed programs to attract and grow companies as well as attract the talent and resources necessary to develop innovation clusters. These state and regionally based initiatives have a broad range of goals and increasingly include significant resources, often with a sector focus and often in partnership with foundations and universities. These are being joined by recent initiatives to coordinate and concentrate investments from a variety of federal agencies that provide significant resources to develop regional centers of innovation, business incubators, and other strategies to encourage entrepreneurship and high-tech development. <br>Building the Illinois Innovation Economy is a study of selected state and regional programs 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. This report reviews selected state and regional efforts to capitalize on federal and state investments in areas of critical national needs. This review 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 improve our understanding of program goals, challenges, and accomplishments. As a part of this review, The Committee on Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives 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. <br>Building the Illinois Innovation Economy summarizes 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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-208).
ISBN:9780309278706
0309278708
9780309278690
0309278694
9780309278720
0309278724