Social Culture and High-Tech Economic Development: The Technopolis Columns

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Introduction: Technology-Based Economic Development and the Initiatives that Advance it....Pages 1-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Toward a Modern Economics....Pages 15-17
Memoir on the History of the Austin Software Council....Pages 18-21
The Austin Experience: Behind the Success Factors....Pages 22-27
Toward an Intellectual Foundation for “Shared Prosperity”....Pages 28-48
The Business School in a Time of Transition....Pages 49-60
Anointing a “City of Light and Wisdom”....Pages 61-63
Advantage Austin II....Pages 64-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Portland Looks at International Benchmarks....Pages 69-74
The Power of Combination: Three Unpopular Truths about Civic Entrepreneurship....Pages 75-79
Gaining on Us and Closing Fast....Pages 80-83
Sometimes, Montana....Pages 84-86
Lack of Investment Puts Portland Behind....Pages 87-90
Twelve Hurdles to Starting an Executive MOT Program: How and Why to Overcome Them....Pages 91-104
Do We Know How to Play This Game? Some Thoughts on Regional Leadership....Pages 105-117
Bring Back Oregon’s Common Sense of Purpose....Pages 118-119
Please, Portland, Don’t Pearlize Joe’s Garage....Pages 120-121
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Sustaining a Technopolis Initiative....Pages 125-151
WTO vs. WTA? Exploring the World Trade Organization’s Impact on Technopolis....Pages 152-156
Why Do Universities Transfer Technology?....Pages 157-162
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Universities and Incubators....Pages 163-185
Does Place Matter? Quality of Life and Wandering Alumni....Pages 186-189
Short Takes....Pages 190-202
Technology Is the Engine of a New Russian Revolution....Pages 203-204
Conclusion....Pages 205-217
Back Matter....Pages 218-276