I'm looking for a specific region (province, state, country etc.) that
has been successful in developing their Innovation and Technology
Sector, please provide web-links to information that documents the
major elements (policies, gov't actions etc.) that led to this success.

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Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 22 Jun 2005 08:43 PDT

Hi!

a. How many case studies would you require for a good answer?

b. When you say Innovation and Technology sector, would broadband
technolgy be a good example?

Thanks!

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Clarification of Question by netgoin-ga on 22 Jun 2005 18:58 PDT

Hi,

3 case studies would be fine...

boradband would be somewhat too specific... I'm more interested in a
broader definition... maybe like the regoinal activity such as we see
in Ottawa, and some places like Finland.

Hope that helps!

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Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 22 Jun 2005 19:05 PDT

Hi again!

Can you give me a specific example so that I can have a proper
perspective of the required studies?

Thanks!

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Clarification of Question by netgoin-ga on 22 Jun 2005 20:14 PDT

Hi,

Maybe Austin, Texas - Hi-Tech Cluster or Ireland's development of its
hi tech business sector.

Thanks

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Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 22 Jun 2005 20:59 PDT

Hi!

Would a study like this qualify for your needs:

"South Korea has the highest penetration of broadband in the world.
More than 60% of Korean households (9.2 million) were connected to a
Broadband service as of June 2002 and most industry commentators
expect the market for the current generation of broadband services
(between 2 and 8 Mbps) to reach the saturation point by the second
quarter of 2003. In its Internet White Paper, published in May 2002,
the Korean Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) set a new
broadband objective for the provision of 20Mbps to the home by 2005."

"INVESTIGATING BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT IN SOUTH KOREA"
http://www.broadbanduk.org/reports/SKorea_report.pdf

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Clarification of Question by netgoin-ga on 23 Jun 2005 06:40 PDT

Hi,

Yes... That's an example! :)  I'd really love a couple of others that
show more than one type of activity.  For example, where broadband was
introduced to a region, and that, plus some gov't activity, spawned
some secondary developemnt in other technologies such as software
development, communications, bio-tech etc.

Thanks for the work you've put in so far!

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 23 Jun 2005 07:01 PDT

netgoin-ga,

Before Tom Ridge was tapped to be the first director of the Dept of
Homeland Security, he had a reputation as one of the most high-tech
friendly Governors in the nation.  Pennsylvania was regarded as one of
the best high-tech growth states in the nation.  You can see some of
the background on this in this article from 2000, here:


http://www.siteselection.com/features/2000/july/pa/


If this is the sort of thing you're looking for, I can certainly
provide more information on Pennsylvania's successes in this area.


Let me know.


pafalafa-ga

Hi! Thanks for the question.

Here are the examples I was able to find:


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1. South Korea

"South Korea has the highest penetration of broadband in the world.
More than 60% of Korean households (9.2 million) were connected to a
Broadband service as of June 2002 and most industry commentators
expect the market for the current generation of broadband services
(between 2 and 8 Mbps) to reach the saturation point by the second
quarter of 2003. In its Internet White Paper, published in May 2002,
the Korean Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) set a new
broadband objective for the provision of 20Mbps to the home by 2005."

"INVESTIGATING BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT IN SOUTH KOREA"
http://www.broadbanduk.org/reports/SKorea_report.pdf


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2. India

?Since the onset of globalization in India during the early 1990s,
successive Indian governments have pursued programs of economic reform
committed to liberalization and privatization. Till 1994, the Indian
telecom sector was under direct governmental control and the state
owned units enjoyed a monopoly in the market. In 1994, the government
announced a policy under which the sector was liberalized and private
participation was encouraged. The New Telecom Policy of 1999 brought
in further changes with the introduction of IP telephony and ended the
state monopoly on international calling facilities. This brought about
a drastic reduction and this heralded the golden era for the ITES/BPO
industry and ushered in a slew of inbound/outbound call centres and
data processing centres. Although the IT industry in India has existed
since the early 1980s, it was the early and mid 1990s that saw the
emergence of outsourcing. One of the first outsourced services was
medical transcription, but outsourcing of business processes like data
processing, billing, and customer support began towards the end of the
1990s??

?The Outsourcing History of India?
http://www.outsource2india.com/why_india/articles/outsourcing_history.asp 


?The Indian central government has singularly targeted the information
technology sector as a strategic source for national growth. The Prime
Minister publicly has vowed to make India one of the largest
generators and exporters of software in the world ñ within ten years.
The government projects software export revenue to grow to $9.5
billion in 2001-02 from $1.75 in 1997-98. This implies nearly 50% CAGR
during the forecast period, suggesting the relative importance the
government places on stimulating Indian IT production.?

?INDIA- AN OUTSOURCERS HEAVEN?
http://www.cyberwebglobal.com/outsourcing/india_an_outsourcers_heaven.htm 


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3. Minneapolis: Ranked No.1 in Popular Science in a list of High-Tech Cities

?Indeed, some of the city?s most prominent advances are in life
sciences and medicine. The formerly run-down Philips neighborhood,
whose high crime rate had helped get the city dubbed ?Murderapolis?
during the crack epidemic of the 1990s, is being recast as a center of
medical research and innovation. The neighborhood was cleaned up with
a program of computerized crime-fighting. The location and type of
every crime was statistically analyzed, with trouble spots identified
and targeted for police attention. Today local residents are given
training and employment opportunities in the new medical facilities.
?The paradigm in the 1980s and ?90s was the Edge City,? Rybak
says??the faceless office parks built far out in the suburbs. That was
overbuilt and unsustainable. We?re trying to pull it back, recognize
the value in density, in a dynamic urban setting. Everything we need
is right here.? As he sees it, returning to a compact core, with
research labs, hospitals and universities in close proximity, provides
fertile ground for high-tech innovation.?

?In a 1.5-mile corridor stretching from downtown, there are 19 medical
institutions, 61 research and clinical labs, and 2,300 physicians. A
government-funded small-business ?incubator? promotes medical
technology start-ups, uniting inventors and venture capital, while
hospitals provide patients for clinical trials, and huge companies
like Medtronic provide R&D. Minnesota has more than 500 med-tech
companies, many of which are small and prize independent thinking.?

?Top Tech City: Minneapolis, MN?
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/print/0,21553,1027220,00.html


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4. Victoria (Australia and Biotechnology:

?Victoria is the hub of national biomedical research with the largest
concentration of research institutes, and the highest spending on
medical and health R&D. Melbourne, Victoria's capital, is
internationally recognised as a centre of excellence in medical
research. Melbourne is home to 22 non-profit medical research
institutes, seven major teaching hospitals and nine universities.
Exciting projects like the new $A400 million biomedical and research
precinct - Bio21 - build on Victoria's strong and competitive research
base.?

?Snapshot of Victoria - leading in biotechnology?
http://www.biotechnology.vic.gov.au/info/snapshot.asp 


?The State Government supports the development and commercialisation
of biotechnology research as part of its drive to establish Victoria
as one of the leaders in the new global 'knowledge economy'. In May
1999, the Government announced a five-year, $A310 million commitment
to science, technology and innovation aimed at renewing and extending
technology skills and infrastructure. Over the five years to 2004/5
the Government has committed over $A320 million to biotechnology to
underpin this important sector.?

?Victoria ? The Centre of Biotechnology Business in Australia?
http://www.biotechnology.vic.gov.au/introduction.asp


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5. Florida: Low Emission Power

?Recent tests with one of the nation's mid-to high-sulfur coals have
further verified that a new electric generation technology in its
first large-scale utility demonstration here is one of the world's
cleanest coal-based power plants.?

?This city's municipal utility JEA logged the achievement at its
Northside Generating Station using Illinois No. 6 coal in a 300
megawatt demonstration of circulating fluidized bed (CFB) combustion,
which is the largest application yet of the new form in the United
States. It almost triples the size of a previous demonstration and
scales up the technology to the sizes preferred for adding new plants
and replacing old ones, also called repowering.?

?Florida demo tapes high sulfur coal: delivers power at very low emissions?
http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/news/6671.html 


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6. High-Point Greensboro NC

?The city of High Point is pleased to offer its electric system
customers a new, free service - the Energy Depot.?

?Energy Depot is a new set of online tools and resources that help
customers better understand and manage energy use and costs.?

?HIGH POINT OFFERS FREE ONLINE ENERGY AUDITS?
http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/news/7090.html 


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7. Chicago 311 Services:

 ?Chicago 311 is designed with even loftier aims in mind: to solve
neighborhood problems, keep city services flowing efficiently and
bring city officials more current and complete information about how
well services are being delivered?and what it costs to deliver those
services.?

?Keeping Citizens in the Loop?
http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/cache/documents/6750.pdf 


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I hope these links would be helpful to your research. Before rating
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Regards,                              
Easterangel-ga                              
Google Answers Researcher

Thanks for all your work,  it was the key to helping me locate the
information that I was struggling to get a grip on.  I finally focused
my research on Finland, but this wouldn't have come about without your
links to India.

Thank you for your kind words as well.

You might also want to consider investingating some of the
Angel/Venture Capital Groups in the Northeast, many of which have some
government money affiliated with them.  Some good groups to try are
Innovation Philadelphia and NJTC (New Jersey Tech Council).  Both
groups do invest in technology and are intended to increase local &
state innovation.

In addition, if you haven't gone to the Kauffman Foundation website, I
would recommend looking there as well for possible case studies.  The
Kauffman Foundation focuses on Entrepreneurship and might well have
some useful leads.

Finally, you might want to take a look at some of our partners on the
www.fundingpost.com website.  I fear that there are other state
affiliated investor groups I am missing that might be useful resources
for you.

I hope this helps.