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The report card is a first look at the state’s performance across twenty science and technology related indicators. The 20 indicators used in the Report Card are divided among four categories characterizing the state: financial capacity, human capacity, infra-structure capacity, and innovation.

The report compares the technology assets and performance of 24 urban areas across the U.S. using 17 indicators, then makes recommendations for strengthening Cincinnatis technology base.

Using a series of applied econometric approaches, the Milken Institute examined the role of high technology industries in explaining the relative economic growth of metropolitan areas. They found that high-tech activity (measured by movements in the relative metro real high-tech output index and the 1990 location quotient in high-technology activity) can explain 65 percent of the growth differential between metros in the 1990s.

The Vision 2030 Project was designed to educate and challenge leaders and citizens across North Carolina to begin building the science and technology-based platforms needed to support North Carolina’s economy in the twenty-first century. This report outlines the plan.

The action plan is a challenge to create a new and better Louisiana and a guide to economic renewal and diversification. The first annual report contains three strategic goals for economic development including education, economy, and quality of life.

The Progressive Policy Institute report ranks the states according to 17 economic indicators and outlines a progressive, innovation-oriented public policy framework designed to foster success in the New Economy.

The report from the New Economy Task Force argues the need for a new consensus around a new framework for government and public policy in response to the New Economy. The report also calls for a set of guiding principles for rethinking the role of government in the information age.

The study looks at data from 92 metropolitan regions to determine where job growth is happening and reveals which cities are losing their share of metropolitan area jobs, and which cities are outpacing their suburbs in job growth. Declining crime statistics, falling unemployment rates, balanced municipal budgets, and a resurgence in downtown living have cities across the country claiming that they are in the midst of a renaissance.

The report outlines major findings concerning the impact of the Ohio Thomas Edison Program. Results include participating firms realized cost savings of $296.9 million and increased sales of $708.6 million during the 1994-1998 periods. Jobs created and retained during this period equaled 3,346. Other total impacts on the state of Ohio economy are included as well.

The Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation developed the plan for Kentucky in 1999. The report provides ten recommendations in the strategic areas of enterprise development and manufacturing.