Economic Development and the High Technology Industry in Utah: Trends, Implications and Recommendations

This report is divided into four parts. The first is a review of Utah’s position in the high-tech economy. The second details the contribution that Utah’s Research I schools, the University of Utah and Utah State University, have made in developing Utah’s homegrown high-tech firms. The third review’s other states’ efforts to foster their high-tech industries. And the final section recommends steps the state can take to keep Utah competitive in the high-tech, knowledge economy and considers ways to finance those steps.