Innovation Scores Big in Maryland
When RemeGenix, Inc., a start-up technology company specializing in the development and commercialization of therapies for neurodegenerative diseases,...
Spotlights
California is Turning Green into Gold
Green is fast becoming the new gold in California. When Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32) in 2006, he sign...
From Potato Chips to Microchips: It's Made in Florida
As producers of a wealth of products benefiting people worldwide, Florida manufacturers are a potent economic force and vital to energizing state’s ec...
'State of Minds' Leads in Technology
What does it take to be a technology leader? Creative, innovative people interested in getting technology ideas tothe marketplace. To get – and keep –...
Georgia - Smoothing the Ride to Success
Aviation pioneer Ben Epps flew the first powered airplane in Georgia in 1907. Two years later, Ford Motor Company began building automobiles in the st...
Louisiana - A State of Opportunity
Louisiana’s economic forecast is bright, despite the effects of hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. With more than 200,000 homes destroyed in the G...
Ohio's Manufacturing Heritage
Ohio’s new Governor Ted Strickland is building on the state’s manufacturing heritage to retain and recruit the industries of the future – specifically...
Flying High in Arkansas
Arkansas’ No. 1 export is aircraft and spacecraft. Approximately 10,000 Arkansans work in aerospace occupations such as aircraft parts and components...
Top Canadian Biotech Clusters Focus on Life Sciences and the Agro-biotechnologies
Last year, I prepared an article for Trade & Industry Development that painted a broad-brush picture of Canada’s current position in the biotech secto...
Bioscience and Virginia - A Perfect Match
Space to grow, a pool of talented professionals and a business-friendly, low-cost environment that stimulates growth are necessary ingredients for the...