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California is Turning Green into Gold

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...

U.S. High-Tech Industry Adds Jobs for Second Year in a Row

U.S. High-Tech Industry Adds Jobs for Second Year in a Row

AeA, the nation’s largest trade association representing all segments of the high-tech industry, recently released its 10th anniversary Cyberstates re...

From Potato Chips to Microchips: It's Made in Florida

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...

Technology Incubators Go Mainstream

Technology Incubators Go Mainstream

If you want to know about technology incubators, or accelerators, there is no shortage of information. You can find densely referenced academic studie...

Economic Development and Site Selection for Data Centers

Economic Development and Site Selection for Data Centers

In the wake of the bursting of the technology bubble in 2001, economic developers focused on high-tech industries attempted to diversify the technolog...

'State of Minds' Leads in Technology

'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 –...

The Dynamic U.S. Automotive Supplier Sector

The Dynamic U.S. Automotive Supplier Sector

The opening decade of the automotive industry’s second century is evaporating any notion that the sector is a mature, smokestack industry.  Private eq...

Flying High in Arkansas

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...

The Future of Automotive Site Location Competitions

The Future of Automotive Site Location Competitions

The U.S. automotive industry is vital to our country’s economic health. There are approximately 7 million people who depend on the industry for employ...

Siting Trends for Tier 1 and Tier 2 Automotive Suppliers

Siting Trends for Tier 1 and Tier 2 Automotive Suppliers

Automotive suppliers represent a significant portion of the manufacturing workforce in many states. In fact, depending on what NAICS codes are include...