Here at Fourth Economy, we’re always looking for opportunities to identify and build upon local assets. This often takes the form of bringing together various stakeholders to advance specific technologies and sectors. We’re currently working on building more robust sectors …
Tag Archives: manufacturing
Posted in Blog, Collaboration, Communities, Deep Thoughts, Economic Development, Innovation, Public-Private Partnership
Tagged assets, clusters, communities, economic development, Heike Mayer, innovation, manufacturing, Network, Pittsburgh, regional innovation clusters, Regions, research, Scott Dempwolf, social network analysis, technology, university
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Admittedly it is awkward to boast about the economic recovery that is occurring in much of the Rust Belt. In our own neck of the woods, Akron, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Youngstown have all experienced strong recoveries. According to Brookings Youngstown …
Posted in Blog, Communities, Economic Development, Growth, Reflections & Takeaways, Research & Data
Tagged Akron, Brookings, Cleveland, government, Growth, manufacturing, metropolitan, Pittsburgh, Recovery, region, TechBelt, technology, Youngstown
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Working as an economic developer in Central Pennsylvania, I was constantly reminded of the mantra that more than 90 percent of all economic growth comes from your immediate regional industry base. While many economic development organizations dedicate significant portions of …
Posted in Blog, Communities, Economic Development, Entrepreneurs, Innovation, Reflections & Takeaways, Transformation
Tagged Carolina Matress Guild, challenges, Emeco, Growth, innovation, manufacturing, products
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A client recently asked us a basic question – “If we want to attract and grow high-pay high-growth associated with technology related sectors, what do we need to know?” In response, our team gathered a sample of incentive programs and strategies that some states have employed to attract higher value, technology-based research and development sectors while also hoping to accelerate new company formation. While not a comprehensive search to say the least, this scan does provide some program themes of what has been put in place over the past few years to grow higher growth, higher wage sectors.
Posted in Blog, Economic Development, Growth, Science & Technology
Tagged capital, economic development, grants, innovation, investment, location, manufacturing, R&D, region, research, tax credits, TBED, technology, venture capital
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