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 …
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Tagged Akron, Brookings, Cleveland, government, Growth, manufacturing, metropolitan, Pittsburgh, Recovery, region, TechBelt, technology, Youngstown
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IBM estimates that we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day. They do not, however, estimate how much of this data is duplicated – all of the documents emailed between friends and coworkers that get stored on personal devices, …
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Tagged big data, data, development, economics, email, Growth, industry, information, NAICS, patents, region, research, Research & Data, social media
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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.
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Tagged capital, economic development, grants, innovation, investment, location, manufacturing, R&D, region, research, tax credits, TBED, technology, venture capital
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