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: technology
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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Download a PDF of this Article: Regional Collaboration Beyond the Press Release – The TechBelt Model Collaboration is a contact sport. “Regional collaboration” has long been a somewhat idyllic phrase within technology-based economic development circles. Beyond the websites and trade show …
Posted in Blog, Collaboration, Communities, Deep Thoughts, Economic Development, Energy, Growth, Innovation, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Reflections & Takeaways, Research & Development, Science & Technology
Tagged Collaboration, Dewitt Peart, economic development, Eric Planey, i6, Innovation America, innovation economy, jobs, Nortech, Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, Rebecca Bagley, regional innovation clusters, regional models, RIC, Rich Bendis, TBED, TechBelt, technology, Youngstown-Warren Regional Chamber
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Facebook has moved forward with an IPO that could be among the largest in the U.S. and at the least will dwarf Google’s 2004 IPO. Facebook was launched only six months before Google’s August 2004 IPO. The pessimistic outlook suggests …
Posted in Blog, Entrepreneurs, Investment, Marketing & Communications, News, Numbers Behind the News, United States
Tagged Entrepreneur, Facebook, Google, innovation, investment, IPO, market value, profit, R&D, technology
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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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365 days can fly by when you do something you really enjoy. Last year, on September 1, we launched Fourth Economy Consulting – so today is our birthday! Of course the idea and planning a new company occurred many months …
Posted in Blog, Communities, Deep Thoughts, Economic Development, Entrepreneurs, Green & Sustainability, Growth, Higher Education, Innovation, News, Pittsburgh, Research & Development, Science & Technology, Transformation, United States
Tagged Anniversary, Birthday, capturing the storm, Collaboration, H2Opportunity, Pittsburgh, technology, transfer, Water
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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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As we struggle with the lingering effects of the recession, it’s hard to see the silver lining in our economic forecast. Despite the statistical end to the recession, many economists don’t believe that we will recover to 2007 employment levels for another two to three years. The big question is: where will this growth come from?
The short answer? Entrepreneurs.
Posted in Blog, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Pittsburgh, Science & Technology
Tagged Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial City, information, Innovation Works, Pittsburgh, PopCity, startup, technology
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