{"product_id":"building-hawaiis-innovation-economy-national-research-council-9780309256636","title":"Building Hawaii's Innovation Economy: Summary of a Symposium","description":"\u003cp\u003eResponding to the challenges of fostering regional growth and employment in an increasingly competitive global economy, many U.S. states and regions have developed programs to attract and grow companies as well as attract the talent and resources necessary to develop innovation clusters. These state and regionally based initiatives have a broad range of goals and increasingly include significant resources, often with a sectoral focus and often in partnership with foundations and universities. These are being joined by recent initiatives to coordinate and concentrate investments from a variety of federal agencies that provide significant resources to develop regional centers of innovation, business incubators, and other strategies to encourage entrepreneurship and high-tech development.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuilding Hawaii's Innovation Economy: Summary of a Symposium\u003c\/em\u003e explains the study of selected state and regional programs in order to identify best practices with regard to their goals, structures, instruments, modes of operation, synergies across private and public programs, funding mechanisms and levels, and evaluation efforts. This report reviews selected state and regional efforts to capitalize on federal and state investments in areas of critical national needs. \u003cem\u003eBuilding Hawaii's Innovation Economy \u003c\/em\u003ealso reviews efforts to strengthen existing industries as well as specific new technology focus areas such as nanotechnology, stem cells, and energy in order to better understand program goals, challenges, and accomplishments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, Board on Science Technology and Economic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0309256631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780309256636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e National Academies Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"National Research Council","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47036557132031,"sku":"9780309256636","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1568fa5b-d02f-4b3c-9c5a-fb1d57a71ce7.jpg?v=1752637932","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/building-hawaiis-innovation-economy-national-research-council-9780309256636","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}