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Regional innovations from the California Stewardship Network
Here's a report that profiles 11 regional innovations taking place across California. According to the report, each of these case studies illustrates how "regional stewardship" can lead to new approaches to the complex challenges of building a prosperous region. CA... Continue reading
Posted Feb 2, 2013 at PCRD
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Massachusetts issues its innovation report and launches an interactive site
Massachusetts has released its latest state innovation index. The report comes with an interactive web site that you can access here. MA Innovation Economy 2012.pdf Download this file Continue reading
Posted Feb 2, 2013 at PCRD
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How Wired is Your State?
A national report by TechNet ranks states by their Internet adoption. TechNet State Broadband Report 2012.pdf Download this file Continue reading
Posted Feb 2, 2013 at PCRD
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Strategic Doing: The backstory from TEDxRockford
Here's the backstory of Strategic Doing, how I came to explore strategy in open, loosely connected networks. The organizers of TEDxRockford invited me to tell the story, since folks in Rockford are using this new strategy discipline to accelerate civic... Continue reading
Posted Feb 2, 2013 at PCRD
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Innovate Washington's business plan (sort of)
Here is the business plan for Innovate Washington, a public-private initiative, chaired by the governor. One virtue: it has a vision statement that is not too mushy. These type of documents tend to be heavy on the jargon, and this... Continue reading
Posted Feb 2, 2013 at PCRD
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Some best practices in incubation
The University of Michigan generated a report that distills some of the bast practices in incubation: Incubation Best Practices That Lead to Successful New Ventures. Incubation Best Practices.pdf Download this file Continue reading
Posted Jan 21, 2013 at PCRD
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Some patterns in the league tables of Best Performing Cities
For almost a decade, the Milken Institute has been compiling reports of the "Best Performing Cities". We can reveal some interesting patterns when we string together these reports. AMong older industrial cities, Pittsburgh seems to be a model to emulate.... Continue reading
Posted Jan 19, 2013 at PCRD
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The huge challenge of global food waste
Last week, the London-based Institution of Mechanical Engineers published a report on the huge challenge posed by global food waste. The report estimates that 30-50% of all food produced on the planet is lost or wasted before it can be... Continue reading
Posted Jan 19, 2013 at PCRD
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The huge challenge of global food waste
The London-based Institution of Mechanical Engineers has published a report on the huge challenge posed by global food waste. The report estimates that 30-50% of all food produced on the planet is lost or wasted before it can be consumed.... Continue reading
Posted Jan 19, 2013 at PCRD
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Urban food systems
The Institute for a Competitive Inner City has released a new report on urban food clusters. As our regional food systems reorganize, new entrepreneurship opportunities are emerging in the urban food sector. Download Growing Healthy Economies Urban Food Cluster Continue reading
Posted Jan 19, 2013 at PCRD
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Building workforce strategies for clusters
Posted Jan 19, 2013 at PCRD
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Europe's Entrepreneurship Action Plan
Last week, the European Commission issued its Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan. You can read a summary here. One of the interesting dimensions focuses on entrepreneurship training for secondary students, a high value investment. There's more background here. EU Entrepreneurship Plan... Continue reading
Posted Jan 12, 2013 at PCRD
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US Climate Change Report: Get ready, the winds of change are blowing
The draft report from the National Climate Assessment is out. The news is not good. The report, compiled from 300 scientists, concludes that no area of the country will be left untouched by climate change. You can download the report... Continue reading
Posted Jan 12, 2013 at PCRD
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Impact of Qualcomm on San Diego
Here's an interesting report on how Qualcomm is driving technology growth in the San Diego region. Every job at Qualcomm generates an additional 2.3 jobs. Total direct and indirect economic impact is over $4.5 billion. Read more. Telecom Report San... Continue reading
Posted Jan 12, 2013 at PCRD
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Coping with the recession in poor neighborhoods
The Great Recession did not hit everyone with the same punch. Here's a good report on the impacts in low income neighborhoods. 412728-Coping-with-the-Great-Recession.pdf Download this file Continue reading
Posted Jan 10, 2013 at PCRD
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Are citizens ahead of politicians on regional collaboration?
Lately we have been working on regional strategies in the tri-state Chicagoland region, stretching from Milwaukee through Chicago to northern Indiana. You can learn more about what's been going on here. As part of this work, the Marquette Law School... Continue reading
Posted Jan 8, 2013 at PCRD
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Changing the narrative in East Tennessee
There are a few regions around the country that are really worth watching, and East Tennessee is one of them. They are taking on the full gamut of issues involved in designing and developing an innovation economy. Here's a report... Continue reading
Posted Jan 7, 2013 at PCRD
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Some questions answered about Strategic Doing
We are on a call today with a state agency in Michigan that is considering the adoption of Strategic Doing. They've asked us some questions in advance of the call. What is Strategic Doing? Strategic Doing is an agile process... Continue reading
Posted Jan 7, 2013 at PCRD
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The impact of our digital future on open innovation
The European Commission has produced an interested report on the impact of our digital future on open innovation. EC_Unlocking_the_Digital_Future.pdf Download this file Continue reading
Posted Jan 2, 2013 at PCRD
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Understanding 21st Century Skills.
There's no question that the skils required for successsful work experiences have changed over the past twenty years. In the first Bush Administration in 1990, the Department of Labor made the first efforts at redefining these skills. That triggered the... Continue reading
Posted Jan 2, 2013 at PCRD
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Changing the narrative in East Tennessee
There are a few regions around the country that are really worth watching, and East Tennessee is one of them. They are taking on the full gamut of issues involved in designing and developing an innovation economy. Here's a report... Continue reading
Posted Jan 2, 2013 at PCRD
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University of New Mexico defines its economic development roles
The University of New Mexico's new report on regional economic development outlines how the university can pull the state out of the worst economic recession the state has experienced. NMU Economic Development Report.pdf Download this file Continue reading
Posted Nov 18, 2012 at PCRD
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Strategy for DC
Recently, the mayor of DC announced a new strategy for his city. Significantly, a team of graduate students from four area business schools helped in compiling the work. Here's the final product. DCEconomicDevelopmentStrategy.pdf Download this file Continue reading
Posted Nov 17, 2012 at PCRD
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Report: Evaluating social innovation
Figuring out "what works" to guide complex adaptive systems -- the type of systems that make up our civic and market economies -- requires a new attitude toward metrics and measurement. The emerging field of dynamic evaluation considers how to... Continue reading
Posted Nov 17, 2012 at PCRD
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Report: Nature's role in delivering well-being
The New Economic Foundation, a UK think tank, turns out some really interesting reports. Here's an example. This report explores the value of the natural environment in policies for economic recovery. NEF Natural Solutions .pdf Download this file Continue reading
Posted Nov 17, 2012 at PCRD
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