Social Culture and High-Tech Economic Development: The Technopolis Columns - Hardcover

Phillips, F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1403999511 ISBN 13: 9781403999511

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

Synopsis

Techno-regions have generated most of the new jobs in the past decade and this technology is driving economic development; however, problems persist. This book highlights the potential pitfalls and suggests methods by which a sustainable, distinctive and prosperous technology-based regional economy can exist.

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About the Author

DAVID V. GIBSON Associate Director and The Nadya Kozmetsky Scott Centennial Fellow, IC2 Institute, University of Texas at Austin, USA PATRICIA A. HAYES Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Austin's Seton Healthcare Network, USA GEORGE KOZMETSKY Founder IC2 Institute, USA PATRICIA MHONDO MBA Candidate, Maastricht School of Management, The Netherlands CHET ORLOFF Director, Pamplin Institute and Museum, Adjunct Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University and Founding President , Museum of the City, USA PIERRE OUELETTE Department of Economics, University of the Quebec to Montréal (UQAM), Canada RALPH R. SHAW Co-Founder and General Partner, Shaw Venture Partners, USA BERTHA VALLEJO CARLOS PhD Candidate, MERIT/UNU-INTECH Programme in Economics and Policy Studies of Technical Change, Maastricht School of Management, The Netherlands

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1403999511
• ISBN 13: 9781403999511
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 298