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Enriching Arizona's Knowledge Economy
Creating the Research Connections, Attention, and Talent Arizona Needs to Compete; Proposition 301 at Arizona State University, FY 2002 - FY 2005
March 2006
Morrison Institute for Public Policy’s new 36-page report, Enriching Arizona’s Knowledge Economy: Creating the Research Connections, Attention, and Talent Arizona Needs to Compete; Proposition 301 at Arizona State University, FY 2002 - FY 2005 analyzes results from ASU’s first four years of science and technology research under voter-approved Proposition 301 funding. The primary goal of the research is to train the next generation of scientists and engineers, discover new scientific processes, and develop new applied technologies that will help Arizona become more competitive in the global knowledge economy.
Enriching Arizona’s Knowledge Economy is the first study to employ the novel CAT Measures, a 21st century assessment tool developed by Morrison Institute for Public Policy.
The CAT measures track research results that support three pillars of the knowledge economy considered critical to its growth:
• Connections — the networks developed among researchers, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists that help transfer knowledge and generate economic opportunities.
• Attention — the “buzz” generated by research and research networks that attracts businesses, private investment, and highly skilled workers to a region.
• Talent — the top scientists, students, and technically skilled workers that help make a region fertile ground for research, innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth.
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