Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Maine is making progress in building its innvoation economy, but it has a long way to go. Maine spends 0.88 percent of its gross state product -- the value at retail price of goods and services produced by a state -- on research and development; New England spends 3.6 percent, while the country spends 2.68 percent.
There's a deeper concern: what is the right mix of innovation investments for the state? To help answer this key question, the state has recently created the Office of Innovation to coordinate efforts across the government.
You can download a copy of the state's most recent indicators report from this page.
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Speaking and workshops on Open Source Economic Development
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Background on Ed Morrison
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Maine makes progress on building an innovation economy
