Sunday, July 31, 2005
Maryland represents another state that is moving its colleges and universities toward the center of economic development strategy. The Maryland Industrial Partnership initiative accelerates the development of connections between research intensive businesses and university faculty.
The program is structured in such a way that leverages private investment. About 65% of the investment in the program is coming from the private companies. Read more.
Maryland has been turing to incubators as another stregy to link research to business dervelopment. Read more.
In another direction, the University of Maryland is running a summer camp to train high school entrepreneurs. Read more.
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Some Background on EDPro Weblog
The purpose of this weblog is to help economic development professionals -- EDPros -- keep up with the changes sweeping our profession. Strap on your goggles. It's a whole new game. There are no experts any more. The only place to learn about economic development is from other EDPros who are doing it.
One other point: the prevaling approach (paradigm, if you like) in economic development is shifting from competition to collaboration. There are a lot of reaasons underlying this shift, but here's the important insight: You, your community, and your region will do better by collaborating and sharing information.
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Speaking and workshops on Open Source Economic Development
As the idea of Open Source Economic Development starts spreading, more people are asking about it. Visit the I-Open web site to learn more. My colleagues and I are happy to explain the basic concepts in a talk or a workshop. E-mail Susan Alshuler if you'd like to learn more about workshops and speaking.
Background on Ed Morrison
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Maryland's evolving innovation economy
