Taking Root in the Silicon Forest: High-technology Firms as Surrogate Universities in Portland, Oregon

Most case studies of successful high-technology industry regions highlight the role of research universities in fostering regional economic development. The Portland, Oregon, region managed to root a thriving high-tech industry in the absence of this critical factor. In this article, I present a case study of the evolution of Portland's high-tech industry and propose that high-tech firms can act as surrogate universities that attract and develop labor, create knowledge, and function as incubators for startups. I conclude that planners working to develop high-tech industries in regions without major research universities should attract R&D-intensive firms, maintain information on key busineses and entrepreneurial ventures, support an innovation milieu, and set realistic goals.

Value added trade and structure of high-technology exports in China

This study focuses on the technological intensity of China's exports. It first introduces the method of decomposing gross exports by using the Asian international input–output tables. The empirical results indicate that the technological intensity of Chinese exports has been significantly overestimated due to its high dependency on import content, especially in high-technology exports, an area highly dominated by the electronic and electrical equipment sector. Furthermore, a significant portion of value added embodied in China's high-technology exports comes from services and high-technology manufacturers in neighboring economies, such as Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.

An Assessment of U.S. competitiveness in high technology industries.

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U.S. high technology trade and competitiveness /

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High technology industries--profiles and outlooks.

One of a series of four publications containing statements and discussions of meetings held by the Secretary of Commerce in January and February of 1983.

The high-technology company : a historical research and archival guide /

"Prepared under a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, Grant 87-47"--t.p. verso.

Aspects of performance in the high technology sector /

Shipping list no.: 93-0263-P.

High technology industries--profiles and outlooks.

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High technology industries--profiles and outlooks.

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Small, high technology firms, inventors, and innovation [microform] : hearings before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session, July 21, 22, 1981.

"No. 43."

Forecasting needs for the high technology industry [microform] : hearing before the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session, November 24, 1981.

"No. 67."

Local incentives for high technology firms and innovation [microform] : hearing before the Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, February 16, 1982.

"No. 90."