2007年美国新经济报告

THE 2007 STATE NEW ECONOMY INDEX

BENCHMARKING ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION IN THE STATES

92页 2007.02 1.02M

Robert D. Atkinson and Daniel K. Correa The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION:...............................................................................................................................................3
Table 1........................................................................................................................................3
Box 1 (What Information Technology Bust?).................................................................................4
OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH.......................................................................................................5
Figure 1.......................................................................................................................................5
Figure 2.......................................................................................................................................6
THE NEW GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS CHALLENGE .......................................................................7
Box 2 (Indian State Economic Development Efforts).....................................................................8
NEW GLOBAL ECONOMY, NEW ECONOMIC STRATEGIES ............................................................10
THE INDICATORS.............................................................................................................................................11
OVERVIEW AND METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................11
THE RANKINGS...............................................................................................................................13
SUMMARY OF RESULTS ...................................................................................................................18
KNOWLEDGE JOBS..........................................................................................................................20
Information Technology Jobs ......................................................................................................21
Managerial, Professional, and Technical Jobs .............................................................................22
Workforce Education .................................................................................................................23
Immigration of Knowledge Workers ...........................................................................................24
Manufacturing Value-Added.......................................................................................................25
High-Wage Traded Services .......................................................................................................26
GLOBALIZATION.............................................................................................................................27
Export Focus of Manufacturing and Services ..............................................................................28
Foreign Direct Investment ..........................................................................................................29
Package Exports .........................................................................................................................30
ECONOMIC DYNAMISM..................................................................................................................31
“Gazelle” Jobs ...........................................................................................................................32
Job Churning.............................................................................................................................33
Fastest Growing Firms ................................................................................................................34
Initial Public Offerings ...............................................................................................................35
Entrepreneurial Activity..............................................................................................................36
Inventor Patents.........................................................................................................................37
THE DIGITAL ECONOMY.................................................................................................................38
Online Population.....................................................................................................................39
Internet Domain Names.............................................................................................................40
Technology in Schools ...............................................................................................................41
E-Government...........................................................................................................................42
Online Agriculture .....................................................................................................................43
Broadband Telecommunications ................................................................................................44
INNOVATION CAPACITY..................................................................................................................45
High-Tech Jobs...........................................................................................................................46
Scientists and Engineers .............................................................................................................47
Patents ......................................................................................................................................48
Industry Investment in R&D .......................................................................................................49
Venture Capital ..........................................................................................................................50
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE NEW ECONOMY......................................................51
Align Incentives Behind Innovation Economy Fundamentals......................................................52
Co-invest in an Infrastructure for Innovation ..............................................................................54
Co-invest in the Skills of the Workforce .....................................................................................58
Cultivate Entrepreneurship .........................................................................................................60
Support Industry Clusters ...........................................................................................................61
Reduce Business Costs without Reducing the Standard of Living ...............................................62
Help Boost Productivity .............................................................................................................64
Reorganize Economic Development Efforts................................................................................66
Enlist Federal Help .....................................................................................................................67
Conclusion................................................................................................................................68
DATA SOURCES ................................................................................................................................................69
APPENDIX: Weighting Methodology...............................................................................................................73
ENDNOTES........................................................................................................................................................74
ABOUT THE AUTHORS....................................................................................................................................87