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Introduction
Overview & Methodology
Overall Rankings
Summary of Results
THE INDICATORS
PART
I: KNOWLEDGE JOBS
Office Jobs
Managerial,
Professional, and Technical Jobs
Workforce
Education
PART II: GLOBALIZATION
Export Focus of Manufacturing
Foreign Direct Investment
PART III: ECONOMIC DYNAMISM
"Gazelle" Jobs
Job Churning
IPOs
PART IV: THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
Online Population
".com" Domain Name Registrations
Technology in Schools
Digital Government
PART V: INNOVATION CAPACITY
High-Tech Jobs
Scientists and Engineers
Patents
Industry Investment in R&D
Venture Capital
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
Data Sources
Weighting System
Endnotes
The Authors
APPENDIX
Weighting System
Raw scores were calculated for each state for each indicator. In the composite analyses, the indicators were weighted so that closely correlated ones wouldn’t bias the results. In addition, to measure the magnitude of differences between states and not just their ranks, in each indicator, scores were based on the standard deviation of each from the mean score of all of the states.
| Weighting factors for final score: | Weight |
| Knowledge Jobs | |
| Office Jobs | .75 |
| Professional and Managerial Jobs | .75 |
| Educational Level | 1.0 |
| Total | 2.5 |
| Globalization | |
| Export Orientation | 1.0 |
| FDI | 1.0 |
| Total | 2.0 |
| Dynamism and Competition | |
| Gazelles | 1.0 |
| Churn | 1.0 |
| IPOs | 1.0 |
| Total | 3.0 |
| Digital Transformation | |
| Classrooms with Internet | .33 |
| Teachers with E-mail | .33 |
| Teacher Tech Training | .33 |
| Adults on Internet | 1.0 |
| Digital Government | 1.0 |
| “.com” Domain Names | 1.0 |
| Total | 4.0 |
| Innovation Infrastructure | |
| High-tech Workers | .75 |
| Scientists and Engineers | .75 |
| Patents | .75 |
| R&D | .75 |
| Venture Capital | 1.0 |
| Total | 4.0 |
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