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Introduction
 
Overview & Methodology
 
Overall Rankings
 
Summary of Results
 
THE INDICATORS
 
PART I: KNOWLEDGE JOBS
 
Information Technology Jobs

Managerial, Professional, and Technical Jobs

Workforce Education

Education Level of the Manufacturing Workforce
 
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

Commercial Internet Domain Names

Technology in Schools

Digital Government

Online Agriculture

Online Manufacturers

Broadband Telecommunications
 
PART V: INNOVATION CAPACITY
 
High-Tech Jobs

Scientists and Engineers

Patents

Industry Investment in R&D

Venture Capital
 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
 
Data Sources
 
Weighting Methodology
 
Endnotes
 
The Author

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Robert D. Atkinson is the vice president of the Progressive Policy Institute and director of PPI's Technology & New Economy Project. He is the author of the New Economy Index series which looks at the impact of the New Economy on the U.S., state, and metropolitan economies. While at PPI, he has written groundbreaking reports on a wide range of technology issues, including the role of IT in homeland defense; Internet taxation, privacy, and spam; global e-commerce; digital government; and middleman opposition to e-commerce. He also directed PPI's New Economy Task Force, co-chaired by Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle and Gateway CEO Ted Waitt.

Previously, Dr. Atkinson served as executive director of the Rhode Island Economic Policy Council, a public-private partnership including as members the Governor, legislative leaders, and corporate and labor leaders. Prior to that, he was project director at the former Congressional Office of Technology Assessment. While at OTA, he directed The Technological Reshaping of Metropolitan America, a report examining the impact of the information technology revolution on America's urban areas. He is a board member of the NanoBusiness Alliance and the Information Policy Institute, and was appointed by President Clinton to the Commission on Workers, Communities, and Economic Change in the New Economy. He is also a member of the Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, co-chaired by Markle Foundation president Zoe Baird and former Netscape Communications chairman James Barksdale. In 2002, Government Technology magazine and the Center for Digital Government named him one of the 25 top "Doers, Dreamers and Drivers of Information Technology."

Acknowledgements

I wish to thank my colleagues at the Progressive Policy Institute for their insights and editorial guidance, particularly Rick Coduri, Will Marshall, Chuck Alston, Lettie Conrad, and Jennifer Leischer.

I would also like to thank those who provided data and background information for the Index, including Paul Gottlieb, Case Western Reserve University; Ian Graves and John S. Taylor, National Venture Capital Association; and Matthew Zook, University of California, Berkeley.

Finally, I want to express my gratitude and appreciation to those who served as outside reviewers, including Brian Bosworth, The Futureworks Company; Walter Plosila, Battelle Memorial Institute; Andrew Reamer, Andrew Reamer and Associates; and Graham Toft, The Hudson Institute

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2002 State Index Home | Introduction | Overview &
Methodology | The Rankings | Summary of Results
Development Strategies | Data Sources
Weighting Methodology | Endnotes | The Author

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