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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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Data Sources

Indicator: Information Technology Jobs
Sources: IT jobs: Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational employment data, 1999, http://www.bls.gov/oes/home.htm. Total Employment: Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2000 United States Census Bureau.

Indicator: Managerial, Professional, and Technical Jobs
Source: Managerial, Professional, and Technical Jobs: Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational employment data, 1999, www.bls.gov/oes/home.htm Total Employment: Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2000 U.S. Census Bureau.

Indicator: Workforce Education
Source: Educational Attainment: United States Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2001. Compiled by Paul Gottlieb, Case Western Reserve University.

Indicator: Education Level of the Manufacturing Workforce
Source: Educational Attainment: United States Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2001. Compiled by Paul Gottlieb, Case Western Reserve University.

Indicator: Export Focus of Manufacturing
Source: Exports: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, United States Department of Commerce.

Indicator: Foreign Direct Investment
Sources: William J. Zeile, "U.S. Affiliates of Foreign Companies: Operations in 1999," Survey of Current Business, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis. Total Employment: Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2000 United States Census Bureau.

Indicator: "Gazelle" Jobs
Source: Gazelles: David Birch, Anne Haggerty, and William Parsons, Corporate Demographics: Corporate Almanac, (Cambridge, Mass.: Cognetics, 2000).

Indicator: Job Churning
Source: Data compiled by the United States Census Bureau.

Indicator: IPOs
Sources: State IPO Totals: Hale and Dorr LLP, The 2000 IPO Report. Gross State Product: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Accounts Data.

Indicator: Online Population
Source: Households Online: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, A Nation Online: How Americans Are Expanding Their Use of the Internet (U.S. Department of Commerce: Washington, DC: 2002).

Indicator: Commercial Internet Domain Names
Sources: Registrations: Matthew Zook, University of California, Berkeley, www.zooknic.com/Domains/alpha.html. Firms: David Birch, Anne Haggerty, and William Parsons, Corporate Demographics: Corporate Almanac (Cambridge, Mass.: Cognetics, 2000).

Indicator: Technology in Schools
Source: Education Week, "Technology Counts 2001." (www.edweek.org).

Indicator: Digital Government
Sources: Kent Lassman, The Digital State 2001 ( Washington, DC: Progress & Freedom Foundation, 2002). Darrell M. West, Brown University, State and Federal E-Government in the United States, 2001 (Providence, R.I.: Brown University, 2001), www.brown.edu/Departments/Taubman_Center/polreports/egovtolus.html.

Indicator: Online Agriculture
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Computer Usage and Ownership (Washington DC: 2001), usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/other/computer/empc0701.pdf.

Indicator: Online Manufacturers
Source: United States Census Bureau, http://landview.census.gov/eos/www/papers/MCDtables.pdf.

Indicator: Broadband Telecommunications
Source: Pinkham Group, Broadband Market Study - DSL Current Deployment and Availability Q3. 2001 Broadband Lines: Federal Communications Commission, High-Speed Services for Internet Access, (Washington, DC: 2001).

Indicator: High-Tech Jobs
Sources: High Tech Jobs: AeA, Cyberstates 2001 (Washington DC: 2001), and United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns: 1998-1999. Total Employment: Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2000 United States Census Bureau.

Indicator: Scientists and Engineers
Source: Scientists and Engineers: National Science Foundation, Science and Engineering Profiles, 1999 Data Update (Arlington, Va.: 1999).

Indicator: Patents
Source: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Counts by Country/State and Year: Utility Patents (Washington DC, 2001).

Indicator: Industry Investment in R&D
Sources: Industry Investment: totals compiled by the National Science Foundation. Gross State Product: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Accounts Data.

Indicator: Venture Capital
Sources: Venture Capital: totals compiled by the National Venture Capital Association. Gross State Product: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional.

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