Benchmarking Washington's Performance - 2006 Report measures Washington's progress on over 40 indicators of technology-based economic development since the initial report in 2003.

Read online: A Snapshot of the 2006 Report

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The Economic Impact of Technology-Based Industries in Washington State examines the impact of technology sector employment and R&D activity on the overall state economy and compares Washington's technology-based economy to that of other states.

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Benchmarking Washington's Performance: An Interim Report offers a glimpse of Washington's progress to date in select metrics in education, research capacity, and entrepreneurial climate.

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Is Washington's Higher Education Providing a Foundation for a Strong Economic Future? Assessing Washington's Performance compares Washington higher education to that of eight peer states and provides an overview of business leader perspectives on higher education in the state.

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Drivers for a Successful Technology-Based Economy: Benchmarking Washington's Performance assesses Washington's progress in building its technology-based economy and compares it to its peer states in various measures relating to education, research capacity, and entrepreneurial climate.

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The e-newsletter of the Technology Alliance, TechKnowledgy features articles on current initiatives, programs and events produced by the TA.

Current issue: Spring 2008

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The College & Work Ready Agenda is a coalition of businesses and a cooperative effort to build awareness and support for providing Washington students with the education and skills they need to succeed in today’s competitive world.

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Investing in Our Competitive Future: Approaches to Increase Early Stage Capital in Washington State provides an analysis of the funding climate for early stage companies in Washington and a survey of approaches taken by other states to improve their entrepreneurial ecosystem, and puts forward recommendations for increasing the amount of capital available to support the growth of innovative young businesses in our state.

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The Effect of Washington's Ethics Law on Public University Technology Transfer assesses how the state ethics law has unintentionally curbed legitimate and desired technology transfer and commercial activity at public research universities. This report makes several recommendations to modify the law by granting universities the autonomy to manage their own potential conflicts.

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Highlights of the 2004 Northwest Innovation Summit provides an overview of the event co-produced by the Technology Alliance and TechNet that brought together leaders from business, academia and government to exchange ideas and issue recommendations on how to position our state to be competitive in the future.

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Bio 21: Implementing Washington State's Initiative in 21st Century Health lays out a detailed plan for the state to create a public-private partnership to make strategic investments in Washington research at the convergence of the life sciences and information technology.

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