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6 Developing Subnational Datasets and Indicators
Pages 31-34

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... In the knowledge economy, political boundaries, rivers, and mountain ranges are not likely to determine the location and transfer of innovation activities, while colleges, universities, local enterprise zones, and venture capitalists are quite likely to determine where "hot spots" of innovation are located and transfers among them. POLICY RELEVANCE Subnational statistics on science, technology, and innovation are especially policy relevant at this time when the nation's economy is struggling to adjust to structural displacement of workers.
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... ;  STEM graduate and workforce migration (National Center for Education Statistics, from the Census Bureau and BLS) ; firm innovation processes (from the Economic Research Service [ERS]
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... They noted that there are dozens of measures that APLU would like universities and other organizations to collect in a range of categories: material transfer agreements; consortia agreements; sponsored research by industry; clinical trials; service to external clients; student employment on funded projects; student economic engagement; student entrepreneurship; alumni in the workforce; incubation and acceleration program success; relationships between clients/program participants and host university; ability to attract external investment.
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... As a clearinghouse of STI data, NCSES could make great strides toward making high-utility indicators available to users, especially researchers and government organizations. RECOMMENDATION 5: The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics should host working groups in the near future to further develop subnational science, technology, and innovation indicators.
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