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6 Next Steps to Enhance Science and Technology Policy Advice at the State Level
Pages 53-55

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... Outside state governments, the institutions that are in a position to offer science and technology policy advice at the state level must For more information about North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, see .
From page 54...
... Measures should not include just inputs but also outputs in terms of facilities, patents, personnel, education, and so on. Other possible measures are industry interactions, collaborations, invention disclosures, licensing, venture capital attracted, new companies formed, industry concentrations increased, companies retained, employment increased, the number of high-value-added jobs created, graduate students hired in the state, existing industries transformed, and new industries developed.
From page 55...
... There's no competition between our states. We have everything to gain by learning from each other." The states are often called "laboratories for democracy," said Edward Derrick, the director of the Research Competitiveness Program for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The same is true of science and technology policy advice.


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