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Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Building an Innovation Economy in Los Angeles for Cleantech Innovation and Commercialization

by Clean Tech LA and LA Clean Tech IncubatorMarch 10, 2014

This presentation presents an overview of the four key initial strategies that clean tech organizations in Los Angeles are taking to create a world-class cleantech hub in LA, and coordinate the region's efforts, resources, stakeholders, and entrepreneurs around cleantech innovation and commercialization.

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Academic Research

Identifying Agglomeration Spillovers: Evidence from Million Dollar Plants

by Michael Greenstone, Richard Hornbeck, and Enrico Moretti, National Bureau of Economic Research March 5, 2014

We quantify agglomeration spillovers by estimating the impact of the opening of a large new manufacturing plant on the total factor productivity (TFP) of incumbent plants in the same county. Articles in the corporate real estate journal Site Selection reveal the county where the "Million Dollar Plant" ultimately chose to locate (the "winning county"), as well as the one or two runner-up counties (the "losing counties"). The incumbent plants in the losing counties are used as a counterfactual for the TFP of incumbent plants in winning counties in the absence of the plant opening.

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Clusters and the New Growth Path for Europe

by Christian Ketels and Sergiy Protsiv, WWWforEurope March 5, 2014

This paper outlines elements of a conceptual framework that clarifies the role that clusters play relative to government policies and actions of individual companies in supporting the emergence of "High Road" strategies that lead to better New Growth Path–related outcomes. It then focuses on creating a new set of data that can start shedding light on the empirical relevance of this framework. The first main section of the paper draws on a new set of employment and wage data across European clusters.

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Job Creation on a Budget: How Regional Industry Clusters Can Add Jobs, Bolster Entrepreneurship, and Spark Innovation

by Kenan Fikri and Mark Muro, Brookings-Rockefeller Project on State and Metropolitan Innovation March 5, 2014

The best way to create more jobs in a state is to grow them at home, rather than poach them from elsewhere: Some 95 percent of all job gains in a year in an average state come from the expansion of existing businesses or the birth of new establishments. However, the usual recipe of tax credits, R&D, training programs, and physical infrastructure is not sufficient, by itself, to spur such “organic” job creation. States also need to cultivate their industry clusters—geographic concentrations of interconnected firms and supporting organizations.

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Economic Policy

Karen Mills' Remarks on Infrastructure Investment and Small Business, February 2014

by Karen G. Mills, 2014 America on the Move Summit at Harvard Business School March 3, 2014

I spent the last five years working in Washington as a member of the President’s Cabinet and as the SBA Administrator. Every week I travelled across the U.S. visiting small businesses—businesses that made everything, from high-end jeans to high-tech medical devices to tomato sauce. And wherever I went, I encountered an economic anxiety. First, because of the recession, small businesses were just wondering, “Am I going to survive?” And today, despite all the progress we’ve made in the recovery, the anxiety continues.

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Economic Policy

U.S. Cluster Mapping Research Team Response to 2013 U.S. Department of Energy Clean Energy Request For Information

by Harvard Business School, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness; Temple University, Fox School of Business; MIT Sloan School of ManagementFebruary 27, 2014

This document contains the response of the U.S. Cluster Mapping research team to the Commercialization RFI (Request For Information) published by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) in 2013. It focuses on the Cluster Development category of the RFI by addressing the key elements of clusters that enhance regional competitiveness, the role of governments in evaluating and supporting clusters, and areas of future research in regards to emerging clusters and future growth industries.

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Regional Economy

Minneapolis-St. Paul Regional Cluster Competitiveness Study

by Lee Munnich, Jonathan Dworin, Nebiyou Tilahun, and Matt Schmit, University of Minnesota, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, State and Local Policy Program February 22, 2014

This study by the State and Local Policy Program at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs profiles the 12 largest industry clusters located in Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) and presents economic findings and recommendations for the region. Aside from evaluating established clusters, it also highlights emerging clusters of interest in Minneapolis-St. Paul, such as robotics, water technology, 3D printing, and biorenewables. Data was gathered using the tools available on the U.S. Cluster Mapping website.

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Regional Economy

Minneapolis-St. Paul Regional Cluster Initiative: Providing a Framework for Minnesota's Economic Competitiveness

by Lee W. Munnich Jr., L. Burke Murphy, Megan L. Roberts, and Jennifer Schuler, U.S. Cluster Mapping Project / University of Minnesota, Humphrey School of Public Affairs February 22, 2014

This Policy and Impact Study by the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, State and Local Policy Program at the University of Minnesota is the second in a series of four developed as part of the U.S. Cluster Mapping Project, an effort supported by the U.S. Economic Development Administration. The report illustrates how Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) has benefited from applying a cluster approach as a conceptual framework for diagnosing the regional economy and as a platform for joint action to address the challenges identified.

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Academic Research

Clusters and the New Economics of Competition

by Michael E. Porter, Harvard Business Review November 15, 2013

This Harvard Business Review article explains how clusters foster high levels of productivity and innovation and lays out the implications for competitive strategy and economic policy. Economic geography in an era of global competition poses a paradox. In theory, location should no longer be a source of competitive advantage. Open global markets, rapid transportation, and high-speed communications should allow any company to source any thing from any place at any time.

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Regional Economy

Mobilizing Oregon Clusters: Private and Public Sector Partnering for Economic Growth

by Elizabeth Redman, U.S. Cluster Mapping Project / Oregon Business Council November 15, 2013

Globalization and its repercussions have been important drivers in mobilizing leaders to use innovative approaches to improve regional competitiveness. In many regions across the U.S., cluster development efforts have proven to be an effective way to encourage collaboration among companies in the same or related industries and between the public, private, and academic sectors. Over the last few decades, cluster practitioners have gained significant experience in how to turn industry collaboration into better government policies and competitive advantages for firms.

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The U.S. Cluster Mapping Project is led by Professor Michael E. Porter at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School.

This project is funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration.