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Panel III: Building 21st Century Clusters - The Role of State and Regional Governments
Panel III: Building 21st Century Clusters - The Role of State and Regional Governments
Pages 68-80
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Mr. Berglund noted that the first speaker, Doug Parks of the Michigan Economic Development Corp., the state's investment promotion agency, heads "really one of the most creative economic development organizations in the country." The presentation by the next speaker, University of Texas at Dallas President David Daniel, is "particularly appropriate and important at a time when higher education is being cut in so many states around the country," he said.
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Wind projects envisioned for the Great Lakes give Michigan an added edge in wind-turbine manufacturing. The auto industry makes Michigan a logical place to make lithium-ion batteries.
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Anchor companies get rebates based on personal income tax generated by employees and investments, as long as they are within 10 minutes of the company or an existing industrial site nearby. · Advanced Battery Credits.
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"We won, we think, because we made the right business case" and because next-generation power trains for electric vehicles are being developed by car makers in Detroit. Most of these battery activities started happening six months Status $115M GM Pack Manufacturing Credit $255 Million $78M Ford $20M JCS for manufacture of plug -in traction & Hybrid battery packs $42M Available Vehicle Engineering Credit $135 Million $45M GM to support battery integration, prototyping, launch expenses $45M Ford $45M Chrysler Advanced Battery Technologies $30 Million Engineering Credit $30M Ford to support engineering activities $100M JCS $100M Dow Kokam Cell Manufacturing Credit $600 Million $100M A123 Systems up to 50% capital investment for cell manufacturing facility $100M LG Chem $100M Xtreme Power $100M fortu Power PROC_Figure05_Parks.eps FIGURE 5 Michigan Advanced Battery Credits: Over $1 billion in refundable credits.
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Parks noted, the MEDC helped arrange a jointventure between Dow Chemical and the Missouri affiliate of South Korean lithium-ion battery maker Kokam Co.29 All told, the energy-storage industry is expected to create at least 8,000 direct jobs, and according to economic impact studies, will create 20 to 40,000 jobs over the next five years." Mr. Parks says such results have enabled him to demonstrate to state legislators the "return on investment" for the battery program.
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The state also is developing a relationship with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which now has an office in Michigan to help companies gain access to lab resources and understand military opportunities. MAKING THE BIG STATE BIGGER: CURRENT TEXAS UNIVERSITY INITIATIVES David Daniel University of Texas at Dallas Dr.
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There are a few places in the world where a disproportionate amount of discovery occurs. He displayed a map showing that scientific citations and patents are highly concentrated in a few cities on the east and west coasts of the United States, in Western Europe, and in Japan.
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SOURCE: David Daniel, Presentation at February 25, 2010, National Academies Symposium on "Clustering for 21st Century Prosperity." PROC gure 7 Major research universities near the state's most dynamic cities would be great economic engines, Dr. Daniel contended.
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economy as a whole · Examples : Amazon, Apple, AOL, Dell, eBay, Facebook, Google, Intel, Medtronic, Microso, Qualcomm, YouTube NAS Venture S tate Population F ederal R &D Members C apital C alifor nia 12% 18% 30% 50% Mas s ac hus etts 2% 5% 15% 11% Texas 8% 5% 3% 4.5% Source: NVCA & NAS FIGURE 8 Venture capital. SOURCE: David Daniel, Presentation at February 25, 2010, National Academies Symposium on "Clustering for 21st Century Prosperity." PROC gure 08
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In June 2009, the governor signed Texas House Bill 51. The bill established the Texas Research Incentive Program, which allocates $50 million in matching gifts for endowed faculty chairs, graduate student fellowships, and research support.
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As a catalyst for growing Northeast Ohio's emerging technology industries, NorTech is leading efforts to develop regional innovation clusters that create jobs, attract capital, and have a long-term, positive economic impact."37 NorTech's regional footprint contains 42 percent of Ohio's population and covers a diversity of urban and rural areas. NorTech is funded by regional foundations and chambers of commerce in Northeast Ohio, "so the business community as well as the foundation community has a large investment in TBED," Ms.
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For the advanced energy industry, NorTech is developing road maps in four sectors: energy storage, smart grid, transportation electrification, and biomass/ waste-to-energy. This is perhaps the biggest effort in the NorTech Energy Enterprise advanced energy initiative, Ms.
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The University of Akron has expertise in polymers, and Kent State University has the Liquid Crystal Institute, which developed the first LCD wristwatch in the 1970s. NorTech's FlexMatters program will soon complete a roadmap for Northeast Ohio's flexible electronics industry.
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