Minnesota Cluster-Entrepreneurship Conference Presentations Available

The presentations from last week’s conference, Knowledge Clusters and Entrepreneurship in Regional Economic Development, now available online, provide a good introduction to many of the topics and issues to be discussed at SSTI’s annual conference, Building Tech-based Economies: Preparing for Tomorrow’s Challenges, in Philadelphia, Oct. 13-15.

Organized by the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, the Clusters conference included case studies on U.S. and Irish clusters and entrepreneurship as well as:

* Knowledge Clusters as a Means of Promoting Regional Economic Development

* Entrepreneurship Policy and the Strategic Management of Places

* Economic Development in Post Conflict Society: A Cluster-Focused Development Plan

* Crafting a New Rural Development Strategy

* Academic Entrepreneurs: Social Learning and Participation in University Technology Transfer

* Entrepreneurship and Government Policy: An International Perspective based on the Research of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor

* Energizing Entrepreneurship in Rural Communities and Amongst Under-Represented Groups

* Introduction to Venture-Based Economic Development: Achieving Sustained Economic Growth Using Venture-Focused Strategies

* Building the Community’s Pipeline of Entrepreneurs and Enterprises: A Fresh Approach to Evaluating Incubation Strategies

* What’s so New about New Entrepreneurship Policies? State Government Initiatives to Foster New Venture Creation

The papers and Powerpoint presentations are available at: http://www.knowledgeclusters.com/

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