Building Louisiana’s Innovation Economy. A Plan to Foster University Technology Development and Commercialization
January 31, 2008
This report, prepared by Regional Technology Strategies (RTS) of Carrboro, North
Carolina, under contract to the Louisiana Board of Regents and the Louisiana Recovery
Authority, offers a plan to use the research capacity and talent within Louisiana’s
university system to generate new knowledge-based companies, support the growth of
existing Louisiana companies and produce more high quality jobs across the state.
The
science and technology-based economic development process is dynamic and complex,
but the goal is straightforward: more wealth in Louisiana communities and more
opportunities for all of Louisiana’s citizens.
The plan focuses on three important elements of the technology-based economic
development process that fall within university purview: strategic investment in
building R&D capacity, improving and accelerating technology transfer, and producing
the people to start, manage and grow technology-based companies in Louisiana.
Full Report: http://www.nasvf.org/web/allpress.nsf/2a9638cdc718839e86256f8d000f8d7a/f3dbb5a943b4a9a6862573dc00495f6e/$FILE/LRA%20Innovation%20Report.pdf
(Many thanks to NASVF http://www.nasvf.org for bringing this to our attention. Russ)