North Dakota Leads Nation in R&D Increase

February 19, 2008

North Dakota shows how a small, largely rural state can become a player in the high tech, knowledge-based economy. It's a tremendous story of how government, universities and industry can cooperate to build a high-tech economy in rural communities.

During the first five years of the new century, no state increased its spending on research and development faster than North Dakota. That wasn't an accident.

By Bill Bishop

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