INNOVATION RESOURCES

Public and private sector leaders around the world are recognizing that innovation has emerged as the key to competitiveness. Many economies have replicated the characteristics that once formed the basis of American advantage – open markets, investment in research and development, strong education systems and skilled workers.

For states, this means they no longer are just competing with other states for new investment, but with countries around the world. For advanced economies like New York, that means the only path to sustainable growth is through innovation.

Transcending the Hamster Cage Unfettering New York State Innovation Economy As countless studies have demonstrated, the key to unlocking the innovation economy is talented, driven and risk favorable people. Motivation, inspiration, and the capacity to dream and to act on those dreams are the greatest assets in the global innovation competition.

• Governor's Commission on Higher Education recommends major efforts to strengthen the state's research universities - including a $3 billion Empire State Innovation Fund.
  
  
• Presentations from The Business Council's 2007 Annual Meeting: Robert Atkinson of the ITIF on New York's showing in the New Economy Index; Anthony Collins of Clarkson on the engineering profession.
  
  
• Because Dreams Need Doing: New Messages for Enhancing Public Understanding of Engineering
  Final Report - February 2007
  
  
• Investing in Innovation — July 2007 report on strategies from 50 states, by the Pew Center on the States in cooperation with the National Governors Association
  
  
• The Research University and the Development of High-Technology Centers in the United States (abstract from Economic Development Quarterly; full article requires purchase)
  
  
• Delivering on the Promise of New York State — July 2007 report from ATKearney on economic development programs
  
  
• CleanTech industries in New York — report from the New York City Investment Fund
  
  
• How Much U.S. Technological Innovation Begins in Universities? — Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
  
  
• Innovate America — the final report of the National Innovation Initiative
  
  
• The 2007 State New Economy Index
  
  
• Summary of the New Economy Index and its implications for New York (Public Policy Institute)
  
  
• Rising Above the Gathering Storm — National Academies of the Sciences
  
  
• Tapping America's Potential — The Business Roundtable
  
  
• Tough Times Tough Choices: A Report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce
  
  
• The 2005 Global Innovation Outlook: IBM Corporation
  
  
• Preparing for Success: Address by Linda Sanford to the Education Conference Board, Jan. 18, 2007
  
  
• Making the Connection: Innovation in the new economy — Address by Linda Sanford to Fuse2000 in Syracuse, Sept. 19, 2006