by Whittaker Associates | Aug 31, 2008 | Uncategorized
By Jami Miedema BarCamp was a term I was not familiar with until recently. Even after I learned what it was, it took awhile for me to wrap my mind around it. A BarCamp is a user-generated gathering (on-site, not virtual) created by and for individuals who are eager to... by Whittaker Associates | Aug 31, 2008 | Uncategorized
By Todd Smithee At the end of my family vacation, I decided to attempt to hook into a king salmon in Ludington, Michigan’s harbor. Ludington is where the Pere Marquette River empties into Lake Michigan. Every August the salmon make their annual migration from the... by Whittaker Associates | Aug 31, 2008 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker Innovation is everywhere. From “Technology Lead Economic Development” to transitioning to the knowledge economy, everyone has a strategy to commercialize the intellectual property of universities and the federally funded R&D taking place in... by Whittaker Associates | Sep 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
By Vidhan Rana In the early 1800’s, Thomas Robert Malthus expressed his views on population growth and stated that the world will return to subsistence-level conditions as a result of population growth outpacing agricultural production. His theory was later named... by Whittaker Associates | Sep 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
By Jim Bruckbauer Every year, the Milken Institute in California ranks the Best-Performing Cities according to economic growth. These include long-term and short-term measurements of employment, salary growth, and high-tech output. This year’s rankings of where...