India Part III

By Dean Whittaker As my memory of my trip to India begins to fade, I was reminded of the essence of the experience when I read the report by Rand titled “Labor and Population” (www.rand.org), in which the authors describe the forces that will shape work in the United...

Catching and Keeping Smart Companies

by Dean Whittaker Smart companies lead in their fields through innovation. They use technology and knowledge to stay competitive in a global economy. The benefit to attracting and keeping these companies is that they add more value per employee, and therefore pay a...

Does Place Matter?

By Dean Whittaker As representatives of place, economic development professions are challenged by a“New Economy” that is global, knowledge based, and networked.  Does place offer a competitive advantage? This is a question asked by Michael Porter in his article...

Trends

By Dean Whittaker Bioinformatics Bioinfowhat? Bioinformatics is the application of computer technology to the management of biological information. And it has been a hot topic of late. Though biotech has been on the radar for year, recently we’ve heard the term...