SSTI Matrix of Common Innovation Indicators: Local Indices

Matrix of Common Innovation Indicators: Local Indices

This table accompanies the SSTI Weekly Digest Special Issue on Innovation Indicators, published November 1, 2002. Links to each of the local indices included in this matrix are provided in the issue: http://www.ssti.org/Digest/2002/110102.htm

Indicator	Silicon Valley	Potomac	Philadelphia	Tri-Cities	PPI	Brookings
Education
General Measure		X		X	X
Specific
High School	X	X
Post Secondary Education		X
Graduates in Science & Engineering			X		X
Test Scores	X
Workforce Make-up
Income Measure	X			X
Labor Force Participation Rate		X
Employment in High Tech			X	X	X
IT Professionals			X
Employment Growth Rates	X		X
Creative Class Measure			X
Industry Make-up & Environment
High-Tech Measure				X	X	X
Gazelles	X	X	X	X	X
Growth of Companies	X			X
IPOs	X		X		X
Number of Patents	X	X	X	X	X	X
Business Start-Ups			X	X	X
Output Measures	X	X			X	X
Taxes				X
R&D Expenditures
Total				X
Industry			X
Federal		X	X
Academic			X		X
State			X
Funding
ATP			X
STTR			X
SBIR			X	X
NIH						X
Venture Capital Availability	X	X	X	X	X	X
Connectivity		X	X		X
Quality of Life
Income Measures	X
Housing Prices and Availability	X	X
Air and/or Water Quality	X	X		X
Open Space	X	X
Public Transit	X	X
Congestion/Travel Time	X	X	X	X
Crime	X	X		X
* This is not an exhaustive list of all indicators in all of the studies.