Matrix of Common Innovation Indicators: States' Indices

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

Indicators*

Alaska

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Mississippi

Washington

Education

General Measure

X

 

X

X

X

 

X

Specific

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High School

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

Bachelors

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

PhD

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

Graduates in S&E with (General)

X

X

X

 

 

X

X

PhD

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

Test Scores

X

X

X

X

X

 

X

Workforce Make-up
Income Measure

X

X

X

X

X

 

X
Employment in High Tech

X

X

X

X

 

X

X

Scientists

X

X

X

 

X

X

 

Engineers

X

X

X

 

X

X

 

Employment Growth Rates

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

Industry Make-up & Environment

Clusters

 

 

 

X

 

X

 

High-Tech Industry Measure

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

Gazelles

 

 

 

X

 

X

 

Growth of Companies

 

 

X

 

X

 

X

IPOs

X

 

X

X

 

X

X

Incubators

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

Number of Patents

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Business Start-Ups

 

 

X

X

X

X

X

Output Measures

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Taxes

 

 

 

 

X

X

X

R&D Expenditures

Total

X

X

 

 

 

X

X

Industry

 

 

X

X

X

X

 

Federal

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

Academic

X

X

 

 

X

X

 

State

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

Funding

ATP

 

 

X

 

X

 

X

STTR

 

X

X

 

X

 

 

SBIR

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Venture Capital Availability

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Connectivity

X

X

X

 

X

 

 
Quality of Life
Income Measures

X

 

X

X

X

X

 

Housing Prices

 

 

 

X

X

 

X

Other

 

 

 

  

X

 

X

* This is not an exhaustive list of all indicators in all of the studies