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Minnesota Cluster-Entrepreneurship Conference Presentations Available
The presentations from last week's conference, Knowledge Clusters and Entrepreneurship in Regional Economic Development, now available online, provide a good introduction to many of the topics and issues to be discussed at SSTI's annual conference, Building Tech-based Economies: Preparing for Tomorrow's Challenges, in Philadelphia, Oct. 13-15.
Organized by the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, the Clusters conference included case studies on U.S. and Irish clusters and entrepreneurship as well as:
- Knowledge Clusters as a Means of Promoting Regional Economic Development
- Entrepreneurship Policy and the Strategic Management of Places
- Economic Development in Post Conflict Society: A Cluster-Focused Development Plan
- Crafting a New Rural Development Strategy
- Academic Entrepreneurs: Social Learning and Participation in University Technology Transfer
- Entrepreneurship and Government Policy: An International Perspective based on the Research of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
- Energizing Entrepreneurship in Rural Communities and Amongst Under-Represented Groups
- Introduction to Venture-Based Economic Development: Achieving Sustained Economic Growth Using Venture-Focused Strategies
- Building the Community’s Pipeline of Entrepreneurs and Enterprises: A Fresh Approach to Evaluating Incubation Strategies
- What’s so New about New Entrepreneurship Policies? State Government Initiatives to Foster New Venture Creation
The papers and Powerpoint presentations are available at: http://www.knowledgeclusters.com/