Posts Tagged ‘economic development’
Planting seeds and making them grow
Monday, June 1, 2009, 7:41 amIt’s an encouraging historical fact that creativity rises when the economy tanks.
That means, the time to plant seeds for tomorrow’s innovation is now, when the global economy is shrinking, unemployment is rising and one of the world’s largest carmakers, General Moters, is about to restructure in the biggest industrial bankruptcy in U.S. history.
Governor wants incentives for entrepreneurs
Thursday, May 28, 2009, 4:10 pmGov. Beverly Perdue used a ribbon cutting Thursday to propose state incentives to encourage scientists to become entrepreneurs.
Purdue seized the grand opening of Quintiles Transnational’s new global headquarters in Durham to talk about a founder’s tax credit and small innovation research grants she said she wants legislators to pass during the ongoing session.
Science jobs: Where are they going?
Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 10:15 amAre science jobs about to go the way manufacturing jobs have gone for years, which is to countries with lower labor costs?
It’s a question that more than 700 economic developers, economists, scientists, investors and business executives from around the world will explore at the three-day International Association of Science Parks conference that starts June 1 at the Raleigh Convention Center.
