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What The IT Revolution Means For Regional Economic Development

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Brookings Institution
24 February 2003 - 8:00am

Metropolitan areas that understand the changing nature of business--and respond nimbly to its demands--will create the best environments for firm and economic growth.

"Information technology (IT) saturated American business in the 1990s, and countless new companies sprang up around Internet applications. In response, economic development officials across the country have tried to catch the 'tech' wave by stimulating the growth of high technology companies and 'clusters.' This effort has been impressive, but as this paper argues, it may have remained too narrow."

Full Story: What The IT Revolution Means For Regional Economic Development
Source: The Brookings Institution, February 23, 2003
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