Council on Competitiveness Sponsors Study on Regional High Tech Growth

January 15, 2002

The Council on Competitiveness, a Washington D.C. based think tank, will sponsor a year-long study on the importance of regional clusters in high-tech economic growth. Six cities will be observed in the study, including Austin, Texas, and the Research Triangle area in North Carolina. The project's starting point will include a large-scale map, created by a renowned Harvard Business School professor, Michael Porter, that identifies industrial concentrations nationwide. Austin, Texas, will host this project.

To find out more about this study, go to the Web site, http://www.compete.org/innovate/innovate_index.html. (Council on Competitiveness Web site)