Technology in the Garden: Research Parks and Regional Economic Development

by Michael I. Luger and Harvey A. Goldstein

More than half of the 116 research parks now operating in the United States were established during the 1980s, with the aim of boosting regional economic growth. But until now no one has systematically analyzed whether research parks do in fact generate new businesses and jobs. Using their own surveys of all existing parks and case studies of three of the most successful--Research Triangle Park in North Carolina, Stanford Research Park in California,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807843458
• ISBN13: 9780807843451
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"