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Welcome--Charles Wessner
Pages 41-43

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... were jointly convening this symposium on global best practice in science and technology parks. This symposium, he noted, is a key element in the ongoing efforts of STEP to identify and compare as appropriate best practices in innovation policies from around the world. STEP is also interested in the synergies between state and federal programs, he said, as well as the synergies between the activities of foundations and regional economic growth in the United States. The involvement of foundations is typically an American feature of development, he said, and one that must be examined to understand the innovation process in the United States.
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... Among the key issues to be addressed in the symposium, he said, is the evaluation of research parks and their role in commercializing governmentfunded research. Underscoring the fact that research parks are diverse, and all have ­ different histories, goals, and structures, he cited, what he called, the "Link ­dictum," of Professor Albert Link of the University of North Carolina at G ­ reensboro: "If you've seen one park, you've seen one park." At the same time,  See National Research Council, An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Program, Charles W
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... , the National Science Foundation, the University of Maryland, and C ­ lemson University, the informal steering group that help plan the event, and the staff of the Academies and AURP for their professionalism and efficiency in organizing the event.
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