Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Ports, QTS, Inc.; Dennis Kulonda, Florida Tech; Clifford Bragdon, Florida Tech; Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

existing indigenous firms 3. Encouraging entrepreneurial start-ups 4. Providing a supportive educational, social, tax, quality-of-life and cultural context for research, technology entrepreneurship and business 5. Networking with other technopoleis worldwideDr. Phillips has also listed the following Technopolis Success Factors: 1. Embracing Change 2. Social Capital, especially with cross-sectoral links 3. Cluster strategies that target specific company groups for collaboration 4. Visionary and persistent leadership 5. The will to action 6. Action 7. Constant selling 8. Self-investment in infrastructure 9. Outreach and networkingIn Silicon Valley, California and in Boston, Massachusetts,40 a combination of top