tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703535734196881892011-10-06T07:06:35.041-07:00Technopolis TimesResources for Technology-Based Regional Economic Development. Technopolis Times encourages NETWORKING and ALLIANCES that help grow new and established technopoleis. Technopolis Times is a service of General Informatics LLC, publisher of <i>Review of Technology & Economic Development.</i>Fred Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666409802515538578noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270353573419688189.post-48675774947243114932011-01-08T06:24:00.000-08:002011-01-08T06:30:53.102-08:00Clusters, Technopolis, And A New Industrial PolicySorry I've been absent for a while. (I hope you missed me!) Here's one thing that's been keeping me busy:Having played a role in Austin's transformation into “Silicon Hills,” and having consulted for various cities that hope to boost their own high tech economies – and having written a book about it back in '06 – I've been traveling and speaking for UNESCO, helping Asian, Caribbean, and LatinFred Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666409802515538578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270353573419688189.post-91258875481336905782009-03-20T20:59:00.000-07:002009-04-08T09:54:51.440-07:00Visit to Hsinchu Science Based Industrial ParkIn January - after 33 years! - I returned to Taiwan and at long last had an opportunity to visit the Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park. Long held as a good example of government-led technology-based economic development, HSBIP appeared in my 2006 book The Technopolis Columns, in the form of an account by Dr. Alvin Tong. (Dr. Tong is a longtime friend and faculty colleague, and was the first Fred Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666409802515538578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270353573419688189.post-67831372121503910502009-01-24T21:52:00.000-08:002009-01-24T21:54:32.678-08:00Infrastructure 2.0: What will it look like?“Web 2.0” means more interactivity, user-generated content, optimized search and cross-connections, free software, and fees for service. The term emphasizes the contrast with the first wave of web activity, called “content-push” or Web 1.0, really just an electronic form of old-style publishing, with some hyperlinks thrown in. Tom Friedman uses “Car 2.0” to describe Better Place’s electric car Fred Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666409802515538578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270353573419688189.post-62809695848996761042008-07-27T11:11:00.000-07:002008-07-27T11:30:52.381-07:00Cross-referencing my blogs1. The Conscious Manager. International perspectives on management, technology, media, and personal growth.2. Technopolis Times. Resources for technology-based regional economic development. Technopolis Times encourages networking and alliances that help grow new and established technopoleis. This blog is the new home of the Review of Technology and Economic Development newsletter.3. MsM Fred Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666409802515538578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270353573419688189.post-24441673727964143912008-07-20T12:43:00.000-07:002008-07-23T07:03:03.199-07:00New Format for Review of Technology & Economic DevelopmentThe Review of Technology & Economic Development newsletter has been serving the economic development and scholarly communities since 2003. Back issues may be downloaded at http://www.generalinformatics.com/technopolistimes.html#worldwide. We have had a short hiatus in publication, and now resume the work on this blog site. The new format will allow you to contribute material, by posting comments Fred Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666409802515538578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270353573419688189.post-54162860913842174532008-07-20T11:19:00.000-07:002008-07-20T12:37:49.222-07:00Editorial (long): Just-in-Time and its HazardsA hot day on the US-Mexico border. Twin cities, one on either side of the international line. An economic development initiative that went wrong. Or did it?US and Japanese maquila firms came to our twin cities for easy access to ocean ports and to major US markets. The cities, as promised, opened a second border crossing. Other attractions were the usual for maquilas: cheap labor and tax-freeFred Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00666409802515538578noreply@blogger.com0