A book chapter by Alvin Wolfe and Guy Hagen, in “Doing Cultural Ethnography: Projects for Ethnographic Data Collection,” M.V. Angrosino, Ed. (Waveland Press, Illinois) 2002. The book and this chapter have been updated and a second edition is due for release in 2006.
The book chapter introduces a simple network analysis exercise for use in [...]

“Obsolescence Mitigation Manufacturing” is a working name to describe partnering and bidding programs to take advantage of federal manufacturing procurement opportunities.
There is a specific category of federal defense procurement referred to as DMSMS, sometimes called to as “obsolescence mitigation”. Through the Defense Logistics Agency, the US Department of Defense coordinates its bidding and purchasing for [...]

Research was conducted by Innovation Insight on behalf of the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission (EDC). Its purpose was to establish an objective, comprehensive framework for benchmarking the region’s industry clusters.
The first part of the research compared overall measures of growth, competitiveness, and innovation for the region as a whole. Where available, 5-year trend information [...]

Research was conducted by Innovation Insight for the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission (EDC).
The research objective was to broadly vision and forecast trends and opportunities in business intelligence systems for innovative economic development. It is expected that a competent information services consultation firm can help the EDC select appropriate commercially available technologies for a competent [...]

The Center for Economic Development Research (CEDR) is the applied economic research organization for the University of South Florida. It is structured within the University’s College of Business. Its mission is stated as follows:
“The Center for Economic Development Research (CEDR) - conducts applied economic research on regional, statewide, and national economic development issues. CEDR’s education [...]

Research was conducted by Innovation Insight under contract with the Tampa International Technology Center LLC (TITC). The purpose of this research was to estimate the potential direct “spin-off” contributions of the Tampa International Technology Center to the Tampa Bay area economy. These estimates are intended to be used as additional inputs for a separate formal [...]

Research was conducted by Innovation Insight, Inc. under contract with the Canadian Consulate General in Miami. The purpose of this research was to provide an overview of selected science and technology resources in the state of Florida.
This report contains the following sections:
Overview of Statewide Research and Development
This chapter compares overall R&D trends at the statewide [...]

An ambitious research effort has been undertaken to document Florida’s financial services industry, and identify opportunities for expansion and growth. The [...]

The Medtech Network was a monthly e-newsletter to over 600 Florida researchers and executives in medical technologies, [...]

Research for this report was performed by Innovation Insight Inc. for the National Center for Simulation using data sources from Dark Star Information Services, the US Patent and Trademark Office, and the US General Services Administration. This report attempts to rank states and regional clusters by their national activity, geographic concentration, and overall prominence in [...]