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July 2010

Cover Story

Critical Components

Can the role of science and technology parks as engines of economic prosperity be overstated?

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Features

No Small Effort

Dr. Chester Wilson, a professor at Louisiana Tech University and chief technology officer at Carbon Capture Energy Technologies, hopes to use nanotechnology to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

Repaying Nature’s Bounty

Of the more than 750 food-sector facility projects tracked around the world by the Conway Data New Plant Database between January 2009 and April 2010, nearly 15 percent had something to do with adult beverages

Green Incentives: A Primer

States and communities offer financial incentives in hopes of recruiting and/or cultivating manufacturing of renewable energy products.

West Is the Best

*State Rankings Criteria: Green Industry projects as tracked by the Conway Data New Plant Database from Jan. 2008- March 2010 (including renewable energy manufacturing and supply chain facilities, biofuels and biomass, recycling plants, electric vehicle supply chain, etc.); Number of LEED Certified projects as of May 10, 2010 (USGBC project database); LEED Certified projects per […]

Investment Profiles

Healthy Choices

Rick Wienckowski remembers a time when companies seeking support for expansion plans weren’t always greeted warmly in the capital city of Kansas.

International

Off the Beaten Path

Prince Edward Island may be comparatively diminutive in land area, but it’s just the right size — with room to grow — for a certain brand of biotech.

Taking Stock

Eastern Europe’s 22 countries have always been at different stages of development and levels of attractiveness for foreign investors.

Two Realities

Drug violence has escalated, U.S. National Guard troops are being deployed and bi-national political tensions are rising

Area Spotlights

Road Hogs

If Mike Meehan has his way, the Mountain West will become the preferred destination for small to medium-sized manufacturers seeking a home from which they can propel the spirit of invention across the country.

Elsewhere In Louisiana

Plenty of Louisianans, especially in the economic development community, long for the days, not so long ago, when the headlines about Louisiana were about major new projects coming to the state.

Spanish Acquisition

Could Wisconsin’s plans for high-speed rail and its proximity to U.S. wind corridors have lured two Spain-based firms to Milwaukee

Energy Mix

From east to west to assorted points in between, the energy sector in Arkansas — both renewable and traditional — continues to thrive.

Look At the Data

When a former U.S. Attorney in New Jersey is elected governor, and teams up with a lieutenant governor who fought corruption and crime as a federal prosecutor and sheriff, chances are they won’t back down

Turning the Tide

Knowledge capital and a pro-business climate drove AAA to Oklahoma City. Now, the giant auto club is expanding its reach from a city growing as quickly as its top employers.