ManchesterOnline - Leese in 'snub' to twin cities launch
...A NEW era of co-operation between Manchester and Salford has got off to an embarrassing start after Manchester city council leader Richard Leese missed its launch.
The twin cities have united behind a project called Manchester: Knowledge Capital.
The aim is to create 100,000 jobs over the next 10 years by the two local authorities working together with the four universities - Salford, Manchester, Umist and Manchester Metropolitan - to attract new investment...
..."In addition to the successes in joint technology development, the UMR/Motorola team has established a great partnership to bridge today's industry and academia through knowledge sharing and graduate student internships," says O'Keefe. Over the past three years, four UMR graduate students have spent their summer working at Motorola. These students have not only contributed to the Motorola research, but also gained valuable industrial experience, says O'Keefe...
Arizona struggling in high-tech sector - 2003-09-08 - The Business Journal of Phoenix
...Morrison's review of Arizona's four competitor states concludes that those states, over many years, benefited "mightily from large, sustained, multifaceted federal investments in defense and space that contributed to the formation of a significant concentration of knowledge workers."...
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