FRED PHILLIPS has lived in Austin and Portland, USA, playing leading roles in the growth of both technopoleis and consulting worldwide on technopolis formation and new business incubation. He is now Associate Dean and Professor of Entrepreneurship at Maastricht School of Management, The Netherlands, and a Senior Fellow of the IC2 Institute at University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is author of Market-Oriented Technology Management: Innovating for Profit in Entrepreneurial Times.

• List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Preface List of Contributors Introduction: Technology-based Economic Development and The Initiatives that Advance It; F.Phillips PART 1: AUSTIN Toward a Modern Economics; F.Phillips Memoir on the History of the Austin Software Council; F.Phillips The Austin Experience: Behind the Success Factors; F.Phillips Toward an Intellectual Foundation for 'Shared Prosperity'; F.Phillips The Business School in a Time of Transition; F.Phillips Anointing a 'City of Light and Wisdom'; D.V.Gibson Advantage Austin II; G.Kozmetsky & P.A.Hayes PART 2: PORTLAND Portland Looks at International Benchmarks; F.Phillips The Power of Combination: Three Unpopular Truths about Civic Entrepreneurship; F.Phillips Gaining on Us and Closing Fast; F.Phillips Sometimes, Montana; F.Phillips Lack of Investment Puts Portland Behind; F.Phillips Twelve Hurdles for an MOT Program: How and Why to Overcome them; F.Phillips Do We Know How to Play this Game? Some Thoughts on Regional Leadership; R.R.Shaw Bring Back Oregon's Common Sense of Purpose; C.Orloff Please, Portland, Don't Pearlize Joe's Garage; P.Ouellette PART 3: AND BEYOND Sustaining a Technopolis Initiative; F.Phillips WTO vs. WTA? The World Trade Organization's Impact on Technopolis; F.Phillips Why Do Universities Transfer Technology?; F.Phillips Universities and Incubators; F.Phillips Does Place Matter? Quality of Life and Wandering Alumni; F.Phillips Short Takes; F.Phillips Technology is the Engine of a New Russian Revolution; D.V.Gibson Conclusion; F.Phillips Appendix Works Cited Bibliography Index