Economic Development

Want to target your economic development programs within Washington, by region or nationwide? Want to cost effectively market your biotechnology, medical device and life science industry, economic development programs, technology transfer and other resources? In our "Economic Development" section you can access state and local development resources, and industry studies by state, region, and nation. If you are interested in advertising your development programs, technology transfer and other services, please access: WashingtonLifeScience.com Advertising.

Washington Resources

• Washington State Office of Trade & Economic Development
• Industry Annual Report
• WBBA "Biotechnology means Hope" Slide Presentation
• Technology Transfer
• Facilities
• Destination Washington
• Legislative Affairs
• Washington Technology Center R&D Funding for WA Companies

Related Resources:

• Economic Development Reports, U.S. & International
• International Resources
• Industry Associations
• CEO Suggested Reading
• Industry Directory
• WA BioHistory
• WashingtonLifeScience.com Facility Advertising

Metrics for Economic Development

Milestones, the critical thinking company, presents a report, originally published in Genetic Engineering News, that reexamines the economic development metrics regions utilize to facilitate biotechnology development.

For decades, economic development has been focused on the goal of bringing jobs to a region. What if the evaluative criteria for economic development success was refocused from jobs to the number of products a region’s businesses produced directly on their own or indirectly through sales and marketing partners, universities, and biotechnology companies? What if an important goal was creating an innovation milieu that was focused on scouting out and mitigating roadblocks to commercialization of products?

Metrics for Economic Development