Characteristics of Successful Places - Heartland Forward · 2019-11-06 · Characteristics of...
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Characteristics of Successful Places: The changing dynamics of innovation and entrepreneurshipin economic development
Saint Louis Federal Reserve Bank/Heartland ForwardNorthwest Arkansas Regional Economic Briefing| Bentonville, AR| November 4, 2019
Presented by: Ross DeVolPresident and CEO, Heartland Forwardhttps://heartlandforward.org
Presentation overview
• Innovation and long-term growth
• Technology and science assets
• Entrepreneurs and young, knowledge-intensive firms
• Most Dynamic Metropolitans
• Conclusions: innovation and entrepreneurs
Long-term regional growth process
• Large regional differences in growth
• Few barriers to flow of economic activity
• Export-intensive activity is critical
• Manufacturing is an export sector
• Healthcare services or medical science can be an export
Factors affecting disparity in regional growth
• Existing industrial structure• Cost of doing business:
• Tax rates, capital costs, wage rates, space costs, energy costs, health care costs, etc.
• Labor force skills, access to markets and capital• Research, development, innovation and entrepreneurial capacities• Universities/colleges committed to tech transfer and creating human capital• Quality of place issues
Business increasingly driving innovation
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Total R&D
Business
Federal Government
Higher Education
U.S. Research and Development SpendingBillions of 2009 Dollars
Source: National Science Foundation
STSI Research and Development Inputs Index
Source: Milken Institute
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Entrepreneurs vital to a dynamic economy
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1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017Source: Census Bureau
Percent of U.S. Employment at Young Firms
STSI Risk Capital and Entrepreneurial Infrastructure Index
Source: Milken Institute
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Human capital investment key to growth
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Percent of U.S. 25 and Older Population with a Bachelor's Degree or Higher
Source: Census Bureau
STSI Human Capital Investment Index
Source: Milken Institute
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STEM workforce converts research to viable firms
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Number of Jobs (Left Axis)
Share of all U.S. Jobs (Right Axis)
U.S. Science and Engineering JobsMillions Percent
Sources: National Science Foundation analysis of Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics
STSI Tech and Science Workforce Index
Source: Milken Institute
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Advanced services’ success critical to job creation
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Advanced Manufacturing
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U.S. Employment in Advanced Industries Millions of Workers
Sources: Brookings Institution analysis of Emsi data
Advanced industries account for majority of U.S innovation
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Advanced Industries' Share of 2015 U.S. Macro Measures Percent
Source: Brookings Institution analysis of Moody's Analytics, Export Nation 2013, and Bureau of Labor Statistics data
STSI Tech Concentration and Dynamism Index
Source: Milken Institute
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State Technology and Science Index
Source: Milken Institute
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Innovate to create high wage jobs
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Actual versus STSI-predicted Average Annual Pay US Dollars
Source: Walton Family Foundation analysis of Milken Institute and Bureau of Labor Statistics data
US Metropolitans by share of employment at young firms
Source: Heartland Forward analysis of Census Bureau data
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Model-predicted employment growth performs well
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502010-2017 Percent Change in Employment
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Model-Predicted Employment Growth
Metropolitan Areas, Ranked by Actual 2010-2017 Employment GrowthSource: Heartland Forward analysis of Burea of Labor Statistics and Census Bureau data
Source: Milken Institute, Ross DeVol
Regionalentrepreneurial ecosystem and life cycle
Most Dynamic Metropolitans Metrics
Measure Time Period SourceYoung Firm Employment Ratio 2016 Census BureauPer-Capita Personal Income 2016 Bureau of Economic AnalysisMedium-Term Job Growth 2013-2018 Bureau of Labor StatisticsShort-Term Job Growth 2017-2018 Bureau of Labor StatisticsShort-Term Job Momentum Dec. 2017-Dec. 2018 Bureau of Labor StatisticsMedium-Term Average Annual Pay Growth 2013-2017 Bureau of Labor StatisticsShort-Term Average Annual Pay Growth 2016-2017 Bureau of Labor StatisticsMedium-Term GDP Growth 2012-2017 Bureau of Economic AnalysisShort-Term GDP Growth 2016-2017 Bureau of Economic Analysis
Most Dynamic Metropolitans
Source: Heartland Forward
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NWA in Most Dynamic Metropolitans
Measure Ranking Z-ScoreYoung Firm Employment Ratio 191st -0.241Per-Capita Personal Income 9th 2.611Medium-Term Job Growth 13th 2.006Short-Term Job Growth 92nd 0.579Short-Term Job Momentum 108th 0.460Medium-Term Average Annual Pay Growth 103rd 0.443Short-Term Average Annual Pay Growth 18th 1.274Medium-Term GDP Growth 11th 1.970Short-Term GDP Growth 57th 0.766Overall Performance 17th 1.096
Conclusion: innovation and entrepreneurs summary
• Entrepreneurial capabilities are essential to maintaining an innovation ecosystem
• They combine existing technology with new discoveries into the marketplace
• Serial entrepreneurs critical advantage in most dynamic ecosystems
• Research universities are one of the strongest assets America can use to compete in the age of innovation.
• University IP creates both middle- and high-skill industry jobs through innovation and commercialization.
• Early stage risk capital is essential to the process: banks don’t accept IP as collateral for loans