In addition, they all have an incredible source of homegrown talent from local universities.
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In the long term, however, we expect to be able to recruit employees directly from the local universities.
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Our local universities are breaking ground for new facilities to house tenured professors who love using 10-year-old case studies to predict the future.
Regarding the notion of a "chill factor", the minister said he genuinely believed that the local universities did provide a shared space for students.
But Messrs Morgan and Cooke say that most small-and medium-sized enterprises still regard their local universities as ivory towers, with little useful to offer.
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Cultivating a network of entrepreneurs inside this system, in concert with local universities and outfits like M-PESA, the mobile payment service of Vodaphone affiliate Safaricom, is another step.
Many college students that go to local universities like the University of Michigan or Michigan State University end up applying for jobs that are out of the state.
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Councillor Peter Bilson, responsible for economic regeneration at the city council, said the increase in new businesses was partly due to partnerships with local universities and training colleges.
Mr Morgan reckons that local firms would perform much better and would devise more new products if they made better use of the research labs of local universities.
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In fact, both Hecht and Hague are currently working with local universities to develop curriculums that directly apply to the skilled work available in the fast-growing digital media industry.
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We strongly encourage them to participate at the local level, getting to know the executives, government officials and professors and administrators at local universities and colleges within their cities.
The positive impact of startup businesses on a local economy is powerful, and it is important for the community, government, local universities, and private individuals to support these efforts.
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Peter Moore, chief operating officer of Electronic Arts, said it had been attracted by the level of local talent, and praised local universities for offering computer science and digital arts degrees.
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Partnering with local universities or foundations, they scoured local archives and repositories owned by artists, their families, universities or museums, to identify, scan and catalog the primary source documents, selectively, for inclusion in the archive.
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Now a score of water-related startups are laying down roots here, too, spun off from local universities or encouraged by new state financing initiatives, the proximity of skilled labor and, above all, a booming business opportunity.
AstraZeneca ( AZN - news - people ) tapped into the booming Chinese pharmaceutical market by making large-scale, multiyear offshoring investments in everything from manufacturing to sales, partnering with local universities, government organizations and Chinese companies.
"By building communities and generating more awareness about the growing start-up ecosystem in Chicago, we will be able to attract more development talent from the local universities and other areas throughout the country, " says entrepreneurRyan Leavitt, Catapult's co-founder and president.
State agencies, local governments and universities are all wondering how far belt-tightening will have to go.
Professional clubs, football fans, schools, local authorities and universities are among those taking part in the campaign.
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The company worked closely with local governments and universities to create an entire tourism industry in central Florida.
One idea is to work with the local colleges and universities to train a new generation of workers.
Its 100 members include representatives from all the main political parties, business and community organisations, local councils and universities.
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One common way to find developers is to attend networking and recruiting events, such as Hackathons, Startup Weekends, Tech MeetUps, or by checking out up-and-coming talent at local colleges and universities.
Many stakeholders (universities, local communities, NGOs, local authorities, etc.) have been involved in the design of the transboundary biosphere reserve.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said the National Archives would help universities, local authorities and other institutions to improve public access, including putting documents online.
The MARSballoon project, which was organised by Bristol-based aerospace company Systems Engineering and Assessment (SEA), involved six local schools and two universities, and was aimed at helping the students take an interest in a career in the UK space industry.
Such a plan would only work if it were based on solid grounds in economics and ethics, and were applied by all UN member countries, and by local governments, courts, universities, and archeological communities.
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Here's something few people consider when they're flipping through college guides and mailings from prospective universities: The cost of local housing.
Only America, five times its size, has more foreign students, and with fees for local students capped, Britain's universities break even only by charging overseas ones what the market will bear.
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