We could not do them all, but we have learned from this exercise that it should be possible for Europeans involved in regional economic development to identify regions of interest in the U.S., and to find out how economic development was pursued and achieved there. Information is key in the knowledge-based economy. That information is surprisingly accessible, as we learned in preparing this survey. Vast amounts of information are available on the Internet, and some of those Internet websites are referenced below. Virtually every state and large metropolitan region in the U.S. maintains an economic development office, often in cooperation with local business groups and universities.
Many resources are also available at the national level - the list below is a brief sample.
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