Without one, the city has fallen far behind San Francisco, Boston and other metropolitan areas in the competition to attract new technology companies and the jobs they create, city officials said.
While the 50-acre waterfront redevelopment project aims to bring in new residences, businesses, restaurants, hotels, shops, and more, a big part of Vinik's vision for the Tampa Bay area includes attracting new technology investment and entrepreneurship to the area, too. .
Largely in response to the fluctuation of the auto industry, Michigan's government and business leaders initiated programs to expand the state's manufacturing base, to attract new high-technology firms, and to promote the service sector of the economy; tourism and education, in particular, have continued to do well.
Jurgen Maier, boss of Siemens in the UK and chairman of the North West Business Leadership Team, which published the manifesto, said that if the Government's Northern Powerhouse project is to succeed, the region needs to promote its science and technology base and attract new private-sector investment.
Honeywell International, for example, lists almost 100 technologies on yet2.com, hoping to attract new licensing revenue.
Essentially, it is a process that involves technology, marketing and sales to keep existing customers, attract new ones and bring former customers back into the fold.
Whether and how we deploy these technologies likely will have an impact on our ability to attract new talent to our companies and to find and retain customers.
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