I am a state in the US. A higher proportion of my economy is given over to research and development than any other comparable area. I am unlikely to be where you’d think. Which state am I? And what proportion of gross state product is given over to research and development?
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I was going to have an educated guess and pick California, and then noticed that you mentioned “unlikely to be where youd think”, I don’t know whether to go for one of the military states like Virginia or maybe one of the industrial mid-west states that is using R&D to counter manufacturing decline associated with difficulties competing on price with a developing world – in a “flat world” to quote Thomas Friedman it would probably be wise to be investing in innovation in some of these states.
As an educated guess I’ll pick Virginia.
My instinct is to pick the West coast — California, Oregon or Washington state — as these are riddled with IT firms. Otherwise Massachusetts or Texas.
Nup and Nup.
Then I will take the longshot of Montana.
The other home of military and international intelligence (CIA) – Maryland, which I think would be defined as a mid-east state, not a mid-west state.
Google provides. Covering up all those aliens doesn’t come cheap, you know.
Thanks Amanda, I just Googled which isn’t quite as exciting as some naive form of inductive reasoning. Its New Mexico with around 9% of state domestic product based in R&D.
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/c8/c8.cfm?opt=4
Amazing huh?
I guess it must be defence.
Georgia
or Washington
Its also the emphysema capital (state).. both NM and Arizona. You see lots of people carrying canned oxygen around…. seriously. Apparently the dry air helps.