Blueprint for an Innovation Economy in Florida Research as Economic Foundation | Page 3

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary........................................................................................................................................ 2
The Opportunities of a Research Grounded Economy................................................................................... 3
A Childhood Polio Complication...................................................................................................................... 4
The Overnight Miracle – Years in the Making................................................................................................. 4
Can We Duplicate Innovation?........................................................................................................................ 5
The Foundations of Disruptive Success.......................................................................................................... 5
The Creation and Use of New Recipes........................................................................................................... 6
Outputs and Results....................................................................................................................................... 7
The Two-Edged Sword.................................................................................................................................... 7
What the Data Means.................................................................................................................................... 8
Publications Drive Citations...........................................................................................................................11
Scientists Drive Publications.........................................................................................................................11
Scientific Collaborations............................................................................................................................... 12
Research Scientists and Engineers Are the Input........................................................................................ 12
How We Got Here........................................................................................................................................ 14
Yet … Deep Pockets of Excellence............................................................................................................... 15
Regenerative Medicine................................................................................................................................. 16
Optics and Photonics.................................................................................................................................... 16
The Life Sciences..........................................................................................................................................17
Scale for Success..........................................................................................................................................17
Conclusions.................................................................................................................................................. 18
Exhibits......................................................................................................................................................... 21