Business Services Industry
Norfolk, Va.-Area Leaders Take Small Steps forward with Technology.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2002
By Vandana Sinha, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 16--Four troubles haunt Hampton Roads as it seeks to build its high-tech industry.
Lacking a research university, capital, a regional identity and a deep entrepreneurial pool, the region has far more potential than performance.
Several community leaders are winning small victories that are beginning to change that balance. But this is a cultural shift, and it could take 10 or 20 years to transform what's still considered a government town.
"There's really nobody who does this overnight," said Robert F. Sharak, director of special projects at the Hampton Roads Partnership. "It's really an evolutionary process as opposed to one Big...
Most Recent Business Articles
- Multiple criteria evaluation and optimization of transportation systems
- Multi-criteria analysis procedure for sustainable mobility evaluation in urban areas
- A two-leveled multi-objective symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the hub and spoke location problem
- Multi-criteria analysis for evaluating the impacts of intelligent speed adaptation
- The development of Taiwan arterial traffic-adaptive signal control system and its field test: a Taiwan experience
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- FAS 109: a primer for non-accountants - Financial Accounting Standards Board's "Statement 109: Accounting for Income Taxes"
- LIFO vs. FIFO: a return to the basics
- Design a commission plan that drives sales - Sales Commissions
- Too Young to Rent a Car? - 25-years-old the minimum age for car renting - Brief Article
