Case Studies
Florida High-Tech Corridor Council Innovation Benchmark Study
“When the FHTCC needed a skilled and innovative team to assess leading-edge, technology driven, economic development policies from around the county, we counted on Boyette Strategic Advisors to provide that summary to us. Their timely, thorough report has proven beneficial in our regional planning initiatives.”
Boyette Strategic Advisors completed a Florida Innovation Benchmark Study on behalf of 19 Florida-based funding sponsors. The study was focused on Florida’s ability to compete in a knowledge-based economy and included the following steps:
- Gap analysis of Florida’s Innovation Economy support programs, policies and incentives
- Interview of Funding Sponsors to determine opinions and objectives of study
- Interviews with stakeholders as part of gap analysis and to gather opinions on priority areas
- Benchmarking of out-of-state programs that address gaps identified through interview process
- Prioritization benchmark programs for additional research
- Summarizing identified programs/policies/incentives in table format
- Providing recommendations on marketing the state to key economic development decision makers
The Florida Innovation Benchmark Study conducted by Boyette Strategic Advisors on behalf of the FHTCC, may be found at: http://www.floridahightech.com/resources/benchmark.html.
Boyette worked with the FHTCC to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of existing programs to target high-tech, high-wage jobs, and based on this analysis, to determine what additional incentives and public policy initiatives it may need to develop and advocate. Boyette then identified and researched comparable regions to determine what current policies/tools/incentives they used to attract high-tech, high-wage jobs to their state or area.