Mayer studies Boise's growing high-tech economy and offers recommendations to policymakers

Abstract

A recently completed study for Idaho TechConnect and the Idaho Department of Commerce by Heike Mayer, assistant professor and acting director of the Urban Affairs and Planning program, Virginia Tech, National Capital Region found that Boise, Idaho has experienced a healthy high-tech economy during the last few years, despite the lack of a world-class research university in the area.