Arizona Hopes to Learn From Others on the Tech Game

In the past eight months, Arizona State University staff members have scouted Ireland before sending President Michael Crow there and bringing an Irish expert here.

High-tech leaders have brought in key players from Georgia to share its success story. Biotech leaders have studied what worked in Washington state, Pittsburgh and St. Louis.

The thinking is, Arizona doesn't need to reinvent the wheel. It can borrow ingredients from the masters, who have figured out how to enrich their economies with a strong knowledge focus.

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