Regional Competitiveness

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An Economic Road Map for Kern County

California boasts one the biggest economies in the world, yet is considered challenging for doing business. But strategically-located Kern County has proven to be an exception. Marked by its streamlined business permitting process, an...
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Priscilla Hamilton, Kristen Keough, Minoli Ratnatunga, and Perry Wong
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Best-Performing Cities 2014

The Milken Institute's annual "Best-Performing Cities" index shows that technology and shale energy were the biggest factors behind America's booming cities. Tech titan San Francisco claimed the top spot, up two ranks from last year. Last...
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State Technology and Science Index 2014

Massachusetts is first – once again – in the Milken Institute’s State Technology and Science Index 2014. The index is made up of five composites that can be applied across all 50 states for comparison and analysis, with 78 unique indicators...
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Best Cities for Successful Aging 2014

Best Cities for Successful Aging is a first-of-its-kind, data-driven index that measures and ranks the performance of 352 U.S. metropolitan areas in promoting and enabling successful aging. Unlike many “best places to retire” lists, the...
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Liana Soll, Sindhu Kubendran, and Anusuya Chatterjee
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A Hollywood Exit: What California Must Do to Remain Competitive in Entertainment - and Keep Jobs

California's stronghold on the entertainment industry is loosening as production jobs are lured to other locations due to production credits and other tax breaks. Between 2004 and 2012, the state lost more than 16,000 jobs in filmed...
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Portrait of Kevin Klowden

Kevin Klowden

Senior Fellow, Milken Institute Finance
Kevin Klowden is a senior fellow at Milken Institute Finance. He specializes in the study of key factors that underlie the development of competitive regional economies (clusters of innovation, patterns of trade and investment, and concentration of skilled labor) and how these are influenced by public policy and, in turn, affect regional economies both globally and nationally.
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