north carolina board of science and technology high tech clusters in this report prepared for the by office economic development university at chapel hill edward j feser ph d assistant professor henry renski graduate direct questions or comments to department city regional planning cb 3140 howell building 200c nc 27599 voice 919 962 4768 fax 5206 email unc edu special thanks karen becker design layout document additional copies are available from 733 6500 an electronic version go www governor state us govoffice projects nc2030 html 2000 i executive summary a cross country cities states abandoning policies focused on individual industries it is now widely recognized that every company s success depends competitiveness its key sup pliers service providers sources capital equipment even competi tors best practice aims