This book comprehensively describes the job oppportunities in the top 100 high tech communities in the United States. It details the types of jobs available, specialties in demand, and predicts the future growth of the top areas. Divides high tech communities into two groups: Premier 20, composed of places where companies like Motorola and Texas Instruments have huge facilities and Fast Growth 80, composed of both mature and up-and-coming high-tech meccas.

The process of development in recent times has been characteristically marked by the expanding reach of multinational enterprises, flows of foreign direct investment, unprecedented growth of information and communication technologies (ICT) and knowledge-based industries, and infusion of ICT across the entire spectrum of industries and activities. High-tech knowledge-based industries like information technology, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and so on have played an important role in the transition of Chinese and Indian economies—the two largest and fastest growing economies. This inter-disciplinary book offers an in-depth understanding of the behaviour of firms in these industries, analysing the strategies they adopt in a globally competitive environment, the role they have played in ushering in the growth revolution in China and India, and the contribution they have made to the nature and growth of employment. This study also dwells upon the emerging nature of scientific and technological developments like nanotechnology, novel materials, spintronics and quantum computers, with the conclusion that in the future, knowledge and technology are going to be the real sources of wealth for nations.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the literature and professional organizations that aid career planning and related research for 111 careers requiring college degrees or specialized education.