Science and technology policy making in Louisiana

Louisiana's most recent efforts to formulate an effective technology policy began in 1989, when the Louisiana Partnership for Technology and Innovation, a private, not-for-profit; corporation, began devising a process for developing a stare technology policy. A set of ground rules for the stare's program has been established, bur there has nor yet been any tangible impact on the state's economy. The political pitfalls encountered in the process and the lessons of the Louisiana experience are outlined.