HIGH-TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS IN LAWRENCE, KANSAS

Abstract

This report contains information on businesses in Lawrence that have been identified as high-technology enterprises. The following criteria were used to differentiate high-tech companies: 1. a high proportion of scientists and engineers in the workforce; 2.highly sophisticated technology incorporated into products; 3. firms of relatively small size with high growth rates and a high ratio of research and development expenditures to sales; and 4. products which tend to incorporate technological innovation, have a high degree of value-added, and are often recognized as "state of the art" in a given line.

The second section of the directory contains a listing of laboratories at the University of Kansas that may be useful as resources for testing or consulting. Many work regularly with businesses in the state and surrounding areas.