High-Technology Business for Lawrence, Kansas

Abstract

This directory contains information on 29 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 with high growth rates and a high ratio of research and development expenditures to total 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 and research institutions at the University of Kansas that are important as an industrial liaison. They provide valuable resources for testing and consul ting. Some work regularly with businesses in the state and surrounding areas.