Madison has been ranked a leading high-tech hub nationally on a new list measuring economic competitiveness in the technology field. The Technology Index, created by economic researcher Richard Florida, ranked cities and metropolitan areas based on concentration of high-tech companies, patents per capita and average annual patent growth. Madison tied with Minneapolis-St. Paul for No. 17 on the top-20 list. Florida singled out Madison?s ?budding tech hub? around UW-Madison.
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