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Can
the Commonwealth Maintain Its High-Tech Leadership?
— Microsoft-sponsored advertorial written by Perot Systems
Consulting Chairman Jim Champy, who serves as co-chair of Mass Insight's
IT/Communications/Defense working group. Jim's advertorial ran in
today's editions of The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, and Wall Street
Journal (New England edition). (5/28/08)
Conference
to help forge biz ties to China, India — December
2008 will identify ways Massachusetts can continue to grow and protect
its prominence in the life sciences, financial services and energy
industries. (Boston
Business Journal, 2/29/08)
Mass Insight
Report Outlines Vision for New Medicine Hub; Translational Medicine
Center Key to State's Future — Massachusetts
has a world-class life sciences cluster, but global competition,
inconsistent collaboration between industry and academia and the
lack of a talent strategy threaten the Commonwealth’s leadership
status, according to a groundbreaking report released today by Mass
Insight Corporation’s Global Mass 2015 initiative. (2/25/08)
Report:
State needs to transform itself into "new medicine" hub
— (Associated Press 2/25/08) [PDF
version]
Report:
State faces hurdles in life sciences; Competition, training called
critical issues — (Boston Globe, 2/25/08) [PDF
version]
Group
calls for $200M Hub center for new medicines —
(Boston Herald, 2/25/08) [PDF
version]
Study:
Bay State life sciences industry faces global challenge
[PDF] — (Boston Business Journal, 2/27/08)
Educators
and Industry Push for Science Funding [PDF] —
(State House News Service, 2/27/08)
Boston's
trillion-dollar man — Ron O'Hanley, Co-Chair
of the Global Massachusetts 2015 Financial Services Steering Committee
featured in Boston Business Journal. (9/21/07)
Education
programs can deepen a drying talent pool — (Mass
High Tech, 8/3/07)
College Presidents,
Industry Leaders Join State Street CEO Ron Logue to Discuss Global
Strategies for Massachusetts — A breakfast forum
hosted by State Street Corp. CEO Ron Logue at the
company's Boston global headquarters featured expert perspectives
from the state's industrial, academic and government communities
on how to position Massachusetts as an innovation gateway to Asia.
(7/11/07)
Greater
Boston Chamber, Mass Insight Call for Coordinated State Strategy
for Financial Services Growth — Massachusetts
is a worldwide financial services hub but the lack of a coordinated
state strategy and fierce global competition threaten the industry’s
180,000 job base, according to a new report released by the Greater
Boston Chamber of Commerce and Mass Insight Corporation’s
Global Mass 2015 initiative. read
the executive summary or download
the full report (3/28/2007)
Massachusetts
Loses Ground as Finance Hub — Massachusetts is losing
ground as a hub for banking, insurance and mutual funds as outof-
state corporations have acquired Boston-based companies and shifted
jobs elsewhere. (Bloomberg
News, 3/28/07)
City's
financial services sector at risk, report says — High
costs, complicated regulatory and tax structures, and stiff competition
for back-office jobs from low-cost areas in the United States and
overseas threaten Boston's longtime position as a center of the
financial services industry, according to a report to be released
today. (Boston
Globe, 03/28/07)
Chamber
study: Hub (of finance) no more? — Boston is losing its
edge as a financial center amid growing competition from around
the country and the world, a report to be released today concludes.
(Boston
Herald, 3/28/07)
Mass.
biz leaders call for new institute to boost financial services
— Local business leaders are calling for the formation of
a public-private institute that will identify the sector's trends
and opportunities (Boston
Business Journal, 3/30/07)
State
told to schmooze financial service field: Report says Mass. must
be more aggressive if it wants to stay competitive — Government
and private sector leaders need to step up their efforts to protect
the state’s position as a hub for the financial services sector
(The
Patriot Ledger, 3/28/07)
If
Massachusetts work force dries up, its edge is lost —
Chris Anderson, president of the Massachusetts High Technology Council
in Waltham, and chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Education,
on the state's need for a talent strategy. (Mass High Tech, 3/16/07)
Group
urges Patrick to be 'global governor' — Two university
presidents, speaking for a group of prominent business leaders,
are urging Gov. Deval Patrick to develop a comprehensive economic
strategy involving substantially beefed-up economic contact with
China, India and other Asian countries. (Boston Business Journal,
2/19/07)
China-India
Strategy Group letter to Gov. Patrick — Massachusetts
must work with its higher education system and employers to create
a global talent strategy that will cement our economic competitiveness.
(2/15/07)
Mass.
risks missing boat to China; More state assistance sought to help
grow markets—and jobs — (Boston Business Journal,
11/20/06)
Group
urges Patrick on Asia ties - Executives seek a strategic plan
— Business and education leaders from the Global Massachusetts
2015 initiative are calling on Governor-elect Deval L.
Patrick to launch a "China/India strategy" for Massachusetts, putting
the state in position to capitalize on the growing technology skills
and economic clout of the two countries. (Boston Globe, 11/17/06)
Microsoft
Advertorial Supports Global Challenge Centers for Innovation
— (Wall Street Journal, 11/15/2006)
Talent and innovation
fuel investment management — By Ronald P. O'Hanley of
Mellon Financial Corp. (Boston Business Journal, 10/6/2006)
Global strategy
imperative to keeping us competitive — By Boston University
president Robert Brown and UMass president Jack Wilson (Boston Business
Journal, 9/29/2006)
Our economic
future depends on our talent pool — By Keith Peden of
Raytheon and Zoltan Csimma of Genzyme (Boston Business Journal,
9/22/2006)
Global Massachusetts
2015: Talent-Based Innovation and Job Growth — by William
H. Guenther of Mass Insight and C. Jeffrey Grogan of Monitor Group
(Boston Business Journal, 9/15/2006)
University, Civic
Leaders Discuss Global Partnerships (9/7/2006)
Champy, Grogan,
O'Hanley Join Steering Committee (8/30/2006)
HR Leaders Discuss
Talent Retention Strategies (8/17/2006)
Financial Services
Leaders Discuss Talent Shortage for Supporting Roles (8/11/2006)
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