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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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