The Critical State Role in Creating Science and Technology Partnerships Presentation, January 2015

This Policy Agenda memo is focused on the role that government plays both in actively facilitating collaborations between academia and industry and in creating an environment conducive to those partnerships. Massachusetts has only recently begun to leverage its built-in advantages as a worldwide science and technology leader through new industry and academic collaboration. There remains great potential for the Commonwealth to help catalyze innovation, new company formation, and build on its momentum as a magnet for global talent.