Revving up the state's economy with brainpower
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Jack M. Wilson became president of the University of Massachusetts system in March, overseeing five campuses and 60,000 students. Among his goals: making UMass a driver of the state economy. He spoke with Globe staff reporter Robert Gavin about the school's role in economic development.
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Encysive restructures to reduce its cash burn.
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Consider new ways to make more money.
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Head south for some fresh -- and potentially lucrative -- investing ideas.
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The nation cannot afford to waste talent in an era when skills are in short supply.
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Massachusetts public officials should reach out to out-of-state companies that take over Massachusetts firms and encourage them to grow here, state Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill said yesterday as he launched a business task force to look for ways to bring more jobs to Massachusetts.
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A non-magical approach to building wealth.
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As Governor Deval L. Patrick looks at the small but growing cluster of innovative new energy technology companies in Massachusetts, right now looks like 1985 did for biotechnology or 1993 for the Internet and telecommunications.
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Start on the path to wealth with an attitude adjustment.
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The explosion of consumer-oriented technologies, from YouTube to the iPhone, has been pushing the pistons of the technology economy for the past three years. That's great for California, and a real problem for Massachusetts, which has specialized in building technologies for corporate use since the mini-computer boom of the 1980s.
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The average person may find it tough to understand state government, but Washington state officials want to deploy changes to alleviate state personnel's employment of acronyms, jargon and legalese that routinely pervade interfaces with constituents.
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Looking to make a smart start? Consider these ideas.
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It's not just states that pay for unfunded federal mandates.
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New York Gov. George Pataki implores businesses to relocate to lower Manhattan in a taxpayer-funded ad campaign. In Maryland, Gov. Robert Ehrlich pitches tourism, energy-efficient homes and the state motor vehicle administration.
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JUST WHAT the state needs: another business committee. Well, yes, actually -- if the new Massachusetts Life Science Collaborative can rationalize the state's current hodge podge of overlapping and competing efforts to boost this promising industry. Jobs for at least 600,000 Massachusetts residents and 10 percent of the state's gross domestic product depend on it.
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The state considers allowing some market-based reforms into auto insurance premiums.
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We may be in a recession, but there's a lot of economic-development money out there. Go get it.