The competitive advantage of Massachusetts

...Gives an assessment of the state's past economic performance, the current position of industries and prospects for the economy; identifies some of the most important actions which could shorten the economic downturn; includes discussion of four industries in particular: health care, "knowledge creation services", financial services and information technology services; gives total number of employees, total payroll and percent of total employment for computing, electronics, higher education, research and development, consulting, engineering, architecture, the legal industry and seven types of financial services; gives brief profiles of selected companies; gives data on share and amount of federal research and development funding for the state in 1989; discusses the role of venture capital in the economy with statistics on percent of funds received by new companies; briefly discusses other industries, including environmental services, plastics, metalworking and public policy think tanks; includes conclusions and recommendations...