Research@Technology

Metro Boston/Massachusetts/New England

Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, The Complete Guide to the Mass Software Industry (10/05): a publication which catalogues the state’s information technology industry.  This is available for a fee.

Milken Institute,  The Greater Philadelphia Life Sciences Cluster: an Economic and Comparative Assessment (6/05): compares eleven leading life science clusters and their potential for regional economic impact - Boston ranks first in the nation on the Life Sciences Composite Index.

Milken Institute,  America's Biotech and Life Science Clusters: San Diego's Position and Economic Contributions (6/04): compares the 12 leading metropolitan areas, placing the Boston region 1st in life science employment base at 42,855.

American Electronics Association, Cyberstates 2005 (4/05): state technology rankings in areas such as venture capital investment, technology exports, high tech employment, and investment in future innovation and research and development. Highlights, Massachusetts fact sheet or order a copy from the AeA website.

The Massachusetts Department of Education,  Technology in Massachusetts Schools 2003-2004 (4/05): looks at the use of technology in teaching and learning, and education and professional development, and includes key statistics for each district - 79% of districts now have all of their classrooms wired.

Mass Insight, Choosing to Lead: The Race for National R&D Leadership and New Economy Jobs (7/04): a Technology Road Map for Massachusetts, outlining the vulnerability of the state’s economic position, the need for strategic university-industry alliances, core technology areas, and benchmarking of competitor states.

Massachusetts Biotechnology Council,  MassBiotech 2010: Achieving Global Leadership in The Life-Sciences Economy (2002): Outlines Massachusetts' advantages in the Biotechnology/Life-Sciences field, and makes recommendations that would lay the groundwork for building on these advantages, securing the state's future in this field.

From the 2002 Boston Indicators Report Archive:

MuniWireless releases report on municipal wireless broadband developments between July 1, 2004 and March 3, 2005.

Massachusetts Technology Collaborative releases 2004 Innovation Economy Index. 2003 Index.

Milken Institute biopharmaceutical industry report calls Massachusetts projected top growth performer.


National 

Pew Internet & American Life Project, Data Memo: Teens, Technology, and School (pdf) (8/05): parent and teen surveys on Internet accessibility, including views on cheating, use of instant messenger software, and technology for college searches. Teen Internet use has grown 45% since 2000.

Pew Internet & American Life Project, Teens and Technology: Youth are Leading the Transition to a Fully Wired and Mobile Nation (pdf) (7/05): demographic data by gender, locale, race, and family income; conditions of technology use; social contexts; and communications tools, including Internet, cell phone, instant messenger, landline, broadband and gaming. 

National Center for Education Statistics,  Rates of Computer and Internet Use by Children in Nursery School and Students in Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade: 2003 (06/05): use of technology by children, examined in terms of age, sex, race, disability status, and family and household characteristics.

US Department of Commerce, A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age (9/04): the use of computers and information technology in the US, including individual online behavior and internet use.

U.S. Census, Current Population Survey, Computer Use Supplement  (2004): in-depth internet and computer use data from 1994 through 2003.