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dc.contributor.advisorThomas Allen.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHashmi, Nadaen_US
dc.contributor.otherSystem Design and Management Program.en_US
dc.coverage.spatialn-us-maen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-25T21:04:23Z
dc.date.available2010-05-25T21:04:23Z
dc.date.copyright2008en_US
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55207
dc.descriptionThesis (S.M. in Engineering and Management)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2008.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 36-39).en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyzes data from a study which focused on understanding the informal scientific communication network among Biotechnology firms in the Boston-Cambridge Biotech area. A previous study (Allen, et. al., 2009) provided an overview of the network, how the firms were connected to one another and the frequency of the communications. The analysis for this study focuses on the firms and their communication patterns to the universities - to better understand the potentially continuing role of the universities. The goal of the study is to analyze the factors that influenced communication patterns. The following factors were studied: size, age, type of firm and degrees of centrality. In conclusion, the study finds the universities are tightly integrated into the biotech network. Some firms chose to communicate only with the universities. In addition, we find size and age to have the greatest influence on this. Finally, degrees of centrality also play a significant role in the tendency of research scientists within firms to communicate with universities.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Nada Hashmi.en_US
dc.format.extent39 p.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectSystem Design and Management Program.en_US
dc.titleThe study of the communication patterns of Boston-Cambridge regional biotech firms to universitiesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.M.in Engineering and Managementen_US
dc.contributor.departmentSystem Design and Management Program.en_US
dc.identifier.oclc609592144en_US


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