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Thomas Allen. Hashmi, Nada System Design and Management Program. System Design and Management Program. n-us-ma 2010-05-25T21:04:23Z 2010-05-25T21:04:23Z 2008 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55207 609592144 Thesis (S.M. in Engineering and Management)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2008. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 36-39). This 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. by Nada Hashmi. S.M. in Engineering and Management 39 p. eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.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. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 System Design and Management Program. The study of the communication patterns of Boston-Cambridge regional biotech firms to universities Thesis application/pdf Publication unknown unknown <Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="713709d8-d118-4456-912f-e39ebc7aa83a"> <Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type> <Language>eng</Language> <Title>The study of the communication patterns of Boston-Cambridge regional biotech firms to universities</Title> <PublishedIn> <Publication> </Publication> </PublishedIn> <PublicationDate>2008</PublicationDate> <Authors> <Author> <DisplayName>Hashmi, Nada</DisplayName> <Affiliation> <OrgUnit> </OrgUnit> </Affiliation> </Author> </Authors> <Editors> </Editors> <Publishers> <Publisher> <DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName> <OrgUnit /> </Publisher> </Publishers> <License>http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582</License> <Keyword>System Design and Management Program.</Keyword> <Abstract>This 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.</Abstract> <Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right" > </Access> </Publication>