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Summer 07 UMass Boston – UMass Lowell CEO survey finds:
Massachusetts CEOs bullish on own businesses
High expectations for life sciences initiative
More than half of Massachusetts CEOs are somewhat optimistic about their own companies, but are concerned about the current state and national economies, according to a new statewide poll of 500 CEOs released today by the Massachusetts Economic Assessment and Analysis Project (MEAAP) – a joint project of UMass Boston and UMass Lowell.
Expectations are high about the impact on the state economy of Governor Deval Patrick’s $1 billion biotechnology plan (known as the Life Sciences Initiative), with 74 percent of the CEOs thinking it will be helpful to the state’s biotechnology industry. An equal number - 74 percent - thought the Patrick plan was likely to increase the state’s overall economic growth rate. Interestingly, while only 13 percent of CEO respondents said their companies were involved in any way in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or medical device or instrumentation industries, 38 percent said they thought the governor’s overall approach would be helpful to their companies.
Press release - October 11, 2007
Report and survey instrument: Survey of Massachusetts CEOs
Fall 2005 MEAAP survey finds:
Massachusetts CEOs downbeat about state of the economy
Chief Executive Officers of Massachusetts businesses are generally downbeat about the current outlook for the national and state economies and are being conservative in their own business expansion plans, according to a new statewide poll of 527 CEOs by the Massachusetts Economic Assessment and Analysis Project (MEAAP) at the University of Massachusetts at Boston and Lowell. - more -
Survey instrument - Fall 2005
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UMass Lowell -Small Times national nano exec survey finds:
Nano execs show the optimism and uncertainty of pioneers
Bullish on growth; uncertain about environmental, health and safety risks
Nanotechnology executives showed both the optimism and uncertainty of pioneers, in responding to a UMass Lowell - Small Times national benchmark survey.
About sixty percent said they have the infra-structure, capital and workforce they currently need for their companies to commercialize their nano-enhanced products. Many of the 407 respondents were also bullish on their own firms' potential sales in nanotechnology, with 25% expecting sales of $10 million or greater next year and 56% expecting those sales levels in three years.
On the other hand, execs expressed uncertainty about nano risks to the public, environment and workforce, future financing and intellectual property issues.
-Survey press release-
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Survey press release
Nano execs show the optimism and uncertainty of pioneers
UMass Lowell press release
Nanotech success hinges on manufacturing
See the report
Survey of U.S. Nanotechnology Executives
Small Times Survey Special Report (Jan/Feb 2007)
Survey says: Manufacturing, government keys to U.S. success
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