Milken News Flash Says Mass = Tech and Science Leader

By Jim Stergios
June 20th, 2008

The Milken Institute does a quadrennial review of “technology and science assets, and their ability to leverage those resources to achieve economic growth.” The 2008 report (entitled 2008 State Technology and Science Index), released in tandem with the 2008 San Diego BIO International Convention, brings good tidings for Massachusetts. We lead the nation, with Maryland, Colorado and California taking up the following three state slots.

All good news. But the press release notes a shocking finding:

Regional competition has intensified since the last release of the index in 2004. Not only are states competing against each other for human capital and resources, but countries like China and India are raising the stakes to a global level.

Uhm, joking. For data junkies, take a view of the interactive link, which provides all the measures and stats.