Data Center Key Reports
Check here to see many of the key reports on the Massachusetts economy.
Babson College
Babson faculty members are leading providers of global entrepreneurship intellectual capital.
Archive: 2008 Babson Entrepreneurship Monitor For The Commonwealth Of Massachusetts: Fueling Economic Development Through Entrepreneurship
Recent Report: Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: 2011 Global Report
Beacon Hill Institute
BHI engages in rigorous economic research for the purpose of producing and disseminating readable analyses of current public policy issues.
Archive: 2011 Beacon Hill Institute State Competitiveness Report
Recent Report: 2012 Beacon Hill Institute State Competitiveness Report
The Boston Indicators Project
The Boston Foundation coordinates the Boston Indicators Project in partnership in order to analyze and tracks change across 10 sectors and six cross-cutting topics of Boston and its neighborhoods.
Recent Report: 2012 Boston Indicators Report
Boston Redevelopment Authority
The BRA's Research Division compiles reports on Boston's economy, population, and commercial markets to inform and benefit the residents and businesses of Boston.
Archive: The Largest Employers in the City of Boston, April 2011
Measuring Return on Capital Investments in the City of Boston, July 2011
Recent Report: 2013 Economy Report
The Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC whose mission is to conduct high-quality, independent research and, based on that research, to provide innovative, practical recommendations.
Archive: Beyond Need and Merit: Strengthening State Grant Programs, May 2012
Recent Report: The U.S. Economy: Sustaining the Recovery-Policy Challenges, Political Differences and an International Context, June 2012
CBRE Global Research and Consulting
CBRE, the world's largest commerical real estate services firm, releases reports to assist the industry in understanding the global market trends and conditions that are shaping our economy.
Recent Report: U.S. Tech-Twenty Office Markets, August 2012
Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED)
CFED releases a scorecard that assesses the 50 states and the District of Columbia on how well residents are faring and what states can do to help residents build and protect assets.
Archive: The 2009-2010 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard
Recent Report: The 2012 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard
Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
The Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development's mission is to create jobs and homes in the Commonwealth, which it achieves by aligning the state's housing and economic development agencies to better coordinate Massachusetts policies and programs.
Recent Report: Choosing to Compete in the 21st Century: An Economic Development Policy and Strategic Plan for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts December 2011
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Public Policy Discussion Papers
Written for policymakers, informed business people, and academics by economists at the Boston Fed. Many of the papers present research intended for professional Journals.
Archive: Why Did So Many People Make So Many Ex Post Bad Decisions? The Causes of the Foreclosure Crisis, May 2012
Recent Report: The Supplemental Security Income Program and Welfare Reform, May 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Lessons From Resurgent Cities
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston has been steadily executing a project to help rejuvenate the city of Springfield, Massachusetts.
Archive: Lessons From Resurgent Cities, August 2009
Recent Report: Small Businesses in Springfield, Massachusetts: A Look at Latino Entrepreneurship, March 2011
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
The ITIF is a U.S. non-profit public policy think tank based out of Washington, D.C. The organization focuses on public policies that spur technology innovation.
Archive: 2010 State New Economy Index, November 2010
Recent Report: 2012 State New Economy Index, December 2012
Massachusetts Benchmarks
A project of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and managed by the UMass Donahue Institute, these quarterly reports discuss of broad economic trends, industry analysis, special topics, public opinion polling and regional analysis.
Archive: 2011 Volume 13, Issue 2
Recent Report: 2012 Volume 14, Issue 1
Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council
Seeking to create a positive environment and united voice for the Massachusetts Medical Device Industry, and to implement collaborative initiatives which make Massachusetts the medical device research, development and manufacturing capital of the world.
Recent Report: Medical Device Industry Exports Growing at Twice the Rate of All Others in State Combined
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Using a collaborative approach to bring together leaders from industry, academia, and government to advance technology-based solutions that lead to economic growth and a cleaner environment in Massachusetts.
Archive: 2011 Index of the Massachusetts Innovation Economy
Archive: Research and Innovation Led the Massachusetts Economic Recovery, March 2012
Recent Report: The Index of the Massachusetts Innovation Economy
MassBio
The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council is an association of more than 600 biotechnology companies, universities, academic institutions and others dedicated to advancing cutting edge research and advocating for the Bay State’s world premier life science cluster.
Archive: MBC Strategic Outlook for 2015 and Strategic Plan
Recent Report: MassBio in 2011: A Year in Review
Massachusetts Resource Assessments
In collaboration with the Commonwealth, MassEcon retained John Rhodes of Moran Stahl Boyer to conduct economic development resource assessments of Massachusetts and its regions - as well as market evaluations of 16 43D sites throughout Massachusetts.
MassINC
The Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth is a non-partisan think tank that uses research, journalism and civic-engagement to fufill its goal of putting the American Dream within the reach of everyone in Massachusetts.
Archive: Recapturing the American Dream: Meeting the Challenges of the Bay State's Lost Decade, December 2011
Recent Report: Building Vibrancy: Creative Placemaking Strategies for Gateway City Growth and Renewal, July 2012
MassInsight
MassInsight provides public policy services to businesses, institutions, associations and government focused on strategic Massachusetts issues.
Recent Report: The Massachusetts Financial Services Sector: A Complete Portfolio-Partners In Managing Assets and Fostering Innovation Summer 2012, June 2012
Milken Institute
An independent economic think tank whose mission is to improve the lives and economic conditions of diverse populations in the United States by helping implement innovative ideas.
Archive: 2010 State Technology and Science Index, January 2011 (MA ranks #1!) Best-Performing Cities 2011, December 2011
Recent Report: State Technology and Science Index 2012, April 2013
MIT Taskforce on Innovation and Production
Production in the Innovation Economy (PIE) seeks to analyze the state of production in the United States and to propose new routes from innovation through manufacturing to jobs and growth in the United State
Recent Report: A Preview of the MIT Production in the Innovation Economy Report February 2013
Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX)
A nonprofit industry organization focused on the web and mobile and is one of New England's main Internet business and marketing associations. MITX aims to help member companies recognize future trends and provide education on how to best take advantage of the opportunities those impacts and trends represent
Recent Report: Exclusive Study from MITX Reveals the Strength and Impact of Digital Innovation in Massachusetts, January 2013
The Northeastern University Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
The Dukakis Center researches real solutions to the challenges facing urban areas throughout Greater Boston, the Commonwealth, and the nation.
Archive: Hub and Spoke: Core Transit Congestation and the Future of Transit and Development in Greater Boston, June 2012
Recent Report: A Report Card on Manufacturing in Massachusetts September 2012
New England Council & Deloitte Consulting LLP
An alliance of institutions and public and private organizations throughout New England promoting economic growth and a high quality of life in the New England region.
Archive: Reexamining Advanced Manufacturing in a Networked World: Prospects for a Resurgence in New England, January 2010
Recent Report: State & Federal Rate Regulation of the Electric Power Industry: A History, January 2012
New England Public Policy Center
The New England Public Policy Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston promotes better public policy in New England. Archive: A More Equitable Approach to Cutting State Aid, November 2011
Recent Report: When the Tide Goes Out: Unemployment Insurance Trust Funds and the Great Recession, April 2012
UMass Donahue Institute
The UMass Donahue Institute's Economic and Public Policy Research unit works with faculty to produce high-level economic and public policy research. The research is disseminated as free-standing research reports and published through the journal MassBenchmarks.
Recent Report: Mass Military Installations Economic Contributions, August 2012
Western Massachusetts Electric Company
The major distributor of electricity in western Massachusetts, is also a supporter of the Team New England economic development initiative and the EDC is a frequent participant in their activities.
Recent Report: 2012 Western Mass Economic Review
