Set in 2004, the Massachusetts Medical Equipment Industry Council (MassMEDIC) President Tom Sommer examines the future direction of successful medical device cluster association. Focused on the formation of cluster organizations and their role and performance, emphasizing the importance of these organizations to provide cross-cluster collaboration between firms, universities, regulatory bodies and other government officials and other agencies. Details of the events that led to the formation and initial MassMEDIC problems organizations face. Evolution of activity MassMEDIC, from its formation in 1996 until 2004, and the views of various stakeholders MassMEDIC future directions of the organization. Provides detailed information on MassMEDIC and Massachusetts medical device cluster in order to evaluate the results and inform future directions. "Hide
by Willis Emmons, Michael E. Porter, Spencer Wallace Source: Harvard Business School 26 pages. Publication Date: June 7, 2006. Prod. #: 706498-PDF-ENG
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