Shiri Breznitz PhD Candidate, Dept. of Geography, University of Cambridge Email -
[email protected] Research: My main focus is regional economic development. I am particularly interested in university-industry relationships and their influence on local economies. From Ivory Tower to Industrial Promotion: The Case of Yale University and the Biotechnology Cluster in New Haven, Connecticut Shiri Breznitz 28 Science, Technology and the Economy Program (STE) Working Papers Series STE-WP - 28 - 2005 From Ivory Tower to Industrial Promotion: The Case of Yale University and the Biotechnology Cluster in New Haven, Connecticut Shiri Breznitz Department of Geography University of Cambridge STE – WP 28 May 2005 This is a report on a research project conducted as part of the activities of the Science Technology and the Economy Program, (STE), at the Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology. This research was carried out as part of a larger project on the Role of the University in Regional Economic Development. The author is grateful to the MIT Industrial Performance Center (IPC), the Cambridge Political Economy Society Trust, and the STE program at the Samuel Neaman Institute, for their generous support of this research. This paper presents the author’s own view and not that of the Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology or any members of its staff. From Ivory Tower to Industrial Promotion: The Case of Yale University and the Biotechnology Cluster in New Haven, Connecticut Abstract In 2001 Ernst & Young ranked the state of Connecticut seventh in the nation with respect to the number of biotech firms operating within its borders relative to its population (Ernst & Young, 2001).