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Check out our new series on the largest industries in the City of Boston, that contains facts including employment, major employers, education, and more.
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Triple Bottom Line Calculator: Urban Sustainability Directors Network
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07/01/2011
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The BRA Research Division developed a model of a Triple Bottom Line (TBL) Calculator for assessing the economic, environmental, and social impact of strategic capital investments in municipalities for the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) led by the Energy and Environmental Services Department at the City of Boston.
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Mark Melnik, Deputy Director for Research, presents at the 2011 Transportation Research Board, Joint Summer Meeting, July 11, Future Directions for the Federal Transportation Programs, on "How Can We Better Measure Return on Transportation Investments?"
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Boston As A Leader in National Institutes
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06/28/2011
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Boston leads the nation as a recipient of the $21.5 billion in NIH funding for 16 consecutive years.
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The Dorchester Avenue Business Analysis Report is a key component of Mayor Thomas M. Menino's Dorchester Avenue Project. The report represents collaboration between the City of Boston and the Dorchester Avenue community and is designed to capture the current business climate of Dorchester Avenue. The intent of the report is to provide baseline information to those interested in business and economic development along Dorchester Avenue.
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The Largest Employers in the City of Boston is a report produced through the results of an analysis of the largest private sector companies with 500 or more employees in Boston.
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This report profiles Boston's current economic state and analyzes past recessions with an eye toward the prospects for recovery.
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The Financial Impact of the Marketing & Communication Sector
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06/01/2010
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This report, done for the Ad Club, defines and quantifies the impact and the size and scope of the marketing and communications sector in greater Boston and Massachusetts.
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As a follow-up to the publication released in 2006, this short report demonstrates that although Boston has increased its share of population, employment, Gross State Product, and state tax revenues, the city's share of state aid has further declined.
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Boston Leads the Nation in NIH Awards
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02/01/2010
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Boston leads the nation for the 14th straight year in National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant awards. In 2008 the full range of public, private, and non-profit agencies, firms and institutions located within the city received more than $1.6 billion in NIH awards. In conjunction with the BRA's LifeTech initiative, this Research Division publication reports again on the robust health of award funding to Boston's world-renowned hospitals, universities, and research institutions.
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