All about High Tech
Boston; Philadelphia; and Washington, D.C. "Some of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Europe have relocated in U.S.
cities to gain access to American research," says Kah. A recent example is Novartis, which recently moved its worldwide research
headquarters to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to take advantage of the synergies of being part of one of the most vibrant biotech
clusters in the world.
"High-tech firms prefer cities that have a critical mass," says Dennis Donovan, principal with Wadley-Donovan Group, a site
location firm. "This mass must have a compatible talent pool, universities or institutes with related R&D, and comparable
companies and suppliers."
Other universities are making names for themselves in homeland security. "Several universities, including Texas A&M University
and University of Minnesota, have positioned themselves as Homeland Security Centers of Excellence," says Kah. "As their
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