The growth of companies as they develop new markets is the main mechanism by which economic benefits of inventions and innovations are realized. Yet most public attention, in this country and around the world, tends to focus on the early stages of startup formation rather than on the later stages of growing companies to scale.
Image: Associate Provost Richard Lester, founder and faculty director of the Industrial Performance Center, listens to discussion and report analysis of "Growing Innovative Companies to Scale: How Does Massachusetts Measure Up?" held at MIT on Thursday, Dec. 10. Photo: Allegra Boverman
