Biopharma’s Competitive Crossroads: Insights from KPMG’s 2026 Industry Outlook
By: Alasdair Milton, PhD – Principal, Life Sciences Strategy, KPMG U.S. The Massachusetts Business Roundtable’s February Open Forum featured a discussion on the evolving biopharma industry and its implications for our state’s competitiveness. The insights presented revealed an industry at an inflection point—one with significant growth potential but facing unprecedented challenges to the innovation ecosystem that has made Massachusetts a…
Crossing Boundaries: Building a Community Black Professional ERN in Massachusetts
By Lauren Nwagboli of the MA Business Roundtable, Leslie Vitrano, Don Pretty, Kenneth Woanyah, and Yrvanie Joseph of Schneider Electric. On October 28, the Roundtable co-hosted a workshop focused on exploring the creation of a community-based Black Professional Employee Resource Network (ERN). The event was inspired by member organization Schneider Electric, following an Open Forum they led last December focused…
Quarterly Policy Roundup: Q3 2025
This quarter, the Roundtable joined our colleagues in the business community in collective efforts to strengthen the state’s competitiveness. This included testimony on harmful legislation around data privacy and GILTI taxes, and our support for the DRIVE initiative. In addition, we partnered on op-eds supporting clean energy and emphasizing the importance of the wind industry to the Massachusetts economy. The Roundtable will continue to…
A Talent Agenda to Drive Massachusetts Competitiveness
The secret to Massachusetts’ economic success has historically been its ever-growing population of well-trained, highly educated, and diverse talent. For decades, this has been the Commonwealth’s greatest competitive advantage…and will continue to be. However, this economic strength is currently under threat due to three key challenges, namely: the high cost of living; the outmigration of talent; and the high costs…
Taking Aim at the State’s Competitiveness
With the passage of significant economic development and climate legislation this month, the Governor and legislature are putting a bow on a legislative session that will be consequential to the state’s economy for years to come. Bookended by $1B in tax cuts and nearly $10B in bond authorizations for key policy priorities, this legislative session took direct aim at addressing…
Bentley and Roundtable Gather Executives To Discuss How Business Impacts Society
By Helen Henrichs, Director, News and Public Relations, Bentley University Bentley University and the Massachusetts Business Roundtable brought together Bay State business leaders for a dinner and discussion focused on the results of this year’s Bentley-Gallup Business in Society Report, which reveals how Americans believe business is impacting society. The event in Boston included executives from Alkermes, American Tower Corporation, Berkshire…
Quarterly Policy Roundup: Q2 2024
This spring, and during the busiest months of the 2023-2024 legislative session, the Roundtable engaged with external partners, the Healey-Driscoll Administration, and the legislature on a variety of issues impacting our members and the state. Through testimony on the budget, economic development, data privacy, and more, to engaging with the State Workforce Board and MassSkills Coalition, the Roundtable helped to…
What We Learned on Our Trip to D.C.
Last month, Tonja and I attended the Annual Meeting of State Business RoundtableExecutives in Washington, D.C., hosted by the national Business Roundtable. Thisannual convening provides an opportunity to share experiences, priorities, andcompare notes with peers from around the country. It is a productive forum to discussboth organizational and policy issues and is always a fascinating peek into the psycheof other…
Conversations with Business Leaders: Navigating the Challenges Impacting Growth in Massachusetts
Over the past month, the Roundtable, in partnership with McKinsey & Co., conducted a series of one-on-one interviews with Roundtable members to supplement our Annual 2024 MBR Talent and Competitiveness Survey. These conversations have allowed us to explore some of the challenges businesses in the state and across different sectors are facing and how we can better partner with state…
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Over the past three months, the Roundtable has been working with the Healey-Driscoll Administration, the legislature, and external partners on some of the biggest issues impacting the Commonwealth. Through our Talent Agenda, we have framed conversations around the types of policy priorities and investments that help attract, retain, develop, and diversify our Commonwealth’s talent pool and pipeline to meet the…
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