MIT的特色是~~~Technology~~~ entrepreneurship, 重点是technology。附件是一个2009年关于mit的entrepreneurship的报告:Entrepreneurial Impact: The Role of MIT
摘抄几句重点: 惊人的影响力:毕业生创办的公司的收入相当于全球第七的经济体:"25,800 currently active companies founded by MIT alumni that employ about 3.3 million people and generate annual world revenues of $2 trillion, producing the equivalent of the eleventh-largest economy in the world".
创业的领域:"MIT alumni companies are primarily knowledge- based companies in software, biotech, manufacturing (electronics, instruments, machinery), or consulting (architects, business consultants, engineers)".
创业集中于软件,电子和生物技术:"An important subset of the MIT alumni companies is in software, electronics (including instruments, semiconductors, and computers), and biotech".
这些特色很大程度和mit的地理位置有紧密联系:处身于Harvard/MIT举世无双的理工科研圣地, biotech cluster in Kendal Square, emerging energy cluster in Greater Boston, Harvard医学院以及附属的超过10家的一流医院和上万人的工作人员---