BDN cites Kelly in analysis on understanding, helping Maine entrepreneurs
A 2014 paper written by Renee Kelly, director of economic development initiatives at the University of Maine, was cited in the Bangor Daily News article, “Before Maine can help entrepreneurs, it needs to understand them.” In her paper, Kelly wrote the state is focused more on the seven technology sectors — biotechnology, composites and advanced materials, environmental technologies, forest products and agriculture, information technology, marine technology and aquaculture, and precision manufacturing — in which it chose to invest in the late 1990s. “An enhanced model for innovation in Maine could use a more networked approach that expands beyond the notion of sectors,” Kelly wrote. “Social networks in this model are not the online platforms such as Facebook and LinkedIn. Rather, they are a system of personal and professional connections among individuals.”