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==== For nearly 20 years, UMass Lowell’s Center for Industrial Competitiveness has conducted research on industrial innovation, regional development, corporate governance, financialization, and sustainable prosperity. Resources available stretch all around the world through collaborative networks and relationships, providing ample information and a global understanding on development. Research also includes local industrial development in Massachusetts. UMass Lowell has a page dedicated to the CIC researchers and their work, which can be found here: [http:<br//www.uml.edu/centers/cic/Research/Research.html http://www.uml.edu/centers/cic/Research/Research.html] ===> =
= '''Regional and Local Economic Development''' =