DescriptionThis thesis presents a case study of a government-led effort to foster inter-industry linkages in central New Jersey’s biopharmaceutical cluster. It uses in-depth interviews to inform a framework explaining how a government-funded intermediary functioned to stimulate economically valuable collaborations between key and previously unconnected regional stakeholders. It also employs a quasi-longitudinal network analysis to measure the network growth and relationship quality of a sample of 38 individuals who had varying levels of participation in the effort. Discussion and possible implications for regional economic development policy are offered in closing.