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The Institute for the Future conducts basic research on the futures of emerging technologies, health, and global business trends. It helps organisations to make better, more informed decisions about the future by providing the foresight to create insights that lead to action. Continue reading…
The Digital Cities Survey examined and assessed how city governments are utilizing information technology to operate and deliver quality service to their customers and citizens. The Survey documents recent trends and the progress made to date in the transition to digital government. Continue reading…
This recent book by Jorge Niosi is the first analysis of Canada’s regional innovation system and high technology agglomerations. According to the author, “regional innovation systems are evolutionary complex systems in which each group of agents reacts to the behaviour of others as well as to public policy incentives. Continue reading…
“The Program on Globalization and Regional Innovation Systems (PROGRIS) at the Centre for International Studies was established by Meric S. Gertler and David A. Wolfe to study a key aspect of the global economy: how firms and institutions interact to foster the innovation process in a regional context. Continue reading…
According to the National Innovation Initiative (NII), Innovation will be the single most important factor in determining America’s success through the 21st century. The NII defines innovation as the intersection of invention and insight, leading to the creation of social and economic value. Continue reading…
Hot Shot Business blends fast-paced, fun game play with real-world lessons to teach kids entrepreneurship concepts and skills as they build a virtual business from the ground up. Continue reading…
STRATINC is an interregional cooperation project aimed to improve the competitiveness of regional businesses. Gathering six European regions, the project uses strategic intelligence methods and tools to identify, monitor and sustain innovative clusters. Continue reading…
The conference ‘Promoting Innovation and Competitiveness: A Transatlantic Dialogue’ took place at 28 April in the Hague, the Netherlands. The main aim of the conference was to increase synergies across the Atlantic to boost the competitiveness of both economies and to spur dynamism between both innovation ecosystems. Continue reading…
Canada’s Innovation Strategy is presented in two papers. Both focus on what Canada must do to ensure equality of opportunity and economic innovation in the knowledge society. Continue reading…
The book is a reader edited by P. Droege (University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture). As noted in the editorial review, “it is an attempt at registering disciplinary changes in context, at tracing subtexts for which most mainstream disciplines have no established language. The project is to give voice to an emerging meta-discipline that has its logic across the specializations. Continue reading…
