Urban leaders seeking success in the new economy should stop paying attention to ubiquitous city rankings and start focusing their attentions on four dimensions of success: talent, innovation, connections and distinctiveness. CityVitals lays out the rationale for the things cities must be really good at doing today and a new set of metrics — 20 in all — to measure their progress.
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Digital Communities Starter Kits are designed to be complete end-to-end, turnkey solutions to enable municipalities to launch wired and wireless applications. Each Starter Kit offers a complete tried and tested package to implement a specific municipal solution. Digital Communities solutions are built on a three-tier architecture:
Seven companies were rewarded for their innovation talents by the 2006 Innovation and Design Excellence Awards (iDEAS). These are companies that have recognised that creativity and design innovation are the critical elements of continually improving and reinvigorating themselves to stay ahead of the competition.
The second issue of Inside Innovation, a BusinessWeek’s quarterly magazine focusing on design and innovation, offers a toolkit for those looking to build a culture of creativity. Articles highlight the newest tools and trends for inspiring creativity;
Switzerland, Finland and Sweden are the world’s most competitive economies according to The Global Competitiveness Report 2006-2007, released by the World Economic Forum on 26 September 2006. Denmark, Singapore, the United States, Japan, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom complete the top ten list, but the United States shows the most pronounced drop, falling from first to sixth.
The Local Innovation Systems Project is an international research partnership based at the Industrial Performance Center (IPC) of MIT. The project focuses on developing new insights into how regional capabilities can spur innovation and economic growth.