Archive for January, 2007

Universities and Knowledge regions

eua-logo.gif This study, by Sybille Reichert of the European University Association, examines the role of universities in the emergence of “knowledge regions” and their relationship with the business sector.The study outlines important factors for the successful future development of higher education institutions based on the study of four European city regions - Barcelona, Brno, Manchester and Øresund. Continue reading…

Posted by Achilleas Tsamis at 27 January 2007 in Innovative Cities & Regions, Intelligent Cities & Regions

Manchester plans free city wi-fi

City WiFIManchester plans to be the biggest free wireless internet hotspot in Europe under plans unveiled by the city council. Continue reading…

Posted by Isidoros Passas at 22 January 2007 in Digital Cities

Wall Street and the Innovation Index

Mr. Sanjay Dalal of the Creativity and Innovation Driving Business blog has been working on the development of an Innovation Index that tracks the stock market returns of the top innovators in North America. Continue reading…

Posted by Isidoros Passas at 5 January 2007 in Innovation

Regional Innovation Benchmarking

The Blueprint on Regional Innovation Benchmarking shows how to use benchmarking techniques to improve the innovation performance of regions or other geographical entities.

Benchmarking is understood as an improvement process in which a company, organisation or any other (multi-organisational) system carries out three processes: Continue reading…

Posted by Nicos Komninos at 3 January 2007 in Strategic Intelligence