Archive for December, 2007

Making Innovative Places

nesta.gifThe first NESTA Summit - Making Innovative Places - highlighted four major pieces of research including: a final report on ‘Innovation in UK Cities’, a final report on ‘Regional leadership for innovation’, a compilation of essays on ‘Rural innovation’ and an Interim report on ‘Path dependency and innovation’. Continue reading…

New Knowledge Economy Index 2007 Rankings

kam.jpgThe World Bank Institute’s Knowledge Assessment Methodology has developed the Knowledge Economy Index (KEI) — an aggregate index representing the overall preparedness of a country or region towards the Knowledge Economy. The latest version of the KAM has been released together with the KEI 2007 rankings for 140 countries. Continue reading…