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The Future of Innovation is a collaborative project where over 350 leading thinkers from business, government, consulting and academia from around the globe share their thoughts, experiences, visions, concerns, and passions around The Future of Innovation, providing with insights into tomorrow’s innovation agenda. Continue reading…
The 2009 International Association of Science Parks (IASP) World Conference has been organized, from June 1st to June 4th, 2009, by the Research Triangle Park. The conference’s official theme was “Future Knowledge Ecosystems: The Opportunity for Science and Technology Parks, Places & Partners” Continue reading…
What is the impact of digital technologies on the design and analysis of cities? How are they helping architects and designers to operate at the urban scale? And how might they be changing the way in which we perceive and understand our cities? These are some of the questions that the Architectural Design Magazine (Volume 79 Issue 4 July/August 2009) tries to answer in a special issue on Digital Cities Continue reading…
A new paper by Ed Glaeser and Matthew G. Resseger, from Harvard University, documents a strong connection between per worker productivity and metropolitan area population, which is commonly interpreted as evidence for the existence of agglomeration economies. Continue reading…
In the article “Regional Knowledge Ecosystems: Laying the Groundwork for Future Technology-Based Economic Development”, published in the newsletter of the International Economic Development Council, Dr. Anthony Townsend, Research Director of the Institute for the Future, writes about the growth of regional approaches to technology-based economic development. Continue reading…
To provide a clear, comprehensive, and sustained view of the deep dynamics changing our world, Deloitte LLP’s Center for the Edge has developed a Shift Index consisting of three indices and 25 metrics designed to make longer-term performance trends more relevant and actionable. Continue reading…
In support of the nomination process for 2010 Intelligent Community of the Year, the Intelligent Community Forum has published a white paper entitled “The Education ‘Last Mile’ – Closing the Gap from School to Work”. The white paper explains and explores the 2010 awards annual theme, with the same name, which supplements the IC Indicators. Continue reading…
