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Improving the absorptive capacity of regions and organisations is a major mechanism for accelerating innovation, raising productivity, and economic growth. The present World Bank working paper discusses trade flows, foreign direct investment (FDI), Continue reading…
Stanford economist Paul Romer first studied how to speed up the discovery and implementation of new technologies. Romer is developing a radical new model of growth and governance, which calls for the establishment of city-scale special administrative zones “Charter Cities” Continue reading…
This session explores how cities provide frameworks of services to improve the quality of life for residents and businesses; how social networks, mobile devices, reactive environments, and cloud-based data services transform the experiences of living in cities. Continue reading…
In the attached presentation Socialized Innovation: Tapping into Motorola’s Collective Intelligence Rami Levy, who is a distinguished member of the Technical Staff, Technical Lead and Manager of Motorola Open Source Technologies (MOST) presents the innovative way that Motorola is evaluating the ideas that is collecting. Continue reading…
The EU’s bid for leadership in green technologies will focus on developing a network of “smart cities” to demonstrate renewable and other low-carbon energies in Europe, according to draft European Commission Continue reading…
Booz & Company’s 2009 edition of the Global Innovation 1000 report finds large R&D spenders are keeping the pace when it comes to developing new products and services despite fiscal challenges presented by the economic downturn. The top 10 global R&D spenders in 2008 were, in descending order: Toyota, Nokia, Roche Holding, Microsoft, General Motors, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Ford, Novartis, and Sanofi-Aventis. Continue reading…
Cyberport is an investment project of the Hong Kong SAR Government and managed by the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Ltd. The project is located on a 24 hectares public land and the overall investment was about 2 billion US$. Continue reading…
The Second Knowledge Cities Summit was held in Shenzhen China, 5 and 6 November 2009. Main issues of the papers presented at the academic part of the conference were knowledge cities models Continue reading…
Center for Digital Government and Digital Communities magazine have named the most advanced digital cities in USA. The cities were chosen from the results of the ninth annual Digital Cities Survey, which examines how municipalities incorporate information technology into operations which better serve citizens engaging with local government. Continue reading…
