‘A smart city is a community in which members of local government, business, education, health care institutions and the general public understand the potential of information technology. These groups form alliances to use technology
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In a few latest posts in our portal, an ongoing discussion takes place on the effects of an open networking – sharing environment on innovation. The process of sharing intellectual capital can benefit organisations in many ways but there are hurdles of trust and culture to overcome first.
Intelligent communities and cities belong to an emerging movement targeting the creation of environments that improve cognitive skills and abilities to learn and innovate. They are environments that enable superior cognitive capabilities, creativity, and innovation, which are created from combinations of individual, collective, and artificial intelligence.
The Global Digital City Network is an international organisation between ‘knowledge based’ industrial cities. It is designed to promote the competitiveness of member cities, leveraged by synergy effect through the exchange of information and technologies.
European consulting firm Innovaro has released its 2006 Innovation Leaders report, which details the innovation practices of over 1,000 global companies in 20 key sectors. The results are drawing upon assessment of a wide range of issues including financial performance, product launches, R&D effectiveness, brand impact and culture.
The Institute for the Future wrote a series of memos on the present and future of RFID. They’re now publicly available as PDFs on the Institute Web site. The memos help Institution’s members to understand the RFID technology, and the right choices are made about its design and evolution.
The latest revision of the Knowledge Assessment Methodology (KAM) was published by the World Bank on March 2006. The KAM is an interactive benchmarking tool created by the Knowledge for Development Program to help countries identify the challenges and opportunities they face in making the transition to the knowledge-based economy.