Innovation Cities Index 2011 Launched

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The 5th Annual Innovation Cities Index was released today by 2thinknow, classifying city innovation globally. The release includes 4 regional and 2 global indexes for 331 benchmark cities, across 80+ countries. Click thru for rankings and resources. > more

African Cities: Is innovation in their future?

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Featured in Afribiz, this is a comment on originally what was a longer-form article on innovation in Africa. What does it take to enable innovation in Africa. Here are some answers on innovation in African regions from the 2thinknow view. > more

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2thinknow produce the largest independent analyst data-set benchmarking city performance worldwide, with up to 162 indicators of data available to purchase for over 1,600 urban centers in 2011-12. > more

From Africa: Innovation in Capetown, South Africa’s top emerging innovator

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Cape Town ranked 3rd in the Emerging Cities region of the Innovation Cities Index in 2011, by 2thinknow. Janine Erasmus, a journalist from South Africa, wrote this excellent summary of the Cape Town situation in an African journal. > more

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Innovation Consulting, Consultants USA, Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, Americas

Innovation Consulting for USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia. 2thinknow innovation analysts provide a full innovation consultant service to business and government clients. > more

The 2010 top 100 city rankings for cities in the urban innovation economy

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The Innovation Cities Top 100 Index 2010 city rankings were released, with Boston in first place followed by Paris and Amsterdam. The largest classification of 289 cities, with 100 ranked, these are the world’s innovation economies — now in their 4th year. > more

Innovation Cities Program

World Cities: How to create innovation in cities

The Innovation Cities™ Program is an evidence-based city development program, offering full city benchmarking data, segment case studies and other resources. > more

A global city report: a new concept in urban research, launched today in Melbourne

Innovation Cities Analysis Report, Program & Index

This morning, in Melbourne, Australia a new concept in urban research a global city report, is being launched with a new website to take new ideas in urban planning and city management globally. > more