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Innovation Cities Index 2011 Launched

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.


The 2010 top 100 city rankings for cities in the ...

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.


Innovation Cities™ Index 2023

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





Innovation Cities Resources

2thinknow's Innovation Cities has been gatheing a lot of attention. As we share which Innovation Cities will out-perform economically & socially over the near future, we've launched an expanded standalone site. This site contains all the data products for purchase, ideas, rankings & good city ideas from the Innovation Cities Program by 2thinknow.


Innovation Cities Index 2009 Update

2ThinkNow are publishing the Innovation Cities Index 2009. It's part of the Innovation Cities Program of measuring innovation in cities based on collecting 162 performance indicators. Here's the latest...


Innovation Cities Index 2008: Cities Data

In 2008, 2ThinkNow ranked 95 cities on Innovation in the Innovation Cities Index 2008. The aggregate Excel data of 3 data points per city is available for sale with supporting PDF analysis.



Media Release: Boston 2007 Americas Innovation winner

Boston was named as the 2007 Americas Innovation Winner, in the Global innovation Review 2007, an independent comparative report by 2thinknowTM. Boston was ranked second place globally on universal criteria of Inspiration, ability to implement innovation locally, and access to markets for innovation.