How to define 2thinknow Innovation Cities [2009]

What is a 2thinknow Innovation City?

Ideally, a city where an idea can be inspired, implemented and with access to markets to grow the idea. A city where future economic and cultural & social value will be derived. Ideally a globally important city, where ideas can be implemented and marketed.

In practice, most cities score well in some areas – as each cities have key focus areas.

The goal is assist cities to improve performance by having a globally comparative broad set of comparative data.

This will enable cities to argue for innovation, and have case studies to compare their performance against other cities.