Innovation


Innovation Cities: Media Resource Kit

For journalists: Media resources kit on annual Innovation Cities Indexes, measuring and building urban innovation economies. Includes interview contacts and links.


National statistics on the Innovation Economy

Nation-based data on cities innovation economy performance, drawing data from the Innovation Cities™ Global Index 2010. These national statistics summarize 289 cities for performance across 31 sectors of the economy and community, in 5 urban performance categories.





CITIES INDEX 2009: JULY 28 LAUNCH

Innovation Cities Index 2009, a global ranking of all major cities, is released to the public online Tuesday July 28, 2009 from Melbourne, Australia. Based on 256 cities selected from a data file of 1540 cities worldwide, the Index measures the economic & social potential of global, regional & local cities.


LinkedIn City Discussion Community

The 2thinknow 'Innovation Cities LinkedIn' Discussion Group - an online community for Cities, architects, urban designers & innovation worldwide.


3 Factors

Using the Innovation Cities™ Framework. For the index, the 162 city indicators across 31 industry and community segments, weighted and are summed up into 3 factors.


Innovation Cities™ Rankings 2007

Forward-thinking inaugural Innovation Cities Ranking 2007, presciently weighted towards arts & culture cities as a counter-balance to the excesses of 2007.