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URENIO and other discussions in Europe
Coverage for the Innovation Cities Index in Europe including academic sites, newspapers, city specialist sites and news services.
Innovation Cities Index Asia Coverage
Coverage for the Innovation Cities Index in Asia, China, Hong Kong, South Korea and SE Asia including newspapers, popular and financial news, and cable news services.
Americas Innovation Cities Index Coverage
Coverage for the Innovation Cities Index in USA, Canada, Brazil and Americas from the Huffington Post, Seattle Times, Financial Post, Smart Planet and other North and South American sources.
Canadian Cities — Toronto & Innovation in Connected Magazine
Toronto amid Top Tech Cities. "Toronto rose to No. 12 last year, from No. 19 in 2009, and is in fourth place in North America" -- from a story in Connected Magazine, Canada. How will Toronto rank this year?
China Cities and Innovation, a story from Shanghai
2thinknow's Innovation Cities work was recently featured in Shanghai, in an article from the highly regarded Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The article appeared in a number of Chinese new sources included China.com.cn. Read more in English and Chinese here.
“New York – Des villes et des idées” in Le ...
How does New York rank for innovation & ideas? Here is a recent piece (in Francais) in Montreal's Le Devoir newspaper, about New York's Museum of Contemporary Art approach to sparking creative ideas. 2ThinkNow innovation Cities Index is used for comparison.
SMH: Artists tapped to renew cities’ ailing CBDs?
From Chris Zappone at the Age newspaper (republished Sydney Morning Herald): "Artists tapped to renew cities' ailing CBDs?".Examples used are recent movements to renew steel / manufacturing centres Newcastle & Geelong using arts segment.
Innovation Economy in Budapest, Hungary: Feature from index.Hu
Innovation in Budapest: Full text of 2ThinkNow interview with Urban Watch, Hungary. This is the English answers transcript. The Hungarian final version (edited/translated) article appeared on the popular Hungarian site Index.hu, as well as Hungarian urban planning sites.
From Africa: Innovation in Capetown, South Africa’s top emerging innovator
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.
The Age: impacts of housing unaffordability on innovation economy in ...
Australian property prices are globally and artificially high, and offer low-value for home owners. The U.S. / U.K. correction did not happen in Australian cities, with many Australian homes offering lower value than central hubs such as Paris, London and Boston. This article in the Age newspaper (Melbourne), featuring 2ThinkNow data, was written by Chris Zappone, Business Day reporter (previously of CNN).
New York Times: Freakonomics features 2thinknow’s cities work
Freakonomics and New York Times features 2ThinkNow Innovation Cities.
Resurrecting Athens and the Greek Economy with Innovation
Here's some 2ThinkNow thoughts from our Executive Director, Christopher Hire, in a newspaper interview with Greek daily newspaper, To Vima. "The newly elected mayor of Athens - and former Ombudsman - professor, Yorgos Kaminis, posted the article in his Facebook profile and there were many who wrote positive comments."
Boston Globe Interview #1: Start-ups, Cities & Innovation in Massachusetts
An interview with Scott Kirsner, Innovation Reporter for the Boston Globe, about how Coffee, Starbucks, and independent cafes are important to start-up business in cities, and broader Massachusetts themes.
Innovation Cities on Reuters…
2ThinkNow Innovation Cities have been attracting a lot of attention these last 12 hours or so - starting with Reuters - and it's gaining momentum fast...
If You’d Rather Listen – ABC Radio National.
Australian cities & innovation? A great pithy radio interview on some Australian innovation happenings on Australia's ABC Radio National - featuring 2ThinkNow Innovation Cities.
Municipal World Cities & Culture Issue
What makes a city innovative? How, where & why does innovation in cities work - a neat summary all in one feature article.
Innovation Cities Index Interview on ABC Radio Australia
Listen to this ABC Radio Australia Breakfast Club interview, available as MP3 podcast explaining today's top 75 Innovation Cities Index City rankings - released today.
ABC Radio Interview: Innovation Cities Global
FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Listen to ABC Radio interview on Innovation Cities; and examples of how cities from Singapore to Stuttgart, from Melbourne to China are adapting to the 3 City Challenges of Economics, Equity & Environment.
ABC Radio Australia – TechStream Interview
The Wrap-Up of Key CeBIT innovations - National Broadband Network, Shared Services, Portable Data Centres in MP3. Innovation Analysis from Christopher Hire, on ABC Radio Australia, interviewed by Ryan Egan.
Innovation Cities now part of EU’s European Year of Creativity ...
2ThinkNow Innovation Cities Index is proud to promote and be a part part of the European Year of Creativity & Innovation 2009 [ECYI09].
SMH: Innovation in Manufacturing
Our Executive Director, Christopher Hire, was quoted in the Fairfax newspapers commenting on maintaining automobile manufacturing in Australia, in support of local manufacturing as part of the economic mix of cities.