Microsoft’s commitment to the promotion of the Information Society in local environments has materialized in the development of an Accelerator for Digital Cities. The Accelerator is conceived as a platform for housing portals for city councils. Continue reading
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In this book, editors Ahmed Bounfour (University of Paris XI, France) and Leif Edivinsson (University of Lund, Sweden) have brought together twenty two contributions on intellectual capital. The papers focus on measuring and managing the intellectual capital of communities, cities, regions, and nations. Continue reading
‘A smart city is a community in which members of local government, business, education, health care institutions and the general public understand the potential of information technology. These groups form alliances to use technology Continue reading
Intelligent communities and cities belong to an emerging movement targeting the creation of environments that improve cognitive skills and abilities to learn and innovate. They are environments that enable superior cognitive capabilities, creativity, and innovation, which are created from combinations of individual, collective, and artificial intelligence. Continue reading
A recent paper by Asteris Chatziparadeisis, presented at the European Conference on Quality in Survey Statistics (Cardiff 24 – 26 April 2006) focuses on the capacity of well-established indicators to capture the progress towards the knowledge-based economy. Continue reading
The project ‘Intelligent Cities: Innovative cities and competitiveness for sustainable development’, supported by INTERREG IIIC – South Zone, has as main objective to formulate an urban strategy for the creation of ‘innovation hubs’ (spaces of innovation). Continue reading
This book of Peter A. Gloor introduces to the concept of Collaborative Innovation Networks (COINs), which are powerful engines of contemporary innovation. Using real-life examples the book shows how to use COINs to develop successful products in R & D, grow better customer relationships, establish better project management, and build higher-performing teams. Continue reading