Broadband Cities 2005 brings together hundreds of civic leaders, city managers, and broadband decision makers from the U.S. and around the world to experience best practices and innovations in community broadband deployment. Continue reading
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The participants of the conference share their knowledge and experience from achievement in fostering innovation and enterprise within a Technology Park environment. Continue reading
The World Bank Institute´s Knowledge for Development (K4D) program helps developing countries make more effective use of knowledge for their overall economic and social development. The K4D program provides knowledge assessment and policy development services, capacity building and skills enhancement services. As part of its toolkit, the K4D program uses a Knowledge Assessment Methodology (KAM) that helps to benchmark how an economy compares with its neighbors, competitors, or others it wishes to emulate. Continue reading
Smart Start introduces the visitors to basic intellectual property (IP) concepts if they are starting or buying a business. Continue reading
Wireless Philadelphia aims to create a digital infrastructure for open-air internet access and to help citizens, businesses, schools, and community organizations make effective use of this technology to achieve their goals while providing a greater experience for visitors to the City. Continue reading
“Innovation is all about people. It is about the roles people can play, the hats they can put on, the personas they can adopt.” In an exclusive book excerpt from the General Manager of Ideo, we meet the 10 personality types he takes to keep creativity thriving. The writer classifies these 10 personality types into three categories: The Learning Personas, the Organizing Personas, and the Building Personas Continue reading
In another era, a nation’s most valuable assets were its natural resources — coal, say, or amber waves of grain. But in the information economy of the 21st century, the most priceless resource is often an idea, along with the right to profit from it. Continue reading