The smartest places on earth :

Agtmael, Antoine van

The smartest places on earth : why rustbelts are the emerging hotspots of global innovation Antoine van Agtmael and Fred Bakker - New York : PublicAffairs, c2016. - 308 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes notes, bibliographical references (p. 271-308) and index.

Looks at "rust belt" communities in Europe and the United States, once stagnant and economically depressed, that are now beginning to emerge as zones of economic strength and technological innovation by producing advanced smart-products.

9781610394352


Technological innovations--United States
Academic-industrial collaboration--United States
Research, Industrial--United States
Industries--United States
Industrial location--United States
Entrepreneurship--United States

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