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.
Welcome to the brainbelt: the people, places, and practices that are turning globalization on its head -- Sharing brainpower and smart manufacturing: how a rustbelt becomes a brainbelt -- Connectors creating communities: hives of innovation in chips and sensors -- Making a new movie of an old story: dramatic scenarios of new materials development -- White coats and blue collars: cross-boundary collaborations in bioscience and medical devices -- A smarter world: how brainsharing can meet the challenges of the twenty-first century -- Awakening the beauties: could your region be one of the smartest places on Earth? -- We meet at the end.
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
338/.0640973
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.
Welcome to the brainbelt: the people, places, and practices that are turning globalization on its head -- Sharing brainpower and smart manufacturing: how a rustbelt becomes a brainbelt -- Connectors creating communities: hives of innovation in chips and sensors -- Making a new movie of an old story: dramatic scenarios of new materials development -- White coats and blue collars: cross-boundary collaborations in bioscience and medical devices -- A smarter world: how brainsharing can meet the challenges of the twenty-first century -- Awakening the beauties: could your region be one of the smartest places on Earth? -- We meet at the end.
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
338/.0640973