2thinknow’s Innovation Cities™ Program aims to improve cities economic and social performance through hellping cities to innovate.

Innovation Cities™ was created by innovation analysts 2thinknow® in 2006, from our Executive Directors 2005 research. Since 2007 we have published analyst reports, and annual city rankings.

There are 4 Goals to the Innovation Cities™ Program.

Understanding Innovation through Analysis.

Providing detailed analysis using the Innovation Cities™ Framework and innovation models.

Comparative Data.

Creating City Benchmarking Data – the comparative measurement of cities across borders, based on key performance indicators.

Independent Ranking of Cities.

The Innovation Cities™ Index is the world’s largest ranking of cities on innovation.

Performance Improvement.

Working with select cities globally, to improve their innovation performance.

2thinknow’s Innovation Cities™ Program does this through a variety of products and services.