MEDIA RELEASE: Innovation Cities Indexes 2012-2013 Launch

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Boston and New York were announced as twin winners for the world’s most innovative city today by Australian innovation agency 2thinknow. In the seven years publishing the index, this is the first time two cities have tied for first place — due to their strong innovation potential. This year’s top 10 cities for innovation economy in 2012-2013 were rounded out by Vienna, San Francisco Bay Area, Paris, Munich, London, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and Seattle. > more

MEDIA RELEASE: Innovation Cities Indexes 2011 Launch

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RELEASED 18th OCT 2011: “Boston came first again in a field of 331 cities in the Innovation Cities Global Index. This year’s top cities were rounded out by San Francisco Bay Area, Paris, New York and Vienna, as the 5th annual index was released today” > more

Definition of a Smart City: compared with Innovation Cities

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Smart Cities is a vendor / city term commonly used to refer to the creation of knowledge infrastructure. Smart City, in everyday use, is inclusive of terms such as ‘digital city’ or ‘connected cities’. > more

Media Release: Top 100 city rankings for the innovation economy

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RELEASED 8th SEPT 2010: “This year, Paris and Amsterdam contested the top spot with Boston, being ranked second and third, respectively, in the 2thinknow Innovation Cities Top 100 Index. Since 2009 Vienna has moved to fourth place and New York to fifth place.” > more

Innovation Cities™ Europe 25 Index.

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Innovation Cities™ Europe 25 Index – a ranking of Europe’s top 25 innovation cities, from 111 major cities across Europe. > more

2thinknow Innovation Cities Global 256 Index-2009

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Released July 28th 2009 in Melbourne Australia: The largest ranking of cities globally ever under-taken, the final analysis is based on 162 Innovation Indicators weighted against 21 current global trends and summed into 3 factors. > more

Final 256 Innovation Cities

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Here we have it the final, unranked list of 256 Innovation Cities. Results of the city rankings – the Innovation Cities Index – will be released in <24 hours. > more

CITIES INDEX 2009: JULY 28 LAUNCH

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Innovation Cities Index 2009, a global ranking of all major cities, is released to the public online Tuesday July 28, 2009 from Melbourne, Australia. Based on 256 cities selected from a data file of 1540 cities worldwide, the Index measures the economic & social potential of global, regional & local cities. > more

2009 Cities: Europe, EU, UK, Turkey, Israel, Russia

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The list of potential European Innovation Cities for 2thinknow IC Index 2009 from European Union, European states, Israel & Turkey – excludes the ‘Stan states & includes some former Soviet territories. > more

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