The Innovation Cities™ Indexes 2011 launches before September 30, 2011, and include a Global, 4 regional and Top 100 Indexes published by 2thinknow annually. 2thinknow indexes are the most expansive general index published globally and referenced by city government and featured in international, national and city media. > more
Defining a city population via a cities urban boundaries is not as straightforward as it first seems. To achieve city benchmarking data of actual performance, 2thinknow utilize a variety of definitions of ‘what is a city’ including those set out here. > more
Free slides from the Innovation Cities Index 2010! For the benefit of clients, contacts and change agents everywhere, the 2thinknow team have posted the Innovation Cities Top 100 Index slideshow live online, on slideshare. > more
The Innovation Cities™ Index by 2thinknow is the most comprehensive global classification of cities as urban innovation economies. It is scheduled to be released late Q3, 2011 featuring 311 cities assessed against 162 city indicators. > more
Every year since 2007, 2thinknow have released rankings of global cities for innovation. This is assessed across 31 industry and community segments using 162 indicators of city benchmarking data, measured against current global and regional trends. > more
4 typographical errors have been corrected in the published Index 2010 file, as part of a routine database check of cities. > more
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
The top 100 global cities with strong local innovation economies. These are the top 100 places to live, work and play due to their strong innovation economics, and potential. Measured from 162 indicators that cover the Cultural Assets, Human Infrastructure and Networked Markets needed for dynamic innovation economies. > more
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