RELEASED: 2thinknow Innovation 75! Top Index Cities.


Which cities will out-perform economically & socially based on change trends? These are the #Innovation75 - the 2thinknow NEXUS & HUB Innovation Cities for 2009 - key city destinations for economic & social out-performance globally emerging from recession, ranked based on 2thinknow's leading innovation analysis. > More information on ranking indicators assessed. (Best viewed on a  wide screen) 2thinknow Independent Innovation Analysis

RANK CITY STATE1 COUNTRY REGION INDEX
1 Boston   United States AMERICAS 28
2 Vienna   Austria EUROPE 28
3 Amsterdam   Netherlands EUROPE 27
4 Paris   France EUROPE 27
5 San Francisco   United States AMERICAS 27
6 London   United Kingdom EUROPE 27
7 Hamburg   Germany EUROPE 27
8 New York   United States AMERICAS 27
9 Tokyo   Japan ASIA 26
10 Lyon   France EUROPE 26
11 Stuttgart   Germany EUROPE 26
12 Berlin   Germany EUROPE 25
13 Barcelona   Spain EUROPE 25
14 Frankfurt   Germany EUROPE 25
15 Washington DC   United States AMERICAS 25
16 Geneva   Switzerland EUROPE 25
17 Copenhagen   Denmark EUROPE 25
18 Strasbourg   France EUROPE 25
19 Toronto   Canada AMERICAS 25
20 Melbourne   Australia ASIA 25
21 Milan   Italy EUROPE 25
22 Sydney   Australia ASIA 24
23 Rome   Italy EUROPE 24
24 Brussels   Belgium EUROPE 24
25 Zürich   Switzerland EUROPE 24
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26 Kyoto   Japan ASIA 24
27 Stockholm   Sweden EUROPE 24
28 Helsinki   Finland EUROPE 24
29 Düsseldorf   Germany EUROPE 24
30 Munich   Germany EUROPE 24
31 Singapore   Singapore ASIA 24
32 Philadelphia   United States AMERICAS 24
33 Minneapolis-St Paul   United States AMERICAS 24
34 Manchester   United Kingdom EUROPE 24
35 Leipzig   Germany EUROPE 24
36 Budapest   Hungary EUROPE 24
37 Kobe   Japan ASIA 24
38 Hong Kong   Hong Kong ASIA 24
39 Rotterdam   Netherlands EUROPE 24
40 The Hague   Netherlands EUROPE 24
41 Oslo   Norway EUROPE 23
42 Aachen   Germany EUROPE 24
43 Basel   Switzerland EUROPE 24
44 Marseille   France EUROPE 24
45 Karlsruhe   Germany EUROPE 24
46 Dresden   Germany EUROPE 24
47 Cologne   Germany EUROPE 24
48 Vancouver   Canada AMERICAS 23
49 Montréal   Canada AMERICAS 23
50 Abu Dhabi   United Arab Emirates EMERGING 23
51 Edinburgh   United Kingdom EUROPE 23
52 Shanghai   China ASIA 23
53 Dallas-Fort Worth   United States AMERICAS 23
54 Seattle   United States AMERICAS 23
55 Portland   United States AMERICAS 23
56 Ann Arbor   United States AMERICAS 23
57 Linz   Austria EUROPE 23
58 Glasgow   United Kingdom EUROPE 23
59 Nuremberg   Germany EUROPE 23
60 Los Angeles   United States AMERICAS 23
61 Chicago   United States AMERICAS 23
62 Pittsburgh   United States AMERICAS 23
63 Osaka   Japan ASIA 23
64 Austin   United States AMERICAS 23
65 Hannover   Germany EUROPE 23
66 Toulouse   France EUROPE 23
67 Baltimore   United States AMERICAS 23
68 Bonn   Germany EUROPE 23
69 Houston   United States AMERICAS 23
70 Bordeaux   France EUROPE 23
71 Québec   Canada AMERICAS 23
72 Buenos Aires   Argentina AMERICAS 22
73 Tel Aviv   Israel EUROPE 22
74 Prague   Czech Republic EUROPE 22
75 Detroit   United States AMERICAS 22
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Basis of rankings: The basis & methodology of the 2thinknow Cities research is outlined in full in the Innovation Cities Analysis Report 2009 - available for pre-order here. Find out more: For City Advisory Services or Media please email connect@2thinknow.com for a quick response - or call +61 3 9225 5284 during 8.30 to5.30pm AEST.