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We drive efforts to develop regional innovation clusters that create jobs, attract capital and generate long term positive economic impact.
FORBES: Rebecca O. Bagley - Making It Work
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Studies of innovation clusters in Israel, Taiwan and southern India have shown that the catalyst sparking the rise of those aspiring Silicon Valleys was the constant flow of talented researchers, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to and from the actual Silicon Valley (in which 52% of the startups were founded by immigrants).
FORBES: Innovation Works Best When Government Does Least
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Silicon Valley will remain the global tech hub followed by China though innovation centers in clusters around the world will matter more.
FORBES: Predicting 10 Trends For Startup Asia As 2013 Unfolds
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There are important new clusters of innovation, emerging giants and rising stars in geographies as diverse as Germany, Sub-Saharan Africa and Korea.
BBC: Viewpoint: Looking for innovation further afield
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At the heart of this issue is Inclusive Competitiveness the practice of metrics and strategies to improve the performance of diverse populations within innovation ecosystems, emerging industry clusters and other areas critical to economic competitiveness.
FORBES: Inclusion: The Missing Link In Economic Competitiveness
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Clusters can offer product and market innovation opportunities to existing manufacturers.
FORBES: Making It Work: Does Our Future Include Manufacturing?
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Clusters are good in any field because they boost productivity and innovation, and cluster policy seeks to reduce constraints and encourage externalities to raise the productivity of competition.
ECONOMIST: The West Lothian question
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That strategy should include robust and long-term investments in areas such as research and innovation, manufacturing, market creation, workforce training and education, and the development of new, globally competitive industry clusters.
FORBES: Cap And Trade Wasn't The Answer