<strong>Innovative Cities</strong> presents a unique international comparison of innovation inAmsterdam London Milan Paris and Stuttgart. Based on research fund... » 

Innovative Cities presents a unique international comparison of innovation inAmsterdam London Milan Paris and Stuttgart. Based on research funded by theESRC program on Cities Competitiveness and Cohesion it compares andcontrasts the reasons why these sites are among the top ten innovative citiesin Europe. Innovation is one of the key driving forces of economic growth inmodern economies.The research reported here takes a careful and directly comparable look at whatcharacteristics and conditions in the five cities have led to the flourishingof innovation in them. Researchers with detailed local knowledge have appliedthe same analytical tools and survey techniques to investigating this questionand the result present a unique international comparison of innovation in thefive cities. «