This article introduces the special issue on the increasing role of cities as a driver for (open)
innovation and entrepreneurship. It frames the innovation space being cultivated by …

The fields of entrepreneurship, innovation and regional development are inextricably linked,
with people, organisations and the environment or their location, forming the main building …

Pressures on infrastructure—due to growing urban populations, the ubiquity of new
technologies, and collaborative business models—are fostering a new form of …

In this article, we focus on the role of a city as an orchestrator for innovation. We argue that
cities should establish active dialogue with their citizens, and private and public sectors …

Winner of Balsillie Prize for Public Policy Winner of Donner Prize A challenge to prevailing
ideas about innovation and a guide to identifying the best growth strategy for your …

Open innovation has received substantial business attention as a means of providing firms
in hyper-competitive environments with the ability to create a stream of new products and …

With the flurry of recent attention and excitement around creativity and cities, it is worth
reflecting on a simple question at the outset: what are creative cities for? In other words, why …

Many technical obstacles to effective innovation no longer exist: today, companies possess
global networks that can connect with knowledge from virtually any source. Today's …

This article critically investigates the global trend toward urban innovation districts, a
distinctly 21st-century spatial form. Innovation districts are a place-based, economic …

Motivated by the recent establishment of major US federal programs seeking to harness the
potential of regional innovation ecosystems, we assess the promise and challenges of place …