easy2012 Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 World most innovative city - best of UK, i.e. London at No 14. http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/smart-takes/top-10-innovative-cities-boston-leads-world-in-2010-paris-amsterdam-follow/10605/ Here’s a look at the firm’s Top 30 around the world: Boston (USA) Paris (France) Amsterdam (Netherlands) Vienna (Austria) New York (USA) Frankfurt (Germany) San Francisco (USA) Copenhagen (Denmark) Lyon (France) Hamburg (Germany) Berlin (Germany) Toronto (Canada) Stuttgart (Germany) London (UK) Munich (Germany) Milan (Italy) Stockholm (Sweden) Hong Kong (China) Melbourne (Australia) Tokyo (Japan) Rome (Italy) Kyoto (Japan) Washington, D.C. (USA) Shanghai (China) Düsseldorf (Germany) Barcelona (Spain) Seoul (South Korea) Sydney (Australia) Prague (Czech Republic) Philadelphia (USA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darwin Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 World most innovative city - best of UK, i.e. London at No 14. http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/smart-takes/top-10-innovative-cities-boston-leads-world-in-2010-paris-amsterdam-follow/10605/ Boston? Really?? I would have thought San Francisco would be higher. No Vancouver either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishfinger Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 I'm shocked where's Basingstoke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EUBanana Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Define "innovative"? Is Oxford/Cambridge not innovative? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilEdna Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Define "innovative"? Is Oxford/Cambridge not innovative? Are they cities though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone baby gone Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Do they mean the layout / transport / etc of the city is innovative? Or that there are lots of innovative companies around? I presume the latter as Boston has lots of biotech, etc. but the city itself is hardly innovative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Define "innovative"? Is Oxford/Cambridge not innovative? Looks like they're only counting bigger cities than those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Boston? Really?? I would have thought San Francisco would be higher. No Vancouver either. Boston feels like it: my best client for a couple of years was based there doing lots of innovative stuff, and I got a very good feeling when I visited. And of course they've got MIT and Harvard. As for San Francisco, it's not the same as Silicon Valley. If you called that axis from SF to San Jose a single city I expect it'd be a cert for #1 spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Boston? Really?? I would have thought San Francisco would be higher. No Vancouver either. +1 Digging a big tunnel for their traffic congestion is not innovative is it? San Fran, Vancouver, Singapore, loads more innovative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 As for San Francisco, it's not the same as Silicon Valley. If you called that axis from SF to San Jose a single city I expect it'd be a cert for #1 spot. The big bland nothingness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ifonly Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 +1 Digging a big tunnel for their traffic congestion is not innovative is it? San Fran, Vancouver, Singapore, loads more innovative. what makes singapore more innovative? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 The big bland nothingness. Looked worse than that to me: to get mere 'bland nothingness' you'd want to do something about those hideous roads. Went out there for two weeks when I first joined a Silicon Valley company. I was due to work from home anyway, and the visit confirmed, no way would I want to live there. Though I could've managed living in SF and putting my bum on their seat from time to time. Of course I'd say much the same for Southeast England in a big band from about Exeter to somewhere in East Anglia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errol Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 "I would like to pay tribute to the contribution you and your company make to the prosperity of Britain," Mr Brown told assembled bankers in London's Canary Wharf . "During its 150 year history, Lehman Brothers has always been an innovator, financing new ideas and inventions before many others even began to realize their potential." Gordon Brown, a week before the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 what makes singapore more innovative? Night-time Formula 1 for a start. The immediate execution of those dropping chewing gum on the pavement. Really, really friendly and welcoming people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erranta Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 (edited) Not one mention of Paris @ No2 spot - all those lazy, work to rule, heavily unionised, good for nothing, innovative Frenchies who live one of the World's (consistently voted No1) 'best lifestyles'! Edited October 6, 2010 by erranta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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