Cambridge is now ranked as one of the top three "innovation ecosystems" in the world, according to a recent international survey.
At another level, the "Cambridge phenomenon" tells us that innovation ecosystems cannot be bought off the shelf and installed wherever governments wish to locate them.
Some issues are localised, but we are all dealing with sustainable development, efficient transport systems, energy savings, innovation ecosystems, food supply, resilience..
Chris Vein convenes those with transformative ideas that will support the development of innovation ecosystems across the country; supports the testing of those transformative ideas through open systems, repeatable methodologies, and rapid customer-centric iteration; and showcases those that work.
Congress has yet to allocate the proof-of-concept funding, but a House subcommittee held hearings this month on improving "innovation ecosystems" around universities to encourage the commercialization of taxpayer-financed research.
The plans and drafts play out in a mix of regional promotion, sometimes wonky language about "innovation ecosystems," and regional brands and specific programs for enterprises like the Mohawk Valley Microenterprise Grant Fund or the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
Figure 2 Innovation ecosystems transformation framework (Russell et al. 2011 ).
Hence, in order to accelerate the understanding the relationship between 'company innovation ecosystems' and 'product innovation ecosystems', more efforts in research are required.
We present an evidence-based approach to understanding the relationship infrastructure of spatially defined innovation ecosystems.
The innovation ecosystems in all three metropolitan areas illustrate the inherent tension between embeddedness and agility.
Our methodology shares basic elements of that methodology in an approach formalized for studying innovation ecosystems.
