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Tech Valley New York college building $14.5-million center for … The Next Silicon Valley–Feb 22, 2019 Hudson Valley Community College – in New York’s Tech Valley – is building a…
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Chengdu formulates new economic development targets for 2022
Chengdu, capital of China’s Sichuan province, has set its strategic targets for economic development, aiming to have an output from its ‘new economy’ exceeding RMB 500 billion (approximately US$75 billion)…
Oman aims to be investment destination for blockchain
Oman is hosting a major blockchain symposium in Muscat, in a bid to make the country an investment destination for blockchain companies. Organized by various ministers and state institutions, it…
New Saudi Arabia mega-city project ‘will be as transformative to cities as smartphone was to telephones’
Is it possible to create a completely new high-tech mega-city on a totally green field site that incorporates all that technology offers today, and create a test-bed for developing the…
MIT innovation challenge awards $1m to organizations helping workers’ economic prospects
The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy has awarded over US$1 million in prize money in its second annual MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge (IIC) in recognition and celebration of for-profit…
Research: impact of technology based economic development on high-tech job growth
Entrepreneurial policies promote high-technology job growth in regional contexts where there is already considerable high-tech employment, while two policies – SBIR and technology deployment policies – have direct, additive effects…
Inward-looking western countries offer India opportunity to lead the world
As many of the powerful countries of the western world talk about raising trade barriers, India needs to speak out more forcefully in favor of open economies and societies, says…
‘Pay-it-forward’ culture is key to success of Silicon Valley innovation ecosystem
by Nitin Dahad Around the world, people study the Silicon Valley innovation ecosystem to try and understand how they can re-create its secret sauce to stimulate innovation, entrepreneurship and economic…
Online course to address technology-led economic development
An online course for economic developers taking place during October will look at various aspects of technology-led economic development. It will look at the dynamics of the new global knowledge…
Industrial parks have multiplier effects to help grow ‘edge cities’ in China
The creation of industrial parks does not just add to growth within the areas designated for manufacturing; it also significantly increases economic production and consumption of many kinds for more…