The Technopolis Phenomenon: Smart Cities, Fast Systems, Global Networks (International Series on Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship) - Hardcover

Gibson, David V.; Kozmetsky, George; Smilor, Raymond W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0847677583 ISBN 13: 9780847677580

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 1992

Synopsis

The technopolis is an innovative approach to economic development that involves linking technology commercialization with effective public and private-sector initiatives to create new infrastructures for economic growth, diversification, and global competitiveness. Leading experts from academia, government, and industry present information, ideas, programs and initiatives that accelerate the creation of smart cities, fast systems, and global networks. Providing both strategic and tactical insights into developing a new type of infrastructure for the twenty-first century-The Technopolis Phenomenon contributes to the enhancement of the quality of life and the range of opportunities in the global marketplace.

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Review

...a happy mixture of the general strategic perspective and the detailed case-study of the well-grounded and the speculative and will be a useful source book for those operating in or studying the emergence of the 21st-century city.--Urban Studies

About the Author

DAVID V. GIBSON is with the IC2 Institute, the University of Texas, Austin.

GEORGE KOZMETSKY is Professor of Business, a founder of the IC2 Institute, and a widely respected CEO.

RAYMOND W. SMILOR is vice president of the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Inc. at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and was the first Marion Merrell Dow Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847677583
• ISBN 13: 9780847677580
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 380