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Area 46 is a clearing house of information information about the technological renaissance taking place in Southeastern Europe, the Continent’s Innovation Corner.

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Randy

HBR's Porter discusses "clusters" vs "ecosystems. I'm a big believer in the theory, living close to Hollywood. I think it would be great...

Harvard Business School - Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness isc.hbs.edu

posted March 10, 2011

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James

Interesting article on tech entrepreneurship in Romania.

Do Innovation Ecosystems Need Higher Education? huffingtonpost.com

There is an underlying assumption that to have an innovation-based entrepreneurial ecosystem, there has to be an "MIT-like" anchor university in the ecosystem (Technion in Israel, Stanford in Silicon Valley, IIT in India).

posted March 9, 2011

David D. March 10, 2011 • Edit • Todd is right to point out the importance of early-stage capital to help turn knowledge into products, and Ben Franklin is an excellent example ... »