Taking a Note from the Bay Area on Innovation

For many, the word ‘innovation’ is synonymous with technology and California’s Bay Area – loaded with research institutions, human capital and entrepreneurial assets. A new report takes a look at innovation initiatives happening in that area and around the world, asking the question, “How are we linked to other economies by cooperation as well as competition?”

The report, The Innovation Edge: Meeting the Global Competitive Challenge, is a collection of essays on the economic challenges brought on by the emergence of China, India and other markets throughout the world. Leading with the title essay, The Innovation Edge also includes pieces on “The Emerging Global Labor Market,” and “Services Innovation as a Competitive Response to Globalization.”

To download The Innovation Edge: Meeting the Global Competitive Challenge, published by the Bay Area Economic Forum, visit: www.bayeconfor.org/pdf/InnovationEdgeSept2006.pdf