Entrepreneurial renaissance : cities striving towards an era of rebirth and revival /: cities striving towards an era of rebirth and revival. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Piero Formica, editor.
• Editors: Formica, Piero
• Contents: Dedication; Series Foreword ; Foreword; Foreword; Editor's Note and Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Scope of the Renaissance; 1 Entrepreneurial Renaissance; 2 In Search of Shared Prosperity; 3 Connected Cities; 4 Cities on the Cusp of an Entrepreneurial Renaissance; 5 Revival of Education; 6 Language Skills for the Entrepreneurial Renaissance; 7 Renaissance Horizons; 8 'Renaissance' Ideas; 9 The Age of Broken Certainties; 10 The Spreading of the Renaissance Movement Mindful of Entrepreneurship; 11 Renaissance China; 12 The Emerging Eurasian Dialogue. 13 The Spirit of a New Entrepreneurial Renaissance14 Meetings of Minds and Hearts: Learning from the Workshops of the Renaissance; 14.1 Ideation: Turning Ideas Into Action; 14.2 Fostering Dialogue; 14.3 Convergence of Art and Science; 15 From the Well of Knowledge to the Experimental Fields; 16 The Ambiguity of the Knowledge Nomads and Their Ideal Host City; 17 Achieving the Impossible; 18 Between Experts and Experimenters: The 'Opificio Golinelli' in Bologna, Italy; 19 Thinkers of the New Renaissance: Inspirers of 'Creative Creation' 20 The Fusion of Art, Science and Design: Treading in the Footsteps of the Renaissance Protagonists21 The Second Renaissance of the 'Cultural Consumer'; 22 Seigniors of the Twenty-First Century; 23 Italy: Barely Keeping Pace with the New Entrepreneurial Renaissance; 24 Italy: Addressing and Analysing Rapid Change at Snail's Pace; 25 The Compelling Need to Align Research and the Art of Transformative Entrepreneurship; 26 Science and Technology: What Drives What?; 27 The Scientist-Entrepreneur: 'I Think, I Act and Therefore I Construct'; References. Chapter 2: Harbouring the City of Sydney's Fluid Renaissance: Incorporating Community, Creativity and Collaboration1 Flowing from a Modern Renaissance to Fluid Modernity; 2 Strategic Frameworks; 3 To the Matter of Mateship; 4 The Imperative Creative Corridor; 5 Impactful Patronage; References; Chapter 3: Bangalore: Development Through Intercultural Interaction; 1 Bangalore: A City of Several Epithets; 2 What's in a Name? Quite a Lot; 3 Mysteries of the Early History; 4 The Mud Fort and the Muddles of the Middle Ages; 5 Bouncing with the British: Towards Modern Development. 6 India's Independence and Initiatives Galore7 Life After Liberalization: Entrepreneurial Effervescence; 8 Bonus to Bangalore (B2B); 9 'Negative Push' for the Positively Inclined; 10 Development Through Intercultural Interaction; 11 The Crystal Growth Model of Cluster Development; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; References; Sources; Further Reading; Chapter 4: Tel Aviv: A Renaissance Revival in the Making; 1 Tel Aviv: The Spring; 2 In Tel Aviv, Questions Are More Important Than Answers; 3 Tel Aviv Education: A Breeding Ground for a Citywide Innovation Renaissance.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxv, 156 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 338/.04; 650; Business; Entrepreneurship; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General; Entrepreneurship; Business & Economics -- Information Management; Business & Economics -- Production & Operations Management; Business & Economics -- Urban & Regional; Knowledge management; Research & development management; Urban economics; Management science; Small business; Knowledge management; Management; Urban economics; Business & Economics -- Small Business; Small businesses & self-employed; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319526607
• Related ISBNs: 331952660X; 9783319526591; 3319526596
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 17, 2017).
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