Abstract

The first part of the twenty-first century has witnessed a rebirth of “the City” as an engine of innovation. This renaissance has been an organic response to technological and societal pressures, opportunities, and norms. This is a sharp reversal from the latter half of the twentieth century, which saw the decay and erosion of the City as a place of economic value creation. In spite of the best efforts of governments and city planners, suburbanization, first of residences, and then industry, led to a hollowing out than in some areas decimated urban life. What lessons can we learn from the emergent reversal of this trend? We explore in depth the examples of San Francisco, Austin (Texas), and London to discover lessons that may be broadly adopted.

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Title
The renaissance of the city as a cluster of innovation
Author
Engel, Jerome S 1 ; Berbegal-Mirabent, Jasmina 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Piqué, Josep M 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

1  Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA 
2  Department of Economy and Business Organization, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain 
3  Innova Institute & Technova Barcelona, La Salle, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain 
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Jan 2018
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd.
e-ISSN
23311975
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2018.1532777
ProQuest document ID
2176696254
Copyright
© 2018 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.