Entrepreneurial renaissance : cities striving towards an era of rebirth and revival

This book explores the parallels between the Renaissance during the 14th to 16th centuries and the upheavals in human and physical sciences in the 21st Century that herald an insurgent entrepreneurial renaissance. The first Renaissance, conceived and developed in an urban environment, with the Medic...

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Other Authors Formica, Piero (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
SeriesInnovation, technology, and knowledge management.
Subjects
Entrepreneurship.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessPlný text

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Table of 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.

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