Agtmael, Antoine W. van,

The smartest places on earth : why rustbelts are the emerging hotspots of global innovation / Antoine W. van Agtmael and Alfred Bakker. - First edition. - pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Looks at "rust belt" communities in Europe and the United States, once stagnant and economically depressed, that are now beginning to emerge as zones of economic strength and technological innovation by producing advanced smart-products.

9781610394352 (hardcover)

2015036396


Technological innovations--United States.
Academic-industrial collaboration--United States.
Research, Industrial--United States.
Industries--United States.
Industrial location--United States.
Entrepreneurship--United States.

HC110.T4 / .A645 2016

338/.0640973