Report 2 May 2021
Report 2 May 2021 Case Studies in Economic Transformation and Change Table of Contents Executive summary 3 1. Disaster recovery and economic transition 6 Diversification and specialised precincts after crisis — Christchurch, New Zealand 6 Facing globally and seizing catalysts after economic crisis — Barcelona, Spain 8 Mobilising business to lead after crisis — Hong Kong and SARS 9 2. COVID-19 responses 10 Forward thinking — Amsterdam’s response to COVID-19 11 Rapid response and re-positioning as a demonstrator — Busan and COVID-19 12 3. High value economic transition 14 A common goal to diversify from ‘sun and fun’ — Miami, USA 15 Institutions driving internationalisation — Aarhus, Denmark 17 4. Ecosystem development 19 Targeted ecosystem development — Helsinki-Espoo, Finland 20 Reorganising for innovation — how Malmö put itself on the innovation map 21 5. Innovation Districts 23 A co-operation platform that supports innovation locations — Eindhoven, Netherlands 24 Innovation community curation — Auckland, New Zealand 25 6. Anchor institutions 27 Appetite for partnership to drive local innovation — Boulder, USA 27 Universities anchoring digital innovation downtown — Newcastle, Australia 29 7. Inclusive pro-growth economic development 31 Integrated place-based commitment to inclusive growth — Auckland, New Zealand 31 Business proactively addressing disparities — Nashville, Tennessee 33 8. Fostering ocean, marine and science clusters 35 Co-location to accelerate marine innovation — Bergen, Norway 36 Institutional adaptation to build clusters — Hamburg, Germany 37 Activating urban land for more intentional clustering — Antwerp’s Maritime Campus 39 9. Collaborate to compete: the Pacific NorthWest opportunity 41 The ‘innovation district’ of a larger region — Malmö and Greater Copenhagen 42 The journey to complementary specialisation — Eindhoven, Utrecht and the ‘Holland Metropole’ 43 10.
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