Establishing Urban Industrial Parks to Drive Regional Innovation System

Constructing a Service Innovation Model for Creative Industrial Parks

This study sought to identify the important constructs associated with service innovation and elucidate the role of information and communication technology in the innovation management. These phenomena are examined from the perspectives of technology as well as soft innovation. A review of the literature related to service innovation, cultural production, and service systems led to the develop...

Proximity to urban parks and mental health.

BACKGROUND Urban parks have received attention in recent years as a possible environmental factor that could encourage physical activity, prevent obesity, and reduce the incidence of chronic conditions. Despite long hypothesized benefits of parks for mental health, few park studies incorporate mental health measures. AIMS OF THE STUDY To test the association between proximity to urban parks a...

The MatchMaker! System: Creating Virtual Eco-Industrial Parks 1997

The virtual eco-industrial park alters the Kalundborg model by allowing firms that are not in proximity with one other to exchange material flows. Bechtel Corporation Research and Development, San Francisco, has studied the Kalundborg model and numerous other eco-industrial parks (EIPs) in order to assess the viability of industrial symbiosis (IS) on a grander scale. A world leader in engineeri...

Benefits of Urban Parks

Establishing Global Innovation Networks

In a business environment marked by accelerating change on a global scale, companies must find new sources of innovation that extend well beyond in-house invention.To accomplish this, more and more best-in-class companies are choosing a road that leads to Global Innovation Networks.