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A Rise of Innovation Districts: A New Geography of Innovation in America

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创新区的崛起:创新在美国的地缘划分 As the United States slowly emerges from the Great Recession, a remarkable shift is occurring in the spatial geography of innovation. For the past 50 years, the landscape of innovation has been dominated by places like Silicon Valley—suburban corridors of spatially isolated corporate campuses, accessible only by car, with little emphasis on the quality of life or on integrating work, housing and recreation, stated in Brookings recent report on innovation districts.

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The World’s Bank: How Crowdfunding is Disrupting Old Banking

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世界的银行:众筹如何瓦解传统银行业 Crowdfunding is no longer a stranger to us. According to Reid Hoffman's recent insight, "crowdfunding relies on the wisdom of crowds to identify fund and unleash entrepreneurial innovation far more efficiently than the credit rules of banks can." And one crowdfunding platform Kiva turns the money-lending difficulties into an easy access world wide.

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A New Era of Innovation Begins

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开启创新新时代 Policymakers' desire to foster local venture ecosystem goes hand in hand with their initiatives on encouraging entrepreneurship. Recently, Korea Magazine's cover story reveals a significant change based on Korea government to develop the nation's "Creative Economy".

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Deciphering The Economics Of Venture Capital

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解密风险投资经济学 Black swan events were introduced by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his 2001 book Fooled By Randomness, which concerned financial events. He outlined three characteristics of a black swan event:

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