Large Cities – Incubators for Innovation

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DOI: 10.20542/0131-2227-2014-3-46-59

N. Goffe, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO RAN), 23 Profsoyuzhaya Str., Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation (nina-goffe@yandex.ru)


Abstract

In the emerging pattern of territorial settlement large metropolitan areas have become centers that attract people, assets, and technologies. In such a way they turn into pillars of national, macroregional and global economic complexes. They promote the development of knowledge-based economy, innovation and new types of human activity and social life.


Keywords

globalization, urbanization, large metropolitan areas, knowledge-based economy, innovation, human capital, tertiary education, employment, incomes


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For citation:
Goffe N. Large Cities – Incubators for Innovation. World Eсonomy and International Relations, 2014, No 3, pp. 46-59. https://doi.org/10.20542/0131-2227-2014-3-46-59



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