Wednesday 28 September 2011

The Coming Knowledge Superpowers


"Knowledge clusters" are being built in France to kick start hi-tech industries

Battle Of The Knowledge Superpowers -- Sean Coughlan, BBC

Knowledge is power - economic power - and there's a scramble for that power taking place around the globe.

In the United States, Europe and in rising powers such as China, there is a growth-hungry drive to invest in hi-tech research and innovation.

They are looking for the ingredients that, like Google, will turn a university project into a corporation. They are looking for the jobs that will replace those lost in the financial crash.

Not to invest would now be "unthinkable", says Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, the European Commissioner responsible for research, innovation and science, who is trying to spur the European Union to keep pace in turning ideas into industries.

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