Proximity: More Important for Meeting than Collaborating?
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Innovation disproportionately happens in cities. What is it about packing people together that makes them so innovative? Last week we looked at a few papers that showed denser neighborhoods with lots of restaurants, cafes, and bars facilitated more innovation, and that the kind of innovation that happens in cities tends to reflect the social milieu of the surroundings. In particular, the residents of dense parts of cities tend to work on a more diverse collection of technologies, and that this is reflected in the kinds of patents they create.
Proximity: More Important for Meeting than Collaborating?
Proximity: More Important for Meeting than…
Proximity: More Important for Meeting than Collaborating?
Innovation disproportionately happens in cities. What is it about packing people together that makes them so innovative? Last week we looked at a few papers that showed denser neighborhoods with lots of restaurants, cafes, and bars facilitated more innovation, and that the kind of innovation that happens in cities tends to reflect the social milieu of the surroundings. In particular, the residents of dense parts of cities tend to work on a more diverse collection of technologies, and that this is reflected in the kinds of patents they create.