Catalogue: City Innovation Library clear
Lyon's dedicated FDI and business-establishment agency, jointly run by Lyon Métropole and the Chamber of Commerce, supports ~60 investment projects per year …
Initiative of Dublin's four local authorities (since 2016) that runs real-world testbeds and SBIR challenge procurement so startups and SMEs pilot solutions …
In 2022 Germany sold a €9 monthly pass valid on all regional public transport for three months. A tracked panel found a …
NYC council members let residents vote on capital projects from discretionary funds; a 2023 voter-file study found PB raised individual voting probability …
Bologna's Città 30 (Jan 2024) cut speeds to 30 km/h on ~70% of roads; city data show road deaths down 49% and …
Since January 2013 Tallinn residents ride city public transport free, after a 75% 'yes' referendum. A 1,500-household study found +14% use after …
Since 1 Sept 2018 Dunkirk's urban community has made its bus network free, paired with five 10-minute express lines. Weekday ridership rose …
Opened in 2014 (first three lines ~US$280M), Bolivia's state-run cable cars link El Alto and La Paz; an IDB-linked IV study of …
In 2016 Auckland upzoned roughly three-quarters of residential land. Synthetic-control studies find permits roughly doubled and rents 22–28% below the counterfactual, though …
Since 2007 Ljubljana has closed its historic core to private cars, adding free electric Kavalir shuttles for less mobile people. Peer-reviewed monitoring …
Since 2010, Sida-funded BioInnovate Africa, hosted at icipe in Nairobi, has run three phases turning East African university bioscience research into commercial …
Novation City in Sousse launched an NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute-backed AI hub in 2025, part of NVIDIA's pledge to train 100,000 African …
In 2017 Wuhan pledged to keep one million university graduates in the city within five years, pairing eased hukou registration with below-market …
Since 2015, Ljubljana's ABC Accelerator has run 12-week cohorts backing startups from 30+ countries with a €25K convertible-loan ticket; alumni have raised …
Since 2009, Malaysia's Khazanah-owned Think City has run heritage-led urban regeneration in George Town, disbursing RM16.3m in its first five years, restoring …
Curitiba's IPPUC planning institute, running since 1965, now operates 'Hipervisor', a real-time cross-department data platform that helps the city anticipate flooding and …
Since 2021, WVU's Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative has offered remote workers a $12,000 relocation bonus plus two years of free outdoor recreation …
A randomized trial with 539 Guatemalan micro-franchise chicken stores found a smartphone app of video lessons plus three video-call consulting sessions raised …
A UK government pilot put £100m (2022–25), extended by £30m for 2025–26, into regional R&D. Glasgow City Region's 11 projects engaged 250+ …
Digital Dubai's single open-data platform pools 2,000+ datasets from 35 government entities, legally recognised as official reference registers, letting entrepreneurs and residents …
In 2018 Victoria piloted ‘20-minute neighbourhoods’ in three suburbs with a AU$120,000 grant each; a 2022 study found only 5.5% of Melburnians …
The Finance Act 2000's EMI scheme lets small UK firms (assets ≤£120m, <500 staff) grant tax-advantaged share options up to £250,000 per …
California voids virtually all employee non-compete contracts (§16600). A natural experiment when Michigan accidentally reversed its own ban in 1985 showed enforcement …
A Brazilian public 'social organisation' co-funding pre-competitive industrial R&D one-third each from EMBRAPII, the company and the research unit, hitting a record …
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