How ‘cluster’ initiatives can help cities become high-tech industry leaders

The Brookings Institution published new research https://www.brookings.edu/research/rethinking-cluster-initiatives/ this morning on "cluster" initiatives — that is, when cities decide to center their economic development strategies around one or two industries. I’ll dig into more of the findings in a separate post for VentureBeat, but I wanted to highlight some highlights I imagine readers of this newsletter will be interested in. First, the report identified five traits shared by successful cluster initiatives:

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https://venturebeat.com/2018/07/25/heartland-tech-weekly-how-cluster-initiatives-can-help-cities-become-leaders-in-high-tech-industry-leaders/