| Policy documents
Key strategy documents for the Cambridge
Technopole
Greater Cambridge Sub-regional Economic Strategy 2009-2012
EEDA Regional Economic Strategy
New Industry, New Jobs
HM-Treasury Review of sub-national
economic development and
regeneration
East of England Competitiveness Operational Programme 2007-2013
10
Year Business Plan for Greater Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
Structure Plan up to 2016
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Reports
Selection of reports describing aspects
of the Cambridge Technopole
East of England Regional Technopole Report - an overview of the UK’s leading high–technology region
Cambridge Technopole Report 2011 - an overview of selected key organisations within the Technopole.
The Greater Cambridge Annual Profile 2009 - summar of key economic and social indicators.
The
Cambridge Phenomenon and Cambridge Phenomenon Revisited - the 1985 and 2000 reports from SQW describing the
development of the cluster.
The
Cambridge Phenomenon: Fullilling the Potential - report for
the GCP by PACEC in 2003 outlining challenges and opportunities
for Cambridge.
Cambridge
Cluster Reports from 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008 - profiling the innovation-based firms in
Cambridge.
Cambridge Investment Resaerch - Reports on High Value Manufacturing
University of Cambridge spin-outs and start-ups
- summary
list and analysis.
Defining
& focusing international investor relations activity in Greater
Cambridge - report for GCP, includes summary of key sectors
as identified from a survey of the Cambridge business community.
Cambridge
Futures Reports - scenarios for the future development of Cambridge.
Cambridge
University Impact Study - report on new research into the economic
impact of Cambridge University.
Cambridge Investment Research Greater Cambridge
High Tech Cluster Dynamic
MashUp Database.
'Is
the white heat of Cambridge technology burning out?': Report
from SJIC and Cambridge Network.
The State of the
Innovation Economy in the UK -2007: Report by Nicholas Miles (Oxford to Cambridge Arc)
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Organisations
Selection of organisations whose core
activities underpin the growth of the Cambridge Technopole
Greater Cambridge
Partnership (GCP) - providing the strategic framework to shape
the future growth of Cambridge.
Cambridgeshire
County Council
Cambridgeshire
Horizons - developing the infrastructure for Cambridge.
East of England
Development Agency (EEDA) - developing and implementing regional
development strategies.
East of England Regional Assembly (EERA) -exists to promote the economic, social and environmental well-being of the region.
East of
England International - the official international business
support agency for the East of England.
Cambridge
Network - a network linking business and academia to the global
high technology community for the benefit of Cambridge.
Easterm Region
Biotechnology Initiative (ERBI) - facilitate and accelerate
the growth of biotech in Cambridge and the East of England.
Cambridge
Futures - a private / public / acdemic sector group working
on possible alternatives for the future of Cambridge.
University of Cambridge
- groups within the University having substantial direct engagement
with the local business community include the Computer
Lab (including Computer
Lab Ring), Institute
of Biotechnology, Institute
for Manufacturing, Judge
Business School and many
others.
Oxford to Cambridge Arc - an organisation working with the public and private sectors to build "one of Europe’s premier knowledge based economies". |
| Presentations &
podcasts
"Britain Forty Years On" - presentation given to the Cambridge Network Finance Directors SIG May 2007
"Can
Cambridge learn from the experience of Israel?" - podcast
from Martin Rigby and David Gill of ET Capital.
"Cambridge
Phenomenon - Case Study in Regional
Economic
Development" - presented by Alan Barrell at "The Day
of The Entrepreneur" - Barcelonactiva Conference, March 2005.
"Cambridge
- opportunities and challenges" - presentation by Tim Minshall
to the EU Innovation Society Conference May 2006.
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Projects & initiatives
Oxford to Cambridge Arc - an organisation working with the public and private sectors to build "one of Europe’s premier knowledge based economies". Related to this, the Central Innovation Network is focused on activities within the central part of the Oxford to Cambridge Arc.
Greater South East - The UK’s engine for growth and prosperity A case for targeted investment in the Greater South East: Joint report from EEDA, SEEDA and LDA.
"From
science to growth" - summary of on-going work to compare
the idea-centric versus people-centric approach to knowledge transfer.
High value manufacturing (HVM). Resources relating
to this topic can be found via the "Growth
through high value manufacturing" website managed by the
Centre for Economics and Policy, EEDA and the GCP, and the reports
and events
website from Cambridge
Investment Research.
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Cambridge-based events
Click here to access the Cambridge Network events calendar. |
| Sources of further
data
East
of England Regional Observatory - gateway to research and data
about the East of England. It is for individuals and organisations
interested in discovering more about the region and its social,
economic and environmental development.
Cambridge
County Council Research Group - provides information on the
local economy and labour market, census returns, population, deprivation,
Travellers, housing, crime, quality of life and more.
A number of books have been written on the Cambridge
Phenomenon often giving comparisons with other high tech regions.
Examples include:
- Koepp, R. (2002). Clusters of Creativity: Enduring Lessons on Innovation and Entrpreneurship from Silicon Valley and Europe, Wiley.
- Rosenberg, D. (2002). Cloning 'Silicon Valley': The next generation of high tech hot spots, Reuters/Pearson Education.
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Info on other clusters
San
Francisco Bay Area Economic Fourm | Silicon
Valley Leadership Group | Index
of Silicon Valley 2007
Paxis
- EU network of 22 regions ranked as excellent for support of innovation.
Oxford
- Data from the Oxfordshire Economic Observatory
DTI Report on Clusters
in the UK and DTI's Practical
Guide to Cluster Development. |
Interesting links
Cambridge planning documents from the 1950s
Cambridge
travel time maps - plotting time taken using public transport
to get to work.
Theyworkforyou.com
- information on the activities of our MPs.
Guy Kawasaki's blog on "How
to kick Silicon Valley's Butt"
Blog on " How Enterprising Cities Build the Economic Commons"
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