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Christopher Hire on Strong City Brands and Data-Led Innovation

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Australia | Christopher Hire is a world expert on cities and urban innovation ecosystems, based in Australia. In 2007 he created the Innovation Cities Index, a leading ranking on the innovation potential and performance of cities. With 20+ years in data analysis and data science, speaking by invitation on the topic to the United Nations and OECD, Chris is the only expert with 800+ data engagements either teaching or solving intractable data problems. His focus is on helping cities and towns develop their places economically from data-led innovation and helping colleagues create products that match demand in cities worldwide.

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Kaefer, F. (2021). Christopher Hire on Strong City Brands and Data-Led Innovation. In: An Insider’s Guide to Place Branding. Management for Professionals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67144-0_17

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