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Noun

technopoleis

1. plural of technopolis
   • 1988: Antonio Furino, Coöperation and Competition in the Global Economy: Issues and Strategies, p192

     The result of these activities is the emergence of technopoleis where state government, local government, private corporations, universities…

   • 1994: David V. Gibson & Everett M. Rogers, R & D Collaboration on Trial: The Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation, p179

     “Techno” reflects an emphasis on technology; “polis” is Greek for city-state and suggests a balance between public and private sectors. The plural form of the word “polis” is “poleis”; therefore, we use the plural “technopoleis” rather than “technopolises” or “technopoli”.

     Some technopoleis are the result of long-term planning and varying degrees of public / private collaboration…

     Two of the oldest and most famous US technopoleis — Silicon Valley, California, and Route 128, Boston — were not based on long-term planning.

     Some technopoleis have benefited from varying degrees of visionary planning and sporadic public / private collaboration, such as Austin, Texas; Troy, New York; Phoenix, Arizona; Cambridge and Oxford, England; and Bangalore, India (see Tatsuno, 1988; Morita and Hiraoka, 1988; Onda, 1988; Segal, 1988; Lafitte, 1988; Bozzo and Gibson, 1990; and Singhal et al., 1990).

   • 2004: George Kozmetsky et alios, New Wealth: Commercialization of Science and Technology for Business and Economic Development, p153

     Worldwide, there are emerging technopoleis in cities in Japan, India, England, Russia, and France.

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• technopolies