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Table 1 Metropolitan area indicators for the innovation ecosystem cases
From: Relational capital for shared vision in innovation ecosystems
Source | Indicator | Austin Metropolitan Area | Twin Cities Corridor | Greater Metropolitan Paris |
|---|---|---|---|---|
OECD metro databasea | Population in cities (2012) | 1.8 million | 3.4 million | 11.8 million |
Total land area (2012) | 11,084Â km2 | 16,402Â km2 | 12,089Â km2 | |
Concentration of pop in the core (2012) | 67,98% | 49,78% | 79.27% | |
Labor force (2012) | 0.9 million | 1.8 million | 5.7 million | |
Unemployment annual average growth rate (2012) | 6.999% | 5.716% | 0.289% | |
GDP (2010) | 78 billion US$ | 148 billion US$ | 579 billion US$ | |
GDP per capita (2010) | 45,405 US$ | 45,342 US$ | 49,498 US$ | |
PCT patent applications per 10,000 inhabitants (2008) | 2.68 | 5.21 | 2.14 | |
PCT patent application annual growth (2008) | −1.41% | 2.26% | 4.52% | |
Brookings Institute, The Metro Monitorb | Combined performance 2014 of 100 US Metropolitan areas | 1st | 30th | - |
Recession: 7th | Recession: 53rd | Â | ||
Recovery: 2nd | Recovery: 39th | Â | ||
Brookings Institute, The Global Metro Monitorc | Economic growth data (real GDP per capita and employment change) for the largest 300 metropolitan economies worldwide, 2011 to 2012 | 61st | 209th | 262nd |
GDP (2012) | 91.7 billion US$ | 192.0 billion US$ | 669.2 billion US$ | |
GDP per capita (2012) | 49,844 US$ | 57,348 US$ | 53,881 US$ | |
Brookings Institute, The 20 most innovative cities in the USd | Patenting and innovation in Metropolitan America (2013) | Number 9 | Number 20 | - |
Patents per million residents | 1,503 | 945 | Â | |
Average number of patents per year | 2,497 | 3,068 | Â | |
Top industry | Computer hardware/peripherals | Surgery and medical instruments | Â | |
Innovation cities index globale | Global ranking with 445 benchmark cities, analyst ranked this year (2014) | Number 44 | Number 57 | Number 5 |