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Dan Breznitz is University Professor and Munk Chair of Innovation Studies in the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto, where he codirects the Innovation Policy Lab, and author of Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World.
To generate local, inclusive prosperity, cities must think beyond tech accelerators and science parks and instead embrace a wider range of innovation strategies.
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