29 From Education to Entrepreneurship

MARCO MASIA / MARMAS GMBH

While it’s good to look at the Silicon Valley as a leading example of education and knowledge driven innovation, we should consider that it’s not the only template for innovation and that it may not work as it is in Europe. Other countries or regions provide good examples of knowledge driven innovation like the Greater Boston Area, Israel, and Sweden - all have different realisations of innovation ecosystems and constitute excellent examples Europe might want to learn from. One important peculiarity of Europe is its long time cultural tradition and strong creative and art sector. These, and more in general the social sciences and humanities, would foster innovation more in line with European values and tradition. Therefore, it is highly important to incentivise knowledge driven innovation also from that knowledge area together with (and not in opposition to) technological innovation. This will also allow to prevent unwanted societal consequences of new technologies.

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