Purpose of this article is to introduce the concept of a new cultural institution, "medialab". Media laboratory is an interdisciplinary institution that combines the tasks of scientific, educational, cultural and artistic institutions. They are spaces in which technology and digital media are...

Aspirations towards technological sovereignty increasingly pervade the political debate. Yet, an ambiguous definition leaves the exact goal of those aspirations and the policies to fulfill them unclear. This leaves room for partly particularly negative interpretations, such as equating the...

Part I: Introducing the Framework -- 1. Launch Pad -- 2. Human Capital -- 3. Finance Capital, Market, and Policy -- 4. Infrastructure and Institutions -- 5. Management of Resources and Lessons Learned -- Part II: Learning from Successful Innovation Regions -- 6. Bangalore Innovation System -- 7....