Knowledge Bank
Welcome to our dedicated innovation resource, that provides easy access to a wide range of information relating to Innovation, the Knowledge Economy, creativity, and Greater Manchester.
What can you find on the Knowledge Bank?
Reports, strategies, policies, articles, thought and opinion pieces, urls to interesting websites, audio and visual content.
How does the Knowledge Bank work?
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NB: The views and comments expressed in the Knowledge Bank content, are that of the author(s) alone and are not necessarily the views or opinions of M:KC or its staff.
Public Service Innovation
M:KC has been conducting research into public service innovation and has compiled a collection of case studies from around the world. These studies provide examples of...
State of the City Report
This fourth edition of Manchester’s State of the City Report is an annual headline document measuring the city’s current performance – it is a...
The Next Step in Open Innovation
Written by McKinsey Business Technology Consultants, this article, The Next Step in Open Innovation, discusses how the Internet and new social-networking technologies...
Co-production: Right Here, Right Now
Entitled Right Here, Right Now: Taking co-production into the mainstream, this disucssion paper explores the way ahead for public services: involving users in the...
Innovation in Cities
The UK's cities face an unprecedented economic challenge. They need to foster the economic growth necessary to recover from the deepest recession the UK has seen for...
Total Place: a practitioner’s guide to doing things differently
Total Place: a practitioner’s guide to doing things differently
The Social Media Revolution
An impactful short video which demonstrates the power of social media. Based on the book Socialnomics by Erik Qualman
Seizing the Day - PWC
PWC report on the impact of the global financial crisis on cities and local public services.