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?
There are several ways to find what you are looking for.
- Browse using our tagging system – all items are categorised by a series of subject tags that relate to the item
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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.
Emerging Technologies and Industries
The Technology Strategy Board aims to make the UK a global leader in innovation. This strategy from the TSB is concerned with identifying and developing the early-stag...
Creating an Ideopolis, The Work Foundation
This independent report, sponsored by Manchester City Council, builds on The Work Foundation’s findings in “Ideopolis: Knowledge City-Regions”. It fo...
The Hauser Review: The Current and Future Role of Technology and Innovation Centres in the UK
Written for Lord Mandelson, the Secretary of State for the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, the Hauser report focuses on assessing and making recommendat...
Innovation Prospectus
The Innovation Prospectus was devised in 2009 by M:KC on behalf of the Manchester City Region’s local authorities. The document sets out a high-level view of the...
Manchester Science City Prospectus
This sets out the Manchester: Knowledge Capital vision to support Manchester’s status, designated by UK government, as a Science City. The vision was developed in 2005...
Reaching out – coming home: A time to rediscover Peter F. Drucker
Richard Straub, Director of Development (EFMD) for IBM and President of the Peter Drucker Society of Austria sums up the lifetime achievements of the late Peter Drucke...
Enabling Innovation - Cabinet Office
The Innovators Council has been leading an experimental offensive against the status quo in public services, on behalf of the UK government’s Cabinet Office. It ...
Greater Manchester Strategy
This strategy for 2020 is Greater Manchester’s blueprint to reinvigorate the zeal and energy that forged a global industrial revolution, this time based around a...