On: Silicon Valley may be popular for innovation centers, but losing ground to Asia

[jimmywanger]

What exactly is the definition of an innovation center, and why are there so few of them in the world?

There are only 7 in the silicon valley? That seems... suspect. And only 2 in Tokyo? This whole article puzzles me.

[saycheese → jimmywanger]

Counts in the report are for new "innovation centers" in 2016; sources and methods for compiling the list are not provided.

[jimmywanger → saycheese]

So I'm not attacking you, but this article, without the sources and methods is basically useless?

It might as well read "Silicon Valley may well be a 7, but Asia is on its way with a couple of 2s and 3s."

[dpandey → jimmywanger]

Exactly. The article focuses on something marginal (number of large companies starting an 'innovation center' aka a tiny office in Silicon Valley has come down). The title is misleading because it makes you think it's talking about Silicon Valley being left behind in innovation.

What it actually talks about is 'large companies are opening more satellite offices around the world than in Silicon Valley in the last few years'.

The appropriate response to this article is: 'so what? How does that matter?'

[saycheese → jimmywanger]

Yes and no. For starters, download the report itself, which is linked to in the article. Next, it's true this isn't the best research on the topic, but unlikely you'll find better research too; if you do, post it and link to it from here.