當創意遇見資本

????你還在尋找下一個硅谷嗎？有這種打算的人可不在少數。隨著全球經濟增長放緩或陷入停滯，公司高管、企業家和投資者都在尋找適合創造原始思維和新業務的溫床，希望找到合適的人才和初創企業，給他們自己的公司和投資組合帶來更多競爭優勢。

????《財富》雜志（Fortune ）走遍全球，尋找與舊金山港灣區類似，綜合了創造性與資本的城市。首先，我們從全球創新指數【由歐洲工商管理學院（INSEAD）與聯合國世界知識產權組織（World Intellectual Property Organization）共同發布】的數據開始，該指數根據包括教育機構與數字基礎設施在內的一系列因素對各國進行排名。重要的是，該指數也會關注創新結果——如果某一國家的公司與機構向世界推出了自己的產品或創意，則可以為該國額外加分。

????之后，我們將視線轉移到在創新領域名列前茅的國家，仔細研究這些國家的城市與社區，這里能夠滿足公司對人才、好奇心和風險承受能力的需求，而這些因素綜合起來可以帶來革命性的新產品和服務。北歐國家（有些國家得益于未加入歐元區的決定）在這個類別中占絕大多數。只要這些城市繼續推出好的創新成果，很快我們就不必再問：“下一個硅谷在哪兒？”而是會問：“下一個哥本哈根在哪兒？”

Creativity meets capitalism

????Looking for the next Silicon Valley? You're not alone. With growth slowing or stagnant in economies around the world, executives, entrepreneurs, and investors are on the hunt for hotbeds of original thinking and new-business creation, in search of people and startups that might give their own companies and portfolios a competitive edge.

????Fortune scoured the globe for cities that share the San Francisco Bay Area's potent combination of creativity and capitalism. We started with data from the Global Innovation Index (co-published by Insead and the UN's World Intellectual Property Organization), which ranks countries based on a number of factors, including educational institutions and digital infrastructure. Crucially, the index also looks at results -- it essentially assigns extra credit to countries whose companies and institutions push their products and ideas out into the world.

????We then looked closely at the cities and communities within the top countries that were leading the charge on innovation -- the places that are especially hospitable to companies seeking the mix of talent, curiosity, and risk taking that leads to game-changing new products and services. Northern European countries (some perhaps reaping the benefits of being outside the eurozone) dominated the list. If these cities keep churning out results, soon we won't be asking, "Where's the next Silicon Valley?" Instead the question on everyone's lips may be: "Where's the next Copenhagen?"