Where futures converge : Kendall Square and the making of a global innovation hub / Robert Buderi.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-357) and index.

Introduction 1.0 or preface: The Kendall theory of biogeography -- Introduction 2.0: The best place to have these problems -- The most innovative square mile kilometer on Earth -- Model of innovation -- The first economic vision for Kendall Square is a bust -- Charles Davenport and the Square's transformation -- Kendall becomes Kendall -- Davenport's failed dream opens the door for 'new technology' -- "A canopy of industrial haze" -- Rad Lab-Kendall Square's tipping point -- Spotlight : the F&T-place-making's first place -- Urban marshland to urban renewal -- Kendall, we have a problem -- Tech surge-lotus to A.I. Alley -- The ordinance and biogen -- Beginnings of gene town -- Bubble days-media lab to Akamai -- Spotlight : Lita Nelsen on technology licensing and how "clusters feed themselves" -- Cambridge Innovation Center : Kendall Square's startup heart -- Spotlight: Innovation space zoning : how KS hopes to keep startup community vibrant -- 'Nibber' : big pharma ups the ante -- Spotlight: Bob Langer--personification of Kendall Square's secret sauce -- Home-grown biotechs make their mark -- Road to the Broad -- The corporatization of Kendall Square -- Venture migration and the tech startup squeeze -- Spotlight: Flagship pioneering--Kendall Square's company creator -- 40 missing companies -- 700 Main : the story of Kendall Square--in one building -- Nexus of collaboration -- Challenges and regional advantage -- Voices of the Square -- Eleven decisions that shaped Kendall Square -- Lessons and observations -- Convergence and consilience.

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