Corporate & Academic Innovation: Along Key Innovation Timeline from ancient to current era hubs

The world as we know it today is made of collective innovation accumulated through millions of years and copied, improved, and scaled by successive civilizations and dynasties. Innovation tends to take place in an ecosystem where the entrepreneurial spirit is prevalent, with access to good research institutions and ample funding, enabling a vibrant collaboration between individuals that foster innovation.

The university system in America is unusual among industrialized countries to have a l...