Before every book there is the story of how the words came to the page. This book started as research for my senior Masters thesis at the University of Michigan, where I was getting a Masters in Urban Planning and Design and a Masters in Information Science simultaneously. My initial research was inspired by the Brookings Institution’s work on Innovation Districts. Brookings saw Innovation Districts as “geographic areas where leading-edge anchor institutions and companies cluster and connect with start-ups, business incubators and accelerators” that create outsized returns on productivity by spurring idea generation and accelerating commercialization (Katz, Wagner).
What???s the black egg methodology in Japan?
The black egg, known as “kurotamago” in Japan, has an interesting history and is a unique delicacy found in Hakone, a town located near Mount Fuji.…