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The Quiet Power of Changing the Way Cities Buy Stuff

It sounds small, but it has enormous potential.
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The concept of connecting “innovation” to city government is not new—your local library has probably had wi-fi for some time now.

But there’s a kind of innovation happening in cities around the world right now that doesn’t necessarily involve a single microchip. It’s one of the topics we’re most excited to talk about at next week’s CityLab 2015 conference in London.