Editing Brno (section)

==Economy==
Since 1990, many companies created or spun off as part of privatization from former national enterprises have disappeared.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ježek |first=Tomáš |date=1997 |title=The Czechoslovak Experience with Privatization |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24357627 |journal=Journal of International Affairs |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=477–488 |jstor=24357627 |issn=0022-197X}}</ref> Before 1990, engineering companies were very important in Brno; since then, the city's economy has largely reoriented itself towards light industry, logistics, and services. The city later gained importance in other fields of [[engineering]], especially in [[software development]]. After 2000, foreign technology companies began establishing their branches in Brno, and many Czech companies with local or global reach were also founded here.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Slonkova |first=Eva |date=2022-11-24 |title=Brno Innovation Hub: Czech Republic's Silicon Valley |url=https://therecursive.com/brno-innovation-hub/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=TheRecursive.com |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2021-10-07 |title=RICAIP {{!}} The Brno Technology Park - the Moravian Silicon Valley |url=https://ricaip.eu/robots-and-prince-charles-the-brno-technology-park-laid-the-foundations-of-the-moravian-silicon-valley/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=RICAIP |language=en-US}}</ref>

Companies operating in Brno include [[Gen Digital]] (one of the headquarters, brand [[AVG Technologies]] still used),<ref>{{cite web |title=AVG Antivirus and Security Software – Contact us |url=http://www.avg.com/cz-en/contacts#tba2 |access-date=4 October 2011}}</ref> [[Kyndryl]] (Client Innovation Centre),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kyndryl Client Center, s.r.o. |url=https://www.fit.vut.cz/cooperation/partner-detail/395/.en |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=IBM Governmental Programs – Delivery Centre Central Eastern Europe in Brno |url=http://www.ibm.com/ibm/governmentalprograms/brno.html |access-date=4 October 2011 |website=[[IBM]]}}</ref> [[AT&T]], [[Honeywell]] (Global Design Center),<ref>{{cite web |title=Honeywell Global Design Center Brno |website=Honeywell Czech Republic |url=http://www.honeywell.com/sites/portal?smap=honeywell_cz_en&page=Letectvi3&theme=T6&catID=CFE96D86B-9D29-5B06-3E34-25E40083589E&id=H1E4AC4AC-589D-59CF-0BE0-8348952FD725&sel=2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913074000/http://www.honeywell.com/sites/portal?smap=honeywell_cz_en&page=Letectvi3&theme=T6&catID=CFE96D86B-9D29-5B06-3E34-25E40083589E&id=H1E4AC4AC-589D-59CF-0BE0-8348952FD725&sel=2 |archive-date=13 September 2011 |access-date=4 October 2011}}</ref> [[Siemens]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Brno |website=Siemens |url=https://www.cee.siemens.com/web/cz/cz/corporate/portal/home/microsites/Pages/Brno.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425044855/https://www.cee.siemens.com/web/cz/cz/corporate/portal/home/microsites/Pages/Brno.aspx |archive-date=25 April 2012 |access-date=4 October 2011 |language=cs}}</ref> [[Red Hat]] (Czech headquarters),<ref>{{cite web |title=Red Hat Europe |url=http://www.europe.redhat.com/about/contact/#Czech |access-date=4 October 2011}}</ref> an office of [[Zebra Technologies]],<ref>{{cite web |title=MOTOROLA – Technology Park Brno |url=http://www.technologypark.cz/en/seznam-klientu/motorola.whtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120529005034/http://www.technologypark.cz/en/seznam-klientu/motorola.whtml |archive-date=29 May 2012 |access-date=4 October 2011}}</ref> and formerly [[Silicon Graphics International]] (Czech headquarters).<ref>{{cite web |title=SGI – Global – Česká Republika |url=http://www.sgi.com/global/cz/ |access-date=4 October 2011 |language=cs}}</ref>

In recent years, the quaternary sector of the economy, i.e., activities in science, research, and education, has also begun to develop in Brno. Examples include AdMaS (Advanced Materials, Structures, and Technologies) or CETOCOEN (Center for Research on Toxic Substances in the Environment).<ref>{{Cite web |last=univerzita |first=Masarykova |title=O projektu |url=https://www.recetox.muni.cz/teaming/o-projektu |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=MUNI {{!}} RECETOX |language=cs}}</ref> The city cultivates this sector via supporting organisations such as the [[South Moravian Innovation Centre]] and the [[Brno University of Technology|VUT]] Technology Incubator.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-05-23 |title=Technologický inkubátor VUT |url=http://www.jic.cz/technologicky-inkubator-vut-1 |access-date=2024-01-10 |archive-date=23 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523075850/http://www.jic.cz/technologicky-inkubator-vut-1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>