Table of contents - Special Issue: Towards a global knowledge based development agenda
Guest Editors: Francisco Javier Carrillo
Towards a global knowledge‐based development agenda
Francisco Javier CarrilloThe purpose of the paper is to introduce the 2008 annual special issue on knowledge‐based development (KBD), from the perspective of the construction of an R&D agenda relevant to…
Rising knowledge cities: the role of urban knowledge precincts
Tan Yigitcanlar, Koray Velibeyoglu, Cristina Martinez‐FernandezThe paper seeks to investigate the changing and challenging spatial nature of the rising knowledge cities' knowledge precincts.
The fallacy of knowledge reuse: building sustainable knowledge[1]
Alex Bennet, David BennetBased on recent neuroscience research, and a deeper understanding of information and knowledge, this paper aims to investigate the characteristics of building sustainable…
Proximity and knowledge gatekeepers: the case of the Polytechnic University of Turin
Antonio Messeni PetruzzelliThe paper aims to investigate how proximity dimensions affect the establishment of different knowledge relationships between gatekeepers and other economic actors involved in…
Places Rated Almanacs and roll out neoliberalism
Robert J. Rogerson, Remy TremblayThis paper aims to examine the context of the emergence of Places Rated Almanacs (PRA), their success as a source of place‐based knowledge, and their limitations as predictors of…
Measuring social capital and knowledge networks
Carol WebbThis paper seeks to propose a research approach and methods for knowledge‐based development (KBD) researchers and practitioners exploring the social capital and knowledge networks…
The new dimensions of collaboration: mega and intelligent communities, ICT and wellbeing
Katia Passerini, Dezhi WuThis paper presents best practices of global and local initiatives for social and economic capital development. It introduces the notion of “megacommunities” representing broad…
Global KBD community developments: the MAKCi experience
Blanca C. GarciaInscribed in third generation KM schemes, this paper aims to collect the resulting experience of facilitating an international consultation process on knowledge‐city topics…
A paradigm shift in the Arab region knowledge evolution
Mirghani S. Mohamed, Kevin J. O'Sullivan, Vincent RibièreThe paper seeks to pinpoint new directions of the evolution of knowledge in the Arab region, and to outline the role of knowledge management principles in constructing the…
Knowledge‐based capital in building regional innovation capacity
Giovanni Schiuma, Antonio LerroThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the role and the relevance of knowledge‐based capital as a strategic resource and a source of regional innovation capacity. The paper…
Exploring stakeholder knowledge partnerships in a knowledge city: a conceptual model
Kostas Metaxiotis, Kostas ErgazakisKnowledge cities (KCs) are cities in which both the private and the public sectors value knowledge, nurture knowledge, spend money on supporting knowledge dissemination and…
Beyond the digital divide: a conceptual framework for analyzing knowledge societies
Ravi S. Sharma, Elaine W.J. Ng, Mathias Dharmawirya, Chu Keong LeeThe research reported in this ongoing study aims to investigate the notion of knowledge assets developed within digital communities in the course of their economic or leisure…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Professor Manlio Del Giudice