Table of contents - Special Issue: Knowledge based development
Guest Editors: Professor Francisco Jaview Carrillo
From transitional to radical knowledge‐based development
Francisco Javier CarrilloThe purpose of this article is to introduce the 2006 annual special issue on knowledge‐based development, focusing on the progress of this emerging field and on the direction it…
Aspects on the city as a knowledge tool
Leif EdvinssonThe city can be viewed from many perspectives. In this article the author's perspective will be the city as knowledge tool. In the knowledge economy it might be argued that one of…
World cities of knowledge: research strength, networks and nodality
Christian Wichmann Matthiessen, Annette Winkel Schwarz, Søren FindThe paper sets out to focus on the upper level of knowledge cities of the world.
The contribution of KIBS to innovation in cities: an evolutionary and institutional perspective
James Simmie, Simone StrambachThe purpose of this paper is to begin to develop a theoretical position for understanding the role of services in innovation in post‐industrial societies.
The region's intellectual capital benchmarking system: enabling economic growth through evaluation
Blanca Martins Rodriguez, José María Viedma MartíThe global knowledge economy has put the focus on the regional aspects of economic growth. It has also shifted development perspectives from output to input factors as production…
Intellectual capital within Iberian municipalities (network)
Tomás M. Bañegil Palacios, Ramón Sanguino GalvánThis article seeks to study the implementation of an intellectual capital model in a network of cities.
A unified methodological approach for the development of knowledge cities
Kostas Ergazakis, Kostas Metaxiotis, John Psarras, Dimitris AskounisThe concept of knowledge cities (KCs) is particularly advantageous for any contemporary city. Many cities globally claim themselves as being already KCs, while other cities have…
Singapore in transition: from technology to culture hub
Caroline Y.L. Wong, Carla C.J.M. Millar, Chong Ju ChoiThis paper aims to present an approach to the knowledge‐based economy that focuses on the developmental synergies between technology (especially information and communication…
Citizen participation in decision‐making processes: knowledge sharing in knowledge cities
Michal Goldberg, Edna Pasher, Maya Levin‐SagiThe purpose of this paper is to address the subject of knowledge citizenship from the perspective of citizen participation in their city's decision‐making processes. It focuses on…
Learning conversations: knowledge, meanings and learning networks in Greater Manchester
Blanca C. GarciaThis article advances some reflections on learning and knowledge‐sharing strategies within a social learning context in a potential knowledge city (KC).
The future center as an urban innovation engine
Ron Dvir, Yael Schwartzberg, Haya Avni, Carol Webb, Fiona LetticeThe purpose of this article is to describe a future center as an urban innovation engine for the knowledge city, to understand the success factors of a future center and how this…
Rethinking social capital theory: a knowledge management perspective
Mark W. McElroy, René J. Jorna, Jo van EngelenThis paper seeks to argue the relevance of knowledge management (KM) to the development of social capital, and to enhancing the capacity to take effective action in human social…
Culture, cognition and knowledge‐based development
Ahmad Raza, A. Rashid Kausar, David PaulThe purpose of this article is to provide a theoretical critique of the concept of the knowledge‐based development.
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1367-3270Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Professor Manlio Del Giudice