Journal of Knowledge Management: Volume 8 Issue 5

Towards knowledge cities: conceptual analysis and success stories

Kostas Ergazakis, Kostas Metaxiotis, John Psarras

Over the past several years, there have been intensive discussions about the importance of knowledge management (KM) in our society. Nowadays, it is commonly accepted that many KM…

Innovation engines for knowledge cities: an innovation ecology perspective

Ron Dvir, Edna Pasher

Innovation is the process of turning knowledge and ideas into value. An “urban innovation engine” is a system which can trigger, generate, foster and catalyze innovation in the…

Capital cities: a taxonomy of capital accounts for knowledge cities

Francisco J. Carrillo

Aims to outline a theoretical and methodological framework for the understanding, design, assessment and benchmarking of knowledge cities (KCs) based on social knowledge capital…

Developing futures: a knowledge‐based capital for Manchester

Blanca C. Garcia

This piece of work reports on the initial findings of ongoing research conducted at the Victoria University of Manchester UK, aiming at categorizing the city‐region’s different…

Greater Phoenix as a knowledge capital

Jay Chatzkel

Aims to provide a strategic perspective for professionals and practitioners to better understand necessary elements are for building a successful knowledge capital and to…

Creating a knowledge‐based city: the example of Hsinchu Science Park

Stephen Chen, Chong Ju Choi

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the role of tacit knowledge in successful knowledge‐based cities. It focuses on a case study of Hsinchu Science Park in Taiwan. The…

Ba for knowledge cities: a futuristic technology model

Muhammad Naveed Baqir, Yunus Kathawala

Aims to develop a knowledge city model by constructing knowledge homes using futuristic technology building blocks that can help in implementing the concept of virtual Ba to…

Knowledge repositories in knowledge cities: institutions, conventions and knowledge subnetworks

Philip Cheng, Chong Ju Choi, Stephen Chen, Tarek Ibrahim Eldomiaty, Carla C.J.M. Millar

Suggests another dimension of research in, and application of, knowledge management. This theoretical paper adopts a conceptual, multi‐disciplinary approach. First, knowledge can…

A compilation of resources on knowledge cities and knowledge‐based development

María del Rosario González Ovalle, José Antonio Alvarado Márquez, Samuel David Martínez Salomón

The purpose of this article is to provide organized, synthesized information related to initiatives throughout the world based on knowledge‐based development (KBD) such as…