Multimedia super corridor, malaysia: Knowledge-based urban development lessons from an emerging economy

VINE

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 126-147

  Yigitcanlar, Tan ^a   Sarimin, Muna ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Knowledge corridor; Knowledge economy; Knowledge based development; Knowledge based urban development; Malaysia; Multimedia Super Corridor

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; URBAN GROWTH;

KNOWLEDGE BASED DEVELOPMENT; KNOWLEDGE CORRIDOR; KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY; MALAYSIA; MULTIMEDIA SUPER CORRIDOR; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 84922701990     PISSN: 03055728     EISSN: 14741032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/VINE-06-2014-0041     Document Type: Article

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