Knowledge city research and practice under the microscope: A review of empirical findings

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 537-564

  Edvardsson, Ingi Runar ^a   Yigitcanlar, Tan ^b   Pancholi, Surabhi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Knowledge assets; Knowledge city; Knowledge city benchmarking; Knowledge city indices; Knowledge economy; Knowledge strategies; Knowledge workers; Knowledge based development; Knowledge based urban development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013319051     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/s41275-016-0003-0     Document Type: Review

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