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Knowledge hubs and knowledge clusters : designing a knowledge architecture for development
Evers, Hans-Dieter - 2008
decrease the relevance of location by creating knowledge clusters and knowledge hubs. A knowledge cluster is a local innovation …With globalisation and knowledge-based production, firms may cooperate on a global scale, outsource parts of their … knowledge seem to invalidate the theory of agglomeration and the spatial clustering of firms, going back to the classical work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010206387
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The symbolic universe of Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Evers, Hans-Dieter; Nordin, Ramli - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Malay identity in the construction of the recently founded knowledge city of Cyberjaya, part of the flagship Multimedia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259613
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The symbolic universe of Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Evers, Hans-Dieter; Nordin, Ramli - 2012
Malay identity in the construction of the recently founded knowledge city of Cyberjaya, part of the flagship Multimedia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327419
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Where would you turn for help? Older adults' knowledge and awareness of community support services
Denton, Margaret; Ploeg, Jenny; Tindale, Joseph; … - 2009
Community support services (CSSs) enable persons coping with health or social problems to maintain the highest possible level of social functioning and quality of life. Access to these services is challenging because of the multiplicity of small agencies providing these services and the lack of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289653
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Where would you turn for help? Older adults' awareness of community health and support services for dementia care
Denton, Margaret; Ploeg, Jenny; Tindale, Joseph; … - 2010
Previous findings on older adults' awareness of community support services (CSSs) have been inconsistent and marred by acquiescence or over-claiming bias. To address this issue, this study used a series of 12 vignettes to describe common situations faced by older adults for which CSSs might be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289658
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Where Would You Turn for Help? Older Adults’ Awareness of Community Support Services
Denton, Margaret; Ploeg, Jenny; Tindale, Joseph; … - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2010
Previous findings on older adults’ awareness of community support services (CSSs) have been inconsistent and marred by acquiescence or over-claiming bias. To address this issue, this study used a series of 12 vignettes to describe common situations faced by older adults for which CSSs might be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568475
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Where Would You Turn for Help? Older Adults’ Awareness of Community Health and Support Services for Dementia Care
Denton, Margaret; Ploeg, Jenny; Tindale, Joseph; … - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2010
Previous findings on older adults’ awareness of community support services (CSSs) have been inconsistent and marred by acquiescence or over-claiming bias. To address this issue, this study used a series of 12 vignettes to describe common situations faced by older adults for which CSSs might be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008465845
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Where Would You Turn For Help? Older Adults’ Knowledge and Awareness of Community Support Services
Denton, Margaret; Ploeg, Jenny; Tindale, Joseph; … - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2009
Community support services (CSSs) enable persons coping with health or social problems to maintain the highest possible level of social functioning and quality of life. Access to these services is challenging because of the multiplicity of small agencies providing these services and the lack of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005404398
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Where Would You Turn For Help? Older Adults’ Knowledge and Awareness of Community Support Services
Denton, Margaret; Ploeg, Jenny; Tindale, Joseph; … - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2009
Community support services (CSSs) enable persons coping with health or social problems to maintain the highest possible level of social functioning and quality of life. Access to these services is challenging because of the multiplicity of small agencies providing these services and the lack of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405518
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Knowledge Loss: Managing Local Knowledge in Rural Uzbekistan
Wall, Caleb; Evers, Hans-Dieter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Knowledge loss is not a remote phenomenon, unique to one knowledge system. Rather we argue that the loss of knowledge … is an issue for other knowledge systems as well. Knowledge loss is certainly a concern for anthropologists working on … indigenous knowledge, fearful of ‘losing’ indigenous knowledge entirely as a result of modernisation (cf. Cox, 2000). Equally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005617139