Knowledge-based groups or communities are complex systems that emerge, evolve and mature through stages that display … geographic structures and scales of knowledge flows and their influence on urban communities. Purpose – The purpose of the paper … is to examine the theory of knowledge networks through applied research Design/methodology/approach – This is a case …

Intra-firm replication of complex knowledge is difficult yet critical to firm growth and the exploitation of … competitive advantage. Inter-unit organizational structures can facilitate the replication of complex knowledge between a source … knowledge complexity. We dimensionalize the patterns of information-processing interactions according to three specific factors …

societies. Nevertheless, as shown in this paper, the definitions of knowledge prevalent in Germany and Singapore, two widely … the definitions of knowledge dominant in two societies as differing as Germany and Singapore converge? This article argues …Increasingly nation states and economies emphasize the importance of knowledge, creativity and innovation to economic …

Singapore's investment using the Knowledge-Capital Model and compares the impact of skill endowments on manufacturing and …Singapore has been a powerful magnet for foreign direct investment and in recent years has also made significant …

's most rapidly aging nations. Using the Singapore Life Panel®, we explore older Singaporeans' levels of financial knowledge …Financial literacy in Singapore has not been analyzed in much detail, despite the fact that this is one of the world … dimensions (knowledge of interest and inflation), and slightly higher on their knowledge of risk diversification. We document …

evolution and rapid development of Singapore's biotechnology industries. We briefly describe the history of this new knowledge …-intensive industry in Singapore, why and how it was propagated and current achievements in terms of outputs. We do also a closer look at …, leading politicians, experienced civil servants and state bureaucrats with vast experiences in Singapore's powerful government …

In the beginning of the 1990s, Singapore's government identified the local production of global knowledge as field of … factors of production that - besides knowledge - Singapore can offer. As a small country with less than 4m inhabitants, little …). This paper attempts to outline this push towards knowledge production and the positioning of Singapore as a knowledge hub …