It is a pleasure to introduce this special issueon knowledge-based development. I wouldlike to congratulate the Guest … Editor -Professor Francisco Javier Carrillo, Directorfor Knowledge Systems, ITESM, Mexico -for suggesting the topic …

Purpose – In a progressively more knowledge‐dependent economy, businesses need to learn to harness the knowledge that … knowledge. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of knowledge infrastructure capability in knowledge management (KM … this company is admired globally for its KM initiatives and also featured in the Globally Most Admired Knowledge …

An overview of knowledge elicitation, representation and prioritisation of key performance indicators (CSFs) necessary … mental constructs about critical knowledge, the representation of those constructs in a meaningful form, and the … representation of repositories of knowledge of multiple entities across and within organisations.  …

Purpose – To introduce the 2007 annual special issue on knowledge‐based development (KBD), from the perspective of the … approach is a discussion of the issues involved. Findings – The consolidation of KBD and knowledge cities as a distinctive … to raise new questions and stimulate further research into knowledge cities, regions and countries.  …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight that research on the measurement of key indicators that represent … drivers of the knowledge economy still spans several different, although interrelated, directions. The results of this review … partnerships that could reconcile and define de facto standards for the assessment of the drivers of knowledge‐based growth. Design …

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to introduce the 2008 annual special issue on knowledge‐based development (KBD …), from the perspective of the construction of an R&D agenda relevant to the international community of knowledge … stimulate further research into the potential of knowledge as a leverage to the social and economic development of cities …

Purpose – The paper aims to investigate how proximity dimensions affect the establishment of different knowledge … relationships between gatekeepers and other economic actors involved in their knowledge‐based networks. Design … University of Turin. The University's knowledge relationships are identified and distinguished through the analysis of its patent …

Purpose – The research reported in this ongoing study aims to investigate the notion of knowledge assets developed … within digital communities in the course of their economic or leisure activities. Ideally, the resulting knowledge is … universal, affordable and relevant; this inclusiveness is a hallmark of any information or knowledge society. Design …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce a model for the knowledge‐based development (KBD) of a region using … that generate scientific and technological knowledge, especially research groups, in a university environment. Design … concludes that research outcomes at universities, research centers and institutes may be organized around a knowledge …

the national education and skill development systems from the perspectives of a knowledge economy. These initiatives … examined from the point of view of their efficacy in moving India up the ladder of knowledge economy. Design …/methodology/approach – The critical review is based on an assessment of India's current status on well‐known Knowledge Economy Indices, providing …