This study identifies clusters of U.S. and Canadian metropolitan areas with similar knowledge traits. These groups … - ranging from Making Regions, characterized by knowledge about manufacturing, to Thinking Regions, noted for knowledge about … activities. In addition these knowledge-based clusters help explain the types of regions that have levels of economic development …

transition from industrial to knowledge societies. The approach followed consists of a theoretical analysis of the redefinition … due consideration. As a result, knowledge-based value is characterized through represented experience, i.e., acquired …. The paper concludes that a new economic culture shall evolve in parallel to the emergence of knowledge cities and …

using the four variables identified under the World Bank's knowledge economy index (KEI) and seven financial intermediary …This paper assesses the relevance of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the knowledge economy (KE)-finance nexus …