1. To review of the Knowledge-Based Economy (KBE) experience in Europe as well as to propose a European research programme evaluating and promoting prospects in the field of KBE – this was the general aim of the study. In the context of the Lisbon Strategy, methodology, conclusions and...

Boosting algorithms for classification are based on altering the ini- tial distribution assumed to underly a given example set. The idea of knowledge-based sampling (KBS) is to sample out prior knowledge and previously discovered patterns to achieve that subsequently ap- plied data mining...

This paper analyses the evolution of the intellectual property regime (IPR), and more precisely the patent regime, in the USA since the 19th century. To do so, we consider intellectual property laws within the context of wider changes in capitalism, focusing on two main historical phases:...

Knowledge clusters are central places within an epistemic landscape, i.e. in a wider structure of knowledge production and dissemination. They have the organisational capability to drive innovations and create new industries. Examples of such organisations in knowledge clusters are universities...

Governments around the world seek for strategies to overcome the reliance on fossil resources and provide solutions for the most challenging contemporary global issues: food shortage, depletion of natural resources, environmental degradation and climate change. A very recent and widely diffused...

A previous analysis of the impact of formal institutions on the knowledge economy of 22 Middle-Eastern and Sub-Sahara African countries during the 1996-2010 time period concluded that formal institutions were necessary, but inadequate, determinants of the knowledge economy. To extend that study,...

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 the arts, humanities, information technology, and...