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Author-Name: Daniele Nespolo
Author-X-Name-First: Daniele
Author-X-Name-Last: Nespolo
Author-Name: Ana Cristina Fachinelli
Author-X-Name-First: Ana Cristina
Author-X-Name-Last: Fachinelli
Author-Name: Valter Marcos Monteiro Fortes
Author-X-Name-First: Valter Marcos Monteiro
Author-X-Name-Last: Fortes
Author-Name: Gabriel Sperandio Milan
Author-X-Name-First: Gabriel Sperandio
Author-X-Name-Last: Milan
Author-Name: Maria Emilia Camargo
Author-X-Name-First: Maria Emilia
Author-X-Name-Last: Camargo
Title: Knowledge-based development from the citizen's perspective: a study from Southern Brazil
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The objective of this study is to analyse the relation between the personality of cities and the knowledge citizenship in the region of the Associação dos Municípios da Encosta Superior do Nordeste - a Southern Brazil association of municipalities. Personal knowledge-based development identifies and explores the competence of citizens in the development of their ability, as knowledge citizens, to better use community assets aiming local development. This perspective may be directly related to the personality of the cities. A survey was carried-out with a sample population of 504 young citizens. Statistical techniques such as descriptive statistical analyses, confirmatory factor analyses and correlation were used for data analysis. The results indicate the positive correlation between the personality of the cities and the knowledge citizenship among the following dimensions: performance based on political and civil values and attitude of the citizens.
Journal: Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development
Pages: 6-22
Issue: 1
Volume: 9
Year: 2018
Keywords: knowledge citizenship; personality of the cities; personal knowledge-based development; Brazil.
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Author-Name: Romilda Mazzotta
Author-X-Name-First: Romilda
Author-X-Name-Last: Mazzotta
Title: The communication of intellectual capital in healthcare organisations: what is disclosed and how?
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The aim of the paper is to analyse the communication of intellectual capital (IC), or the disclosure of an organisation's IC assets, through supplementary corporate disclosure, in healthcare organisations. We pose two research questions: 1) what are the main components of IC disclosure in a healthcare organisation?; 2) how do these organisations disclose/communicate their IC? To answer these questions the paper analyses the case of an Italian healthcare organisation (University Hospital 'Santa Maria della Misericordia' of Udine) applying a qualitative research method over three years. The analysis highlights that the organisation changes its intellectual capital communication slowly over time and that the most important area is that of structural capital. The form of communication is mainly narrative, although it is possible to highlight differences in the three areas of IC.
Journal: Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development
Pages: 23-48
Issue: 1
Volume: 9
Year: 2018
Keywords: intellectual capital; healthcare; Italy; intellectual capital report; university hospital; human capital; relational capital; structural capital; disclosure; case study; communication; knowledge.
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Author-Name: Ilpo Laitinen
Author-X-Name-First: Ilpo
Author-X-Name-Last: Laitinen
Author-Name: Tony Kinder
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Kinder
Author-Name: Jari Stenvall
Author-X-Name-First: Jari
Author-X-Name-Last: Stenvall
Title: Local public service productivity and performance measurement
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A premise of new public management (NPM) is that productivity in public services is lower than the private sector, justifying the transfer of tools and techniques born in private sector manufacturing. Our focus is on public service effectiveness i.e. performance, while recognising that efficiency is always important. We believe attention to effectiveness will grow since new public governances (NPG; Osborne et al., 2010, 2015) including the service management perspective (Normann, 2002) are likely to result in new performance metrics including innovative ways of cross-departmental and inter-organisational working to deliver integrated services. The purpose of this conceptual paper is to suggest a new performance framework for evaluating local public service productivity and performance: efficiency and effectiveness. We follow Carrillo and Batra (2012) in rejecting the reduction of performance simply to financial metrics. Our contribution is to suggest ways in which public value as a metric of performance can be measured by socially (and contextually) migrating public values into performance value.
Journal: Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development
Pages: 49-75
Issue: 1
Volume: 9
Year: 2018
Keywords: local public service; productivity; services-as-a-system; SAAS; performance; service systems learning and innovation.
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Author-Name: Katharina Fellnhofer
Author-X-Name-First: Katharina
Author-X-Name-Last: Fellnhofer
Title: Visualised bibliometric mapping on smart specialisation: a co-citation analysis
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The primary purpose of this bibliometric study is to systematically explore the multidisciplinary, multilevel and multicontextual dimensions of smart specialisation strategies. Quantitatively based co-citation analyses, including qualitative aspects, are used to map the emerging and multifaceted S3 phenomenon. Data from Web of Science and Scopus shape the background of these visualisations, including 297 peer-reviewed documents and 8,173 cited references from 5,659 co-cited sources of 5,806 co-cited authors linked to 298 organisations and 45 countries. Additionally, co-authorship and bibliographic coupling maps are illustrated. As one of the first studies with such a focus, the outcomes emphasise the need for more research in this discipline to improve our familiarity with smart specialisation strategies. Thus, this effort highlights not only potential research avenues with a recommended step-by-step approach, but also valuable implications for theory and practice based on the previous work discussed in the course of clustering the co-citation analyses.
Journal: Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development
Pages: 76-99
Issue: 1
Volume: 9
Year: 2018
Keywords: bibliometric study; science mapping; smart specialisation; co-citation analysis; knowledge-based policy advice; e-policy platform; online mechanism policy advice.
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Author-Name: Vladislav Čadil
Author-X-Name-First: Vladislav
Author-X-Name-Last: Čadil
Author-Name: Miroslav Kostić
Author-X-Name-First: Miroslav
Author-X-Name-Last: Kostić
Title: Universities and the knowledge triangle policy in new EU member states: the case of the Czech Republic
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This paper explores the cooperation between universities and companies using the knowledge triangle concept and identifies factors that significantly influence this cooperation. In particular, this paper analyses national knowledge triangle policies and instruments and explores how national priorities, goals and measures are reflected in the behaviour of universities. The empirical analysis is based on a combination of a desk research analysis and structured interviews with researchers and university vice-rectors. The analysis revealed underdevelopment of science-industry links in the knowledge triangle. Not counting small technical universities, revenue from the knowledge transfer is still a marginal funding source for research activities of the majority of the Czech universities. The low university-industry cooperation contrasts with considerable promotion of development of knowledge transfer activities in the national policy documents, and public financial support. The reason for the low collaboration lies mainly in the low interest of university management to collaborate and in the current evaluation methodology of research organisations, which favours scientific publications.
Journal: Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development
Pages: 106-128
Issue: 2
Volume: 9
Year: 2018
Keywords: knowledge triangle; Czech Republic; universities; technical universities; knowledge commercialisation; knowledge transfer; science industry links; university industry links; science industry cooperation; university industry cooperation.
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Author-Name: Alessandra Ricciardelli
Author-X-Name-First: Alessandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Ricciardelli
Title: Resilience and localism through sustainable collaborative communities: the case of Rijeka
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The paper contributes to the discussion over the development of an innovative approach that would enable academics to revise the modes of collaboration and processes of engaging people in a way that conventional politics has failed to do so far. This paper aims at filling the gap in the existing literature on social capital and social engagement as it suggests steps or initiatives in the framework of the Transition approach that supports community engagement for transforming the highly vulnerable, non-resilient state to a resilient and more localised place. The purpose is to understand in what way Transition, as a new theoretical approach, can contribute to define a new model for collaboration while leveraging on two key aspects: resilience and localisation. The paper analyses what socioeconomic and community-related structures as well as organisational systems are necessary to implement modes and places of collaboration in a resilient country such as the Croatian City of Rijeka.
Journal: Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development
Pages: 129-152
Issue: 2
Volume: 9
Year: 2018
Keywords: collaboration; knowledge-based development; resilience; (re)localisation; community governance; organisation systems; transition.
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Author-Name: Tooran Alizadeh
Author-X-Name-First: Tooran
Author-X-Name-Last: Alizadeh
Author-Name: Leila Irajifar
Author-X-Name-First: Leila
Author-X-Name-Last: Irajifar
Title: Gold Coast smart city strategy: informed by local planning priorities and international smart city best practices
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This paper takes an applied approach to propose a smart city strategy informed by local planning priorities and international best practices. In doing so, it focuses on Gold Coast - a midsized Coastal City in Australia - which has been part of IBM's smarter cities challenge, and open and agile smart cities network. In this paper, local planning context and priorities in relation to smart cities are investigated, and benchmarked against best practice smart city initiatives from around the world. The result is a strategic smart city framework around organisational and operational capital, economic and financial capital, human and social capital, infrastructure and physical capital. The approach taken, and the lessons learned are applicable to other cities interested in taking a strategic approach towards the fast growing concept of smart cities.
Journal: Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development
Pages: 153-173
Issue: 2
Volume: 9
Year: 2018
Keywords: smart city; strategy; planning; best practice; Gold Coast; GC; Australia.
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Author-Name: Salama S. Al-Qubaisi
Author-X-Name-First: Salama S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Al-Qubaisi
Author-Name: Mian M. Ajmal
Author-X-Name-First: Mian M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Ajmal
Author-Name: Mehmood Khan
Author-X-Name-First: Mehmood
Author-X-Name-Last: Khan
Title: Impact of knowledge management and ICT on operational efficiency: an empirical study
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between knowledge management practices (KMPs), information communication technology (ICT) and operational efficiency (OE) from financial perspective. Five hypotheses are developed with the help of literature review and are tested through the application of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) in structural equation modelling (SEM). Altogether, 462 valid responses were collected from an oil and gas company in UAE. Four out of five KMPs have a significant relationship with OE. Also, ICT has been found to moderate the relationship between KMPs and OE. One KMP has shown an insignificant relationship with OE. The results also show that the standardised coefficients of these paths and the loadings of the indicators on their factors are all significant. A validity test shows strong evidence of the joint impact of KMPs and ICT on OE with the possible moderating impact of ICT on OE. One of the research limitations is the type of organisation under study. Future studies may include other industries such as manufacturing and construction.
Journal: Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development
Pages: 174-202
Issue: 2
Volume: 9
Year: 2018
Keywords: KM; operations; information communication technology; ICT; technology; efficiency; excellence; oil and gas industry.
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Author-Name: Robert B. Mellor
Author-X-Name-First: Robert B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Mellor
Title: Big data modelling the knowledge economy
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A computer-generated 3D model illustrates the advantages of virtual in silico techniques. Derived from data for SMEs in service industries it enables a business owner (or consultant) to identify where any organisation is on a three-dimensional landscape and draw quantitative conclusions about fruitful future directions of travel plus how high the resulting benefits will be and what costs are due along the journey. This 'ready-to-go' landscape map is of immense value for academics and practitioners alike, and is easily-applicable. Anyone can create the three-dimensional fold and discuss the implications of growth and development with specific clients. Markov Chain Monte Carlo modelling is presented which, put simply, is throwing virtual balls down the basic fold to show how to predict outcomes of Knowledge Engineering projects. Results are shown for; adding multiskilled innovators, adding network input from external environments, costing management control effectively and explaining how IPR adds extraneous value.
Journal: Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development
Pages: 206-220
Issue: 3
Volume: 9
Year: 2018
Keywords: business analysis; computer model; entrepreneurship; innovation; KBV; profitability; SME.
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Author-Name: Carmem Teresa Leal
Author-X-Name-First: Carmem Teresa
Author-X-Name-Last: Leal
Author-Name: Carlos Peixeira Marques
Author-X-Name-First: Carlos Peixeira
Author-X-Name-Last: Marques
Author-Name: Carla Susana Marques
Author-X-Name-First: Carla Susana
Author-X-Name-Last: Marques
Author-Name: Maria Cruz
Author-X-Name-First: Maria
Author-X-Name-Last: Cruz
Title: The influence of knowledge sharing on Portuguese healthcare organisations' performance
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Knowledge sharing (KS) lies at the core of knowledge management and reflects employees' willingness to share valuable expertise. The benefits of KS have been documented in many settings, but its effectiveness varies considerably among organisations. This research sought, first, to identify healthcare workers' perception of the importance of KS practices and the way they relate to organisational performance. Second, this study focused on verifying the (in)existence of the mediation effects of job satisfaction and turnover intention in the relationship between KS and organisational performance. Two dimensions of KS were considered: informal (IKS) and formal (FKS). To model their effects on performance, job satisfaction and turnover intention were considered mediators. Measurements of these four latent variables were collected from a sample of Portuguese healthcare professionals and validated via confirmatory factor analysis. Path structural equation modelling was used to assess the direct and indirect relationships between the four variables. The results suggest that, while FKS increases job satisfaction, it also increases the perceived performance of healthcare professionals regardless of their satisfaction levels. Keeping sample limitations in mind, our preliminary conclusion is that investing in FKS is beneficial to healthcare services, favouring the retention of satisfied workers who value non-financial organisational performance.
Journal: Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development
Pages: 279-293
Issue: 3
Volume: 9
Year: 2018
Keywords: knowledge sharing; job satisfaction; organisational performance; turnover intentions; Portuguese healthcare organisations.
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Author-Name: Diogo E. Ferraz
Author-X-Name-First: Diogo E.
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferraz
Author-Name: Elisabeth T. Pereira
Author-X-Name-First: Elisabeth T.
Author-X-Name-Last: Pereira
Title: The economic role of small knowledge intensive firms in European member states
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The Europe 2020 Strategy considers the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the backbone of European member states to achieve a smart, sustainable and inclusive economic growth. The present study has as purpose to investigate the relationship between a set of variables that characterises the small knowledge intensive firms (SKIFs) and gross domestic product (GDP) and the importance of their business expenditure on research and development (BERD). To achieve this purpose, 24 European member states were analysed during the period between 2008 and 2012 using the econometric analysis of panel data and cluster analysis. The obtained results allow to conclude that countries with high growth values on SKIFs also have growth in GDP and BERD, emphasising a direct relationship of SKIF with country macroeconomic variables.
Journal: Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development
Pages: 221-243
Issue: 3
Volume: 9
Year: 2018
Keywords: small knowledge intensive firms; SKIFs; micro, small and medium-sized enterprises; SMEs; European member states; innovation; panel data; clusters analysis; research and development; R%D; gross domestic product; GDP; BERD; Europe 2020 strategy.
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Author-Name: Carla Sampaio
Author-X-Name-First: Carla
Author-X-Name-Last: Sampaio
Author-Name: Aldina Correia
Author-X-Name-First: Aldina
Author-X-Name-Last: Correia
Author-Name: Vítor Braga
Author-X-Name-First: Vítor
Author-X-Name-Last: Braga
Author-Name: Alexandra Maria Braga
Author-X-Name-First: Alexandra Maria
Author-X-Name-Last: Braga
Title: The impact of entrepreneurship framework conditions in total early-stage entrepreneurship activity: an international approach
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The original global entrepreneurship monitor model predicts that the business activity at the national level varies with the general national framework conditions, while entrepreneurial activity varies with the entrepreneurial framework conditions (Reynolds et al., 2005). The aim of the national expert survey is to provide a general diagnostic approach to the entrepreneurship institutions that can be applied to any territorial level: as nation, region, city or others. It selects a representative sample of experts and asks them to make valuations on the target territory, using questionnaires. The global entrepreneurship monitor also provides the total early-stage entrepreneurship activity for the studied countries which is the percent of working age population both about to start an entrepreneurial activity, and that have started one from a maximum of three years and half. Therefore, this paper examines data collected from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2011 National Expert Survey Global Individual Level Data in order to assess the impact of the environmental variables on entrepreneurship. Results show that the variables entrepreneurial level of education at vocational, professional, college and university, research and development level of transference, physical infrastructures and services access and cultural, social norms and society support, have more impact in the total early-stage entrepreneurship activity.
Journal: Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development
Pages: 244-260
Issue: 3
Volume: 9
Year: 2018
Keywords: global entrepreneurship monitor; national expert survey; entrepreneurship; entrepreneurship framework conditions; total early-stage entrepreneurship activity; linear regression; confirmatory factorial analysis.
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Author-Name: Nickson Herbert Odongo
Author-X-Name-First: Nickson Herbert
Author-X-Name-Last: Odongo
Author-Name: Daoping Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Daoping
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Shaldon Leparan Suntu
Author-X-Name-First: Shaldon Leparan
Author-X-Name-Last: Suntu
Title: Influence of knowledge sharing on organisational performance
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This research aims to study the association between knowledge sharing activities and organisational performance. Theoretical relationships are verified through an empirical assessment of 237 Kenyan firms in the petroleum and telecommunication industries. The industries were selected to tackle both tangible and intangible assets. This paper demonstrates how firms that appreciate knowledge sharing principles enjoy superior gains than their rivals. The issue of dissemination of stocks of knowledge has not been factored as a practice of knowledge sharing. Fresh studies can be carried out on the topic in its entirety. It demonstrates knowledge sharing actions that have a positive influence on the organisational performance. The visualisation of knowledge sharing principles illustrates intellectual creativity. Various knowledge embracing industries can adopt this innovation.
Journal: Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development
Pages: 261-278
Issue: 3
Volume: 9
Year: 2018
Keywords: competitive advantage; knowledge management; organisational performance; knowledge sharing; organisational learning.
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Author-Name: Pedro Flores
Author-X-Name-First: Pedro
Author-X-Name-Last: Flores
Author-Name: Francisco Javier Carrillo
Author-X-Name-First: Francisco Javier
Author-X-Name-Last: Carrillo
Author-Name: José Guadalupe Robles
Author-X-Name-First: José Guadalupe
Author-X-Name-Last: Robles
Author-Name: Magda Alicia Leal
Author-X-Name-First: Magda Alicia
Author-X-Name-Last: Leal
Title: Applying open innovation to promote the development of a knowledge city: the Culiacan experience
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The aim of this article is to explain the generation of positive impacts on the social accounts of a knowledge-based city applying open innovation initiatives: case of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. The article addresses the subject of the capital system model from the perspective of a knowledge city, as well as the open innovation funnel model. The integration of open innovation initiatives into permanent communication media such as social networks provides a continuous platform for promoting events and messages that boost the social accounts of a city. The participation indicators were integrated into the open innovation initiative promoted in the city and into the activity of social networks. Access to hard participation data collected over 12 months was a key factor in the review of initiatives and in the development analysis of the capital system of the city. Statistical tests (ANOVA) and specialised software (SSPS) were used to analyse the information.
Journal: Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development
Pages: 312-335
Issue: 3
Volume: 9
Year: 2018
Keywords: capital system; knowledge city; open innovation.
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Author-Name: Ana Dias
Author-X-Name-First: Ana
Author-X-Name-Last: Dias
Author-Name: Jorge Simões
Author-X-Name-First: Jorge
Author-X-Name-Last: Simões
Author-Name: Silvina Santana
Author-X-Name-First: Silvina
Author-X-Name-Last: Santana
Title: A conceptual approach to integrating healthcare services: an investigation of the Portuguese case
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The aging of the Portuguese population and the need to ensure the financial sustainability of National Health Service claim for urgent changes. The provision of care is still very fragmented; therefore, how to integrate care is crucial to optimise the use of resources and to improve outcomes, especially regarding value created for patients. In this paper, we identify determinants of care integration and discuss strategic and structural alternatives that encourage it. The research had two phases. First, we conducted a literature review and four initial exploratory interviews, to position the study and to ground the next steps. Then, the object of study was redefined by a more exhaustive literature review and 15 semi-structured interviews with key experts, to outline the central concepts and dimensions under study and to delimit the field of study with a view to build a conceptual model for the analysis and understanding of healthcare integration.
Journal: Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development
Pages: 294-311
Issue: 3
Volume: 9
Year: 2018
Keywords: integration of care; determinants of care integration; dimensions of care integration; models; evaluation.
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Author-Name: Jung Hoon Han
Author-X-Name-First: Jung Hoon
Author-X-Name-Last: Han
Author-Name: Sumin Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Sumin
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Jun-Hyung Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Jun-Hyung
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Sang-Young Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Sang-Young
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Title: A review of zero energy housing regulations for low-income households
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This paper reviews zero energy building programs and regulations in the USA, Europe, Australia and South Korea, and suggest the implication of zero energy housing (ZEH) policy for low-income households to allow for better access, management and modification of homes. Low-income households in Australia are most vulnerable to 'energy poverty' due to ever increasing energy costs such as electricity and gas services. This study identifies three barriers in promoting zero energy housing for low-income households, its affordability, accessibility and occupants' behaviours. It suggests that both provision of financial incentives and assistance for zero energy housing retrofit is required as a regulatory practice in Australia.
Journal: Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development
Pages: 343-360
Issue: 4
Volume: 9
Year: 2018
Keywords: zero energy housing; ZEH; zero energy building; ZEB; regulation; low-income household; sustainability.
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Author-Name: Sari Mansour
Author-X-Name-First: Sari
Author-X-Name-Last: Mansour
Author-Name: Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
Author-X-Name-First: Diane-Gabrielle
Author-X-Name-Last: Tremblay
Title: Blended work and opportunities for knowledge sharing: human resource management practices to increase innovative work behaviour and life satisfaction of bridge workers
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This research tests aims to verify in a sample of bridge workers (192) the mediating role of occupational self-efficacy on the relationship between availability of blended work and opportunity for knowledge-sharing with younger workers (or opportunities for generativity), as well as life satisfaction and innovative work behaviour. The results of bootstrap show that the availability of blended work has an indirect effect on life satisfaction and innovative work behaviour via occupational self-efficacy. Also, they reveal that the opportunity for knowledge transfer to younger workers, or generativity, impacts the life satisfaction and innovative work behaviour via occupational self-efficacy.
Journal: Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development
Pages: 441-459
Issue: 4
Volume: 9
Year: 2018
Keywords: knowledge transfer; generational knowledge transfer; blended work; generativity; occupational self-efficacy; life satisfaction; innovative work behaviour.
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Author-Name: Iffat Batool Naqvi
Author-X-Name-First: Iffat Batool
Author-X-Name-Last: Naqvi
Author-Name: Zahid Ali Memon
Author-X-Name-First: Zahid Ali
Author-X-Name-Last: Memon
Title: Upgrading of developing countries industrial clusters' firms: conceptual-theoretical framework
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Industrial clusters in developing countries exhibit the properties of labour intensive, low-tech and low-cost manufacturing hubs in the global production networks. This research argues that institutional architecture of global production networks provides an opportunity to these industrial clusters of developing countries to create value through 'knowledge links' between the firms and non-firms actors of global production networks and innovation systems (ISs) in which the clustered firms are embedded. The research develops a hypothesis for a potential upgrading of industrial cluster firms through the support of knowledge institutes embedded in the network structures of regional innovation systems, national innovation systems and global production networks. The conceptual-theoretical framework is designed by connecting the cluster theory, innovation system framework and global production networks theory for an assessment of the upgrading of developing countries industrial clusters within global production networks. From an institutional perspective, this research classifies the knowledge links as 'technological-knowledge' and 'organisational-knowledge' links between the firm and non-firms actors of global production networks and innovation systems. A further future research can empirically test this designed framework through data of the industrial clusters firms, participating in the global production networks.
Journal: Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development
Pages: 420-440
Issue: 4
Volume: 9
Year: 2018
Keywords: industrial clusters; knowledge links; global production networks; GPNs; upgrading; regional innovation system; RIS; national innovation system; developing countries.
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Author-Name: Paul G.C. Hector
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Author-Name: Jean-Louis Ermine
Author-X-Name-First: Jean-Louis
Author-X-Name-Last: Ermine
Author-Name: Vincent Ribiere
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Author-Name: Alex Bennet
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Title: A knowledge-based development model for primate cities of the developing world
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This paper presents the conceptual development and piloting of a knowledge-based development model for primate cities. Using UNESCO's knowledge societies conceptual framework, the study extends this framework by substantiating relationships between the framework's components, intellectual capital, knowledge processes and macro-level sustainable development goals (economic, environmental, social as well as peace/security dimensions). An international Delphi panel of experts in the fields of knowledge management, knowledge cities and urban planning, validated the knowledge-based development model derived from the framework. Empirical field pilots were conducted with the model in primate cities in Ethiopia and Thailand to assess the relevance of the model and to explore what insights and guidance it could provide policy-makers. The model identified key resources and critical areas where policy interventions are needed. Feedback from respondents contributed to the model's improvement. A K-SWOT policy dialogue further demonstrated the model's potential for supporting decision-making.
Journal: Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development
Pages: 386-419
Issue: 4
Volume: 9
Year: 2018
Keywords: Addis Ababa; Bangkok; Delphi method; design science research; developing countries; intellectual capital; knowledge-based development; knowledge cities; knowledge economy; knowledge societies; primate cities; United Nations; UNESCO; urbanisation; 2030 sustainable development goals.
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Author-Name: Simón Sánchez-Moral
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Author-Name: Marco Bontje
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Author-Name: Sako Musterd
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Title: Understanding knowledge and creativity-based development in well-established cities and urban regions
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Developing creative and knowledge-intensive economic activities is an objective for many well-established cities and urban regions. We aim to enhance the understanding of that process by focusing on the institutional and local/regional contexts in which the activities take place. We offer a 'thick description' showing the role played by deep structural and contemporary contexts in the growth of these activities. The regions of Madrid and Amsterdam have been selected to illustrate our ideas and method. They appear equally well-established, are well-embedded in the global economy and are both strong economic centres. However, they are also well-positioned to demonstrate that specific contexts have influenced their development. In particular, Madrid's political and economic ruptures seem decisive in its development, while in Amsterdam it is self-reinforcing paths that appear crucial. We suggest developing tailored context-sensitive urban policies. These will be effective, but will also reduce the risk of losing local characteristics that may offer a unique competitive advantage.
Journal: Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development
Pages: 361-385
Issue: 4
Volume: 9
Year: 2018
Keywords: creative knowledge cities; global economy; competitive advantages; urban pathways; place-based strategies; institutions; Madrid; Amsterdam.
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