The Knowledge City Concept?The Ideal Conditions of a Knowledge City
CultureKnowledge cityGeographical proximityKnowledge exchangeIntellectual capitalManagement of enterprisesFöretagsledningManagementBusiness and Economics
The purpose of this thesis is to look into the knowledge city concept and the preferences and requirements of companies on such a city. Furthermore, suggestions of ideal conditions in a knowledge city are proposed. The thesis has been conducted through a qualitative approach where a deductive procedure has been implemented. In order to examine knowledge cities, Barcelona has sketchily been looked at as an early example of a knowledge city, whereas a more exhaustive observation of Copenhagen was conducted. Since the concept of knowledge cities is a rather new phenomenon, models from several disciplines constitute the theoretical framework. Such areas are knowledge management, sociology, intellectual capital, and organizational theories. The empirical data was gathered through personal interviews as well as telephone and electronic mail interviews with respondents having expert knowledge of the phenomenon or having affiliation to companies and municipalities. The majority of the participants in the empirical context had most comments and opinions on the societal key success factor. All respondents did in a credible way label the human resources as the main requirement characterizing a prominent knowledge city. This is possibly because human resources in an exceptionally direct manner influence the performance of knowledge-intensive firms?the creative and innovative power embedded in humans is essential to these firms.