...Gianfranco Minati; Arne Collen Purpose The purpose of this article is to expound the view that knowledge of a special kind, which the author terms open knowledge, has a central place in the conduct of human activities at the global level. Design/methodology/approach The author advances...

...Roberto Grandinetti Purpose With the advance of globalization the competitive chances of industrial districts depends increasingly on their ability to connect to the cognitive circuits of the global economy. This challenge demands the presence of local actors capable of acting as cognitive...

...Rajesh K. Pillania Purpose In this era of globalization, knowledge has emerged as a critical resource. India has high expectations from her knowledge industries. Though it is difficult to classify knowledge into watertight compartments, this paper is an attempt to study whether Indian firms have...

... in general, one of the topics most often approached currently, is that of globalization. The researchers of any discipline are brought to put questions such as that posed by Benkirane (2003 , p. 216) to Kauffman: This globalisation or universalization, can it be regarded as a holistic process [3...