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Large Cities, Intangible Consumption and Knowledge Production

Author(s) -

Lara Penco

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

symphonya emerging issues in management

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1593-0319

pISSN - 1593-0300

DOI - 10.4468/2011.2.04penco

Subject(s) - consumption (sociology) , entertainment , business , production (economics) , knowledge management , key (lock) , knowledge production , marketing , conceptual framework , knowledge economy , sociology , political science , computer science , economics , law , macroeconomics , social science , computer security

The purpose of this paper is to present the characteristics of the city in the\udknowledge era. In the knowledge era, we argue that a successful city assumes the\udrole of: A) knowledge hub, because large cities host high tech industries, higher\udeducation and research institutions, knowledge intensive business services (KIBS);\udB) consumer hub, which generates consumption, especially of an intangible nature\udsuch as services, culture, entertainment, products which spread culture and\udknowledge (e.g. fashion and design products). This paper aims to provide a\udconceptual framework to understand the key-factors - implicit and explicit - useful\udto the development and success of the city

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