Regional knowledge capital has become one of the key factors of economic development of a nation and region, and enhanced the regional competitiveness greatly. In this paper, firstly, the connotation of the regional knowledge capital is introduced, and then the synergy model of the system between knowledge capital and regional economic growth is constructed. Secondly, the synergy of the model i...

Mismatch of territories under authority of local governments with urban-regional activity domains, on one hand, has caused numerous problems and, on the other hand, has hindered taking maximum advantage of regional capacities and partial and competitive advantages. Hence, application of a new regionalism approach, which focuses on shared planning and management by all stakeholder groups within ...

The Asia-Pacific region generates over half of global economic activity (54.2%) and about 43.7% of global trade, and is the most dynamic region in the global economy. At the core of this is an increasingly dynamic, vibrant and entrepreneurial small-medium sized enterprise sector. Advances in information and communications technology, market liberalisation and moves towards closer regional econo...