Imported Expertise in World-class Knowledge Infrastructures: The Problematic Development of Knowledge Cities in the Gulf Region

Due to the oil business, settlements in the Gulf Region developed into prosperous cities. But in the near future, oil is off. The plans of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states bank on diversified and knowledge-intensive economies. Are those development plans realistic? What is the state of the...

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Main Authors: Kosior, Adriana, Barth, Julia, Gremm, Julia, Mainka, Agnes, Stock, Wolfgang G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information 2015-09-01
Series:Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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Online Access:http://koix.kisti.re.kr/KISTI1.1003/JNL.JAKO201528765205398