Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role and the relevance of knowledge‐based capital as a strategic resource and a source of regional innovation capacity. The paper identifies human, relational, structural and social capital as the four main knowledge‐based...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the knowledge dimensions grounding regional development dynamics. Design/methodology/approach – The paper first provides a knowledge‐based interpretation of regional development and afterwards the knowledge assets categories at the basis of...