Towards Knowledge Management for Explorers: The Case of the Brisbane Airport Corporation

Airports and cities in the context of globalisation: A multidimensional symbiosis in Adolfo Suárez‐Madrid Barajas Airport

“…The tertiary sector has found an ideal location in airports because they are a powerful magnet to attract companies specialising in information and communications technology, and other high‐tech industries that are especially interested in shortening production cycles and speeding up delivery times (Button et al., ; Lee & Yang, ) . The main business areas that can be found in airports are R&D, consulting, computer services, human resource management, legal services, accounting, finance, marketing, and other highly skilled business areas (Timbrell et al., ; Yeo et al., ). Many of the new industrial, production, or business parks were designed to stimulate the production and circulation of intangible capital (Cidell, ; Park et al., ), feed the renewal of cities and their economies, attract talent and innovation flows to/from the city (Derudder et al., ; Dvir & Pasher, ), and participate in the “knowledge economy” (Conventz & Thierstein, ; Yigitcanlar et al., ), with the aim of projecting economic growth and post‐industrial development (Conventz & Thierstein, ; Poungias, ).…”

Spatial Planning Models of Airport-Driven Urban Development

“…Additional revenue from an expanded retail offering was seen as complementing income from airport taxes and parking fees. The concept has subsequently been extended by the Schiphol Group as a corporate vision for other airports in which it has either a management or ownership stake such as Brisbane (Timbrell, Foth, and Hearn 2006).…”