What attracts and retains knowledge workers/students: The quality of place or career opportunities? The cases of Montreal and Ottawa

Influence of country and city images on students’ perception of host universities and their satisfaction with the assigned destination for their exchange programmes

“…Third, students choose a higher education institution in the host country, based on criteria such as prestige, quality of education, reputation of degrees and affordable tuition fees. In addition, Cubillo et al (2009) and Darchen and Tremblay (2010) highlight that the election of the specific host university is significantly influenced, together with academic factors, by the image of the city where the formative product is located. Therefore, it seems to be a sequence in the student decision-making process, in which their perceptions about countries and cities have a relevant role in the previous stages when choosing a university.…”

The linkage between the lifestyle of knowledge-workers and their intra-metropolitan residential choice: A clustering approach based on self-organizing maps

“…These studies discuss region characteri stics for attracting and retaining knowledge-workers such as employment opportun ities, housing affordability, regional amenities, accessibil ity, diversity and equity (e.g., Asheim & Hansen, 2009;Brown & Meczynski, 2009;Clifton & Cooke, 2009;Darchen & Tremblay, 2010;Florida, 2002a;Mathur & Stein, 2005;Niedomy sl & Hansen, 2010;Yigitcanlar et al, 2010 ). The main limitation of these studies is the treatment of regions as homogenous units, thus failing to account for intra-regional competition and knowledge-workers impact on urban developmen t trends within regions (i.e., suburbanizati on versus core revitalization).…”

Benchmarking urban competitiveness in Europe to attract investment

“…Thus, globalisation must be factored into city management, and cities find themselves competing with one another to attract anything that can create wealth (Darchen & Tremblay, 2010;Zenker, 2009) and employment.…”