The Knowledge Economy

by Neef, Dale

• ISBN13: 9780750699365
• ISBN10: 0750699361
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-11-01
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Summary

What is this knowledge-based economy? Is it really new or unique? What are its effects, and what does it mean to us? In order to help answer those questions, this anthology has been compiled as a means of providing answers for anyone in business or the public policy-making fields who would like to know what academics and economists are talking about when they refer to the knowledge-based economy. It is a collection of articles dealing with the most important developing themes in this area: *The shift in employment from "brawn to brains" *The effect that "knowledge elitism" may have on public policy concerning education and training, wealth disparity and social exclusion *Organizational changes brought about by the new breed of "knowledge workers" functioning in the new high-performance workplace *Computing, telecommunications, globalization, and the interconnected economy Using seminal articles from a variety of sources, this volume is intended to be a primer for introducing the reader to all aspects of the knowledge-based economy. Dale Neef is a political economist and a knowledge management specialist with extensive academic and commercial experience in both North America and Europe. He earned his Ph.D. in Economic History from the University of Cambridge, was a Research Fellow at Harvard University, and currently works with Ernst & Young's Center for Business Innovation researching issues surrounding knowledge management and the knowledge-based economy. He divides his time between writing, lecturing, and consultancy. Part of the series Resources for the Knowledge-Based Economy Introduces the reader to all aspects of the knowledge-based economy Uses seminal articles from a variety of sources

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii	(2)
Introduction to Series--Why Knowledge, Why Now?	ix
Laurence Prusak, Series Editor
1 The Knowledge Economy: An Introduction	1	(14)
Dale Neef
Part One The Changing Economic Landscape	15	(38)
From Capitalism to Knowledge Society	15	(20)
Peter F. Drucker
The Rise of the Virtual State	35	(12)
Richard Rosecrance
4 From High Volume to High Value	47	(6)
Robert Reich
Part Two Knowledge as the Economic Force of Growth and Change	53	(44)
5 Homo Faber, Homo Sapiens: Knowledge, Technology, Growth, and Development	53	(22)
David S. Landes
6 Increasing Returns and the New World of Business	75	(12)
W. Brian Arthur
7 The Knowledge-Driven Economy	87	(10)
Candice Stevens
Part Three Measuring and Managing the Intangibles of Knowledge	97	(60)
8 On Some Problems in Measuring Knowledge-Based Growth	97	(22)
Peter Howitt
9 The Management of Intellectual Assets: A New Corporate Perspective	119	(14)
Richard Hall
10 Measuring and Managing Technological Knowledge	133	(24)
Roger E. Bohn
Part Four Learning Organizations in the Global Knowledge-Based Economy	157	(42)
11 The Coming of Knowledge-Based Business	157	(8)
Stan Davis
Jim Botkin
12 Organisational Foundations of the Knowledge-Based Economy	165	(26)
John Mathews
13 Investing in Human Capital	191	(8)
Riel Miller
Gregory Wurzburg
Part Five Society and Public Policy: Government, Education, and Training in the Knowledge-Based Economy	199	(68)
14 An Era of Man-Made Brainpower Industries	199	(20)
Lester C. Thurow
15 High School--The Neglected Majority: Whose Mid-Kids Are on Track for the Global Economy?	219	(22)
Hedrick Smith
16 Recognising Skills and Qualifications	241	(8)
Danielle Colardyn
Marianne Durand-Drouhin
17 Human Resource Development in the Knowledge-Based Economy: Roles of Firms, Schools, and Governments	249	(18)
David Stern
Index	267