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Showing 1 to 20 of 97 for “"Knowledge economy"”.
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Creative heartland: Creative capital and knowledge economy in micropolitan Midwest
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The new North: Patents and knowledge economy analysis in Alaska
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Ireland's knowledge economy policy: beliefs, drivers and prospects
This dissertation critically examines Ireland’s knowledge economy policy, the country’s basis for economic recovery and growth, to enhance future policy decisions and debate. Much has been written internationally on the ‘knowledge economy’ with its emergence closely related to globalisation and …
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Rethinking U.S. education policy: four paradigms of the knowledge economy
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THE MATERIALITY OF KNOWLEDGE: THE COLONIAL ROOTS OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
… of the relationship between capital and knowledge (usually analysed in terms of “knowledge society”, “knowledge economy”, and so on), in light of and in continuity with the history and structures of colonial capitalism. For this purpose, in the first place, the main neoliberal and …
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Is the knowledge economy gendered? : call centres as a case study
This thesis investigates the gendering of the knowledge economy and argues that women are being excluded from key areas within it, through their employment in call centres. Access to knowledge and participation in the knowledge economy, primarily through the use of information technologies, are the …
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Education and work in Scotland: global knowledge economy, enterprise culture and entrepreneurship
… communications technology and the emergence of knowledge as the major requirement of our 21st Century lives have altered the balance in the education and work relationship making education the more proactive agent in the pair. Educational policy and practice have in the past been shaped by …
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Essays in Economic Geography: Convergence, Inequalities and Innovations in the Knowledge Economy
… innovation is affected by the structure of the economy in terms of the industrial specialization, diversity and competition. Innovation is proxied by the number of patents registered in the U.S. Preliminary analysis of data for the year 2000 reveals that there may be some spatial heterogeneity …
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Essays in economic geography: Convergence, inequalities and innovations in the knowledge economy
… innovation is affected by the structure of the economy in terms of the industrial specialization, diversity and competition. Innovation is proxied by the number of patents registered in the U.S.. Preliminary analysis of data for the year 2000 reveals that there may be some spatial heterogeneity …
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Undoing Wit: A Critical Exploration of Performance and Medical Education in the Knowledge Economy
… towards the use of performance as a tool for knowledge translation. The turn to performance in applied health sciences has emerged as researchers have struggled to find new and engaging ways to communicate complex research findings regarding the human condition. However, the turn to …
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Managing human capital in the knowledge economy : perspectives from the firm and the individual
… and implications of managing human capital in a knowledge-intensive environment from the perspectives of both the firm and the individual. Knowledge is redefining the operating environment and competitive landscape for individuals, businesses and nations. The knowledge economy that has emerged is …
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An empirical study of the key knowledge economy factors for sustainable economic development in Oman
… strategies with the aim of diversifying Oman’s economy. In the absence of any previous studies on this aspect of Oman’s economy, the aim of this research is to explore the prospects for the development of the knowledge economy and to identify the key knowledge economy factors for achieving …
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Globalizing teacher labor for the knowledge economy: The case of New York City's Caribbean teachers
… as lived by a group of immigrant international knowledge workers and their children, specifically participants in a 2001 New York City public schools recruitment of teachers from Anglophone Caribbean nations. Their testimonies shed light on at least three aspects of the human costs and benefits …
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Micro-Enterprise innovation in Zimbabwe's Knowledge Economy: Navigating the contextual barriers to achieve business viability
… systems) and business ecosystems driving knowledge generation and sharing. Underpinned by the theories of business model adaptation and collaborative bricolage. Bricolage typically regarded as a behavioural trait or skill that allows entrepreneurs and innovators to operate in challenging …
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Universities and Regional Advantage in the Knowledge Economy: Markets, Governance and Networks as Developing in English Regions
… and their regions in the globalising knowledge economy as observed in the UK. It examines institutional responses to two realms of policies, namely, higher education policy and regional development policy. The diversifying missions of universities, especially, the ‘third stream …
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Managing growth In The knowledge economy : lessons from the bust and boom of San Francisco's technology industry
… the promise of the innovation-based "Next Economy" as the latest policy prescription for growth. However, recent evidence suggests that the agglomeration of high-skill, high-wage industries is associated with increased socioeconomic divergence and pressures on the urban land market. This …
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Biotechnology value chains as a case study of the knowledge economy : the relationship between knowledge, space and technology
… thesis is to consider the relationship between knowledge, space and technology in the ‘knowledge economy’ by drawing upon biotechnology value chains as a case study of the knowledge economy. Central to this is the claim that although biotechnology is an internationally distributed sector, it is …
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