Learning and knowledge diffusion in a global economy

Human capital in a global and knowledge-based economy

The Global Knowledge Economy and Higher Education

Global refers to worldwide in scope and substance and de-emphasizes the concept of nation, but without negating it. Globalization, in general, is the flow of technology, knowledge, people, values, ideas, capital, goods, and services across national borders, and affects each country in a different way due to the nation’s individual history, traditions, culture, and priorities (Knight 2004). Econ...

assessment of deep word knowledge in elementary and advanced iranian efl learners: a comparison of selective and productive wat tasks

testing plays a vital role in any language teaching program. it allows teachers and stakeholders, including program administrators, parents, admissions officers and prospective employers to be assured that the learners are progressing according to an accepted standard (douglas, 2010). the problems currently facing language testers have both practical and theoretical implications but the first i...

Clusters in the global knowledge based economy : knowledge gat

1.Introduction Clusters have been at the center of local industrial development studies and strategies in recent years. In a context of globalisation of industries and technologies, they appear as a strong factor in innovation and competitiveness due to the intensity of interactions they allow among actors of industrial dynamics. From this point of view, globalisation appears as a paradoxical p...

Simulating Entrepreneurial Strategies In A Global Knowledge Economy

In seeking to better understand strategic entrepreneurship in the 21 st Century, this paper develops an agent-based simulation model that allows researchers to study different opportunity recognition strategies in a globalized knowledge economy. The simulation takes account of international knowledge spillovers and shows the comparative payoffs of each entrepreneurial strategy, with distinctive...