Preliminaries towards Knowledge Based Society: A Comparative Study

Knowledge is known as the main capital for survival in competitive era. The governments have also understood the importance of knowledge in this era and try to manage their knowledge efforts at the national level within their organizations in both public and private sectors. The intelligent governments are moving towards knowledge society and support knowledge activities in an effective way. The main objective of this research is to analyze the knowledge efforts in different countries within different continents to develop a common model for knowledge society. This conceptual model can help governments to concentrate their knowledge efforts towards knowledge society.