Beyond the digital divide: a conceptual framework for analyzing knowledge societies

Findings – While creating a knowledge society encompasses dimensions pertaining to infrastructure, governance, talent and culture, the intangible assets are key to sustaining such societies. Governance and culture are instances of such intangibles. Talent may seem to be tangible but the human capacity for learning and development which leads to an innovative culture is less so. In any case, time is the essential ingredient for a knowledge culture to come about.