The era of knowledge economy has come, and "knowledge" has become a key resource for enterprises. How to keep creating and utilizing new knowledge has become an important topic for modern business administration. In the future, how to manage "knowledge" efficiently and effectively will be a crucial issue. However, due to differences in training backgrounds, people may have different perspective...

The ‘New Economy’ focuses on issues of knowledge capital over more traditional assets and the capability of organizations to harness these knowledge assets. A distinguishing feature of the New Economy is the ability of a firm to take advantage of its knowledge assets (Gold, Malhotra & Segars, 2001). In this environment “the sustainable competitive advantage of business firms flows from the crea...

Knowledge has been widely recognised by economists as the most important factor of production in a “new economy”. The production and utilisation of knowledge is therefore essential for development. Some countries, Malaysia among others, have embarked on an ambitious plan to use knowledge as a base for economic development, by-passing earlier stages of industrialisation. Some commentators have, ...

Background & Objectives: Knowledge-based economy is one of the major parts of the resistance economy and is recognized as the essentials of the information technology age. As one of the most important educational units and the custodian of community health, universities of medical sciences play a pivotal role in the success of resistance economy based on the knowledge-based economy. Among the e...

In the new economy, innovation is regarded as one of the solutions for almost every organisation to survive in the new business era. Universities, especially in terms of research activities, are no difference since they strive for novelties which potentially lead to innovation. An experienced researcher in the university has continually created tacit knowledge in a specific domain, but typicall...

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...

This tutorial provides an overview of various models and tools for the evaluation of knowledge management both at the national level (across national economies) and at the organizational level (across firms). The tutorial frames the concept of knowledge economies, knowledge management and knowledge development programs. It then focuses on a methodological framework the knowledge assessment to a...

The pervasive role of information and communications technology (ICT) in the new economy is well documented. There is now considerable agreement among scholars regarding the ICT contribution to national productivity growth. On the other hand, the production spillover and network externality associated with ICT capital draws its contribution beyond the neoclassical baseline. Many researchers hav...