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Abstract Development of knowledge in Portugal occurred late and slowly, mainly as a result of political and … institutional factors which persisted with democracy. Amongst knowledge key areas, education, research and development (R&D) and … innovation advanced with frequent setbacks. This irregular behaviour induced very negative economic and social consequences given …
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Abstract Development of knowledge in Portugal occurred late and slowly, mainly as a result of political and … institutional factors which persisted with democracy. Amongst knowledge key areas, education, research and development (R&D) and … innovation advanced with frequent setbacks. This irregular behaviour induced very negative economic and social consequences given …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111126
In an era of globalized competition, productivity has become a crucial factor determining profitability, competitiveness and the growth of a firm. High productivity means lower per unit cost and, therefore, ability of the firm to match prices on the global markets. Because of that, there has...
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characterized by the fact that the accumulation increasingly wear on knowledge. First, we will explain and argue our position with … autonomous actor and principal of all current changes of capitalism. Moreover, rather than revolution, the knowledge economy …" promised to developing countries. A key point is reported on the issue of knowledge production. Often discussed bias, this …
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Penang has always been a focal point, absorbing knowledge (and popular culture) from civilizations to the East and West … the development of Penang as an increasingly important Asian knowledge hub. One of the highlighted results of our paper …
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‘professionalism’ from where the journey begins. The art of being a good professional is having a blend of appropriate knowledge …
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). Tabula rasa is the epistemological study that a human is born with no built-in mental content and that human knowledge comes …
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This paper summarizes the theory of knowledge from the book of the same title by the same author. The paper begins by … asking, and answering, what knowledge is. In searching for precise definitions it rids itself of the ambiguous term of … infinity. The seven main laws of knowledge are laid out and discussed. The theory is an economic theory and as such must …
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consider a process of knowledge obsolescence / depreciation that is similar to the depreciation process of physical goods. As a … returns prevail). In this paper, we introduce a new assumption about the generation of knowledge, which involves entropy, i ….e., introducing additional knowledge to generate more knowledge becomes counterproductive after a given point. The new assumption is …
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justice are very different. This paper focuses on the issue of the knowledge and motivation necessary to fight poverty. We … suggest that the Wresinski approach advocating an in-depth knowledge of the poor and of the obstacles that they face in their …
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