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The proliferation of new information technologies throughout the world has raised some important questions for …
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Manuel Castells--one of the world's pre-eminent social scientists--has drawn together a stellar group of contributors … analyzes the technological, cultural and institutional transformation of societies around the world in terms of the critical …pt. 1. The theory of the network society -- pt. 2. The cultural and institutional diversity of the network society …
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This innovative book provides state-of-the-art analyses of the current condition of the economics of digital markets. The most recent developments in web technology are evolving, creating an increasingly deregulated environment. Much of the impetus for liberalisation is in response to multimedia...
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group of authors covers real-world recreation management issues and applies economic understanding to these problems. An …
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The question of why citizens pay their taxes has attracted increased attention in the tax compliance literature of late. In this book, Benno Torgler considers the evidence that suggests that enforcement efforts cannot fully explain the high degree of tax compliance within society. To attempt to...
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Knowledge, Technological Catch-up and Economic Growth investigates the relationship between knowledge diffusion and economic growth. Using a broad definition of knowledge - encompassing technology, production skills, know-how and firm capabilities - the central argument of the book is that the...
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This innovative book offers a critical perspective on the state of the current global economy, making sense of knowledge-related issues by critically assessing existing institutional choices, as well as pointing to new ways forward
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This book investigates the implications of digital technologies on the industrial and business dynamics of modern economies. In-depth studies analyse how deep-rooted work practices of the Old Economy have been dramatically challenged when confronted with the entrepreneurial wave of the New...
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This fascinating Handbook defines how knowledge contributes to social and economic life, and vice versa. It considers the five areas critical to acquiring a comprehensive understanding of the knowledge economy: the nature of the knowledge economy; social, cooperative, cultural, creative, ethical...
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-based society / Isabel Salavisa -- 8. Knowledge, the knowledge economy and welfare theory / Wilfred Dolfsma -- 9. Beyond the …
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