knowledge by means of scientific publications. Against this background, we model the obituary of scientific knowledge monopoly … obituary of scientific knowledge monopoly by developed countries is not in the near-horizon. Advanced nations that have … mastered the dynamics of knowledge monopoly will continue to lead the course of knowledge economy. Justifications for the …

Purpose - The paper assesses how entrepreneurship affects knowledge economy (KE) in Africa. Design … towards knowledge based economies, the line of inquiry is timely. Second, investigating the nexus may have substantial poverty …

their current drive towards building knowledge-based economies. These are discussed in terms of three pillars of the World … Bank’s knowledge economy framework. They are the indices for: (i) education and skilled population, (ii) information and …

This article compares African countries to South Korea in terms of knowledge economy (KE). Emphasis is laid on human … capital, knowledge creation, knowledge diffusion, institutions and economic incentives. The analytical approach consists of … providing knowledge economy catch-up strategies that can be understood within the context of country-specific gaps between the …

The contribution of African researchers to knowledge by means of scientific publications is low compared to other … transfer. Building on the literature on the key role of a knowledge economy in 21st century development and catch-up processes … thesis. (iii) The PhD by Publication is a more effective route to ensuring that the contribution to knowledge is widely …

The paper complements the scarce literature on knowledge economy (KE) in Africa by comparing KE dynamics within Africa … five dimensions of the World Bank's knowledge economy index (KEI) are employed, notably: education, information and …

hinders or promotes the knowledge economy (KE), (b) to determine how the KE which emerges from such an environment affects …

Africa's overall knowledge index fell between 2000 and 2009. South Korea's economic miracle is largely due to a … knowledge-based development strategy that holds valuable lessons for African countries in their current pursuit towards … knowledge economies. Using updated data (1996-2010), this paper presents fresh South Korean lessons to Africa by assessing the …

. Its purpose is to model the future of scientific knowledge monopoly in order to understand whether the impressive growth … experienced by latecomers in the industry has been accompanied by a similar catch-up in scientific capabilities and knowledge … conditional catch-up patterns broadly show that advanced countries will continue to dominate in scientific knowledge contribution …

This paper assesses the role knowledge economy (KE) in African business in 53 countries for the period 1996-2010. The …