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 knowledge economy - by assessing how the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) through good governance … mechanisms affects the knowledge economy. The article also employs the World Bank's four components of the knowledge economy … index characteristic of its knowledge for development (K4D) framework. We estimate panel data models for 22 Middle East …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Compared to other regions of the world, Africa is lagging in its drive toward knowledge-based economies. This study … 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 …

Knowledge has emerged as a fundamental driver of economic growth and development by inter alia improving the …). Consequently, the World Bank’s Knowledge Economy Framework aims to explore and support the extent to which current policies in … African countries affect the knowledge development process (and thereby competitiveness) on the continent. A knowledge economy …

This study assesses the knowledge economy (KE) performance of lagging African countries visà- vis their frontier … counterparts with regard to the four dimensions of the World Bank’s knowledge economy index (KEI). The empirical exercise is for …. The following are established frontier knowledge economy countries. (i) For the most part, North African countries are …

Compared to other regions of the world, Africa is lagging in its drive toward knowledge-based economies. This study … current drive towards knowledge economies. These are discussed in terms of the four pillars of the World Bank's knowledge …