The revolution in information technology transforms not only information and its uses but, more important, knowledge and the ways we generate and manage it. Knowledge is now seen as input, output, and capital, even if imperfectly accounted for or understood. Many businesses and public agencies...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 - Prospects for Knowledge Policy -- 2 - Optimizing the Use of Knowledge -- 3 - OECD Work on Knowledge and the Knowledge Economy -- 4 - Measuring Knowledge and Its Economic Effects: The Role of Official Statistics -- 5 - Assessing Innovation Capacity: Fitting...