The book first considers knowledge sharing institutions, differentiating between types of interaction and types of actors. Secondly, it examines the economic role of knowledge and cognition, asking how and why human actors gather knowledge. It goes on to revisit historical questions of knowledge...

Friedrich A. Hayeks Begriff der Wissensteilung weckt in einer Wirtschaft, für die mittlerweile das Wissen die wichtigste Ressource darstellt, neues Interesse. Hayeks Problem bestand darin, wie das in der Gesellschaft verstreute Wissen zu nutzen ist. Daß "Jedermann alles weiß", wie die...

Die Untersuchung betrachtet den tertiären Sektor unter dem Aspekt der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Leistungserstellung in der Wissensgesellschaft. Sie stellt die komplexe Rolle der Dienstleistungen in der arbeitsteiligen Interaktion bei der laufenden Produktion ebenso wie bei der wissensteiligen...

The paper reminds of Erich Preiser (1900-1967), the famous German political economist and admired academic teacher. This article, firstly develops Preiser's assessment of the future of the market economy. Secondly, it looks at his view on the issue how close economic theory may come to reality,...

Friedrich A. Hayek's notion of division of knowledge arouses new interest in an economy for which knowledge represents the most important resource. Hayek's problem was how to use the knowledge scattered in society efficiently. In Hayek's solution the prices emerging by competition play the...