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 and intellectual capital; knowledge and innovation systems; policy …

The note emphasizes the critical importance of documenting indigenous knowledge in writing, which can then be used to … challenge a patent claim on knowledge that is already in the public domain. It also highlights the usefulness of other forms of … communities seeking to regulate access over their resources, as they can be applied to knowledge that evolves over time, and with …