Purpose: Fundamental classifications of knowledge may be measurable as factors of production and can reveal evidence of specialization between adjacent stages of production even in the presence of shared substantive knowledge. This study of aims to distinguish between, and empirically measure,...

Purpose – This research responds to Simon’s (1999) challenge to apply “an economic calculus to knowledge”. The paper develops a typology of knowledge that may be fruitful in facilitating research in a knowledge-based view of production. Design/Methodology/Approach – This paper reviews...