of the discipline, begins by discussing "knowledge" as an economic good and the historical development of the knowledge … chapters include forms of knowledge production, codification and infusion, incentives and institutions for the efficient … production of knowledge (including discussions of private markets and "open" sources), and knowledge management as a new …

This paper outlines several important changes in our economic model brought about by the emergence of the knowledge … corporation. In the knowledge economy, the most important factor of production is human capital, meaning that the importance of …

This paper extends the q-theory of investment to model explicitly the decision of firms to invest in intangibles and …

economy; social, cooperative, cultural, creative, ethical and intellectual capital; knowledge and innovation systems; policy …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 …