Advancing knowledge and the knowledge economy / edited by Brian Kahin and Dominique Foray.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kahin, Brian.

Foray, Dominique.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge management--Congresses.

Knowledge management.

Information technology--Economic aspects--Congresses.

Information technology.

Information technology--Economic aspects.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 503 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2006]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 are convinced that knowledge can be managed in sophisticated, rational ways and that networking and information technology are essential tools for doing so. In this collection, experts from North America and Europe look at the transformation of knowledge in the global economy in light of the rapid changes in information technology, the resulting explosion of data, the recognition of intangibles as sources of value and liability, and the increasingly blurred distinction between private and public knowledge. The appeal of the Internet as boundary-spanning knowledge infrastructure, bridging all sectors of the economy, is shadowed by another infrastructure of rights-based contracts, practices, and institutions. The contributors address the ways in which the processes for creating and organizing knowledge interact with information technology, business strategy, and changing social and economic conditions. They discuss the balkanization that results from the complexity of the knowledge economy, the variety of knowledge resources, the great diversity of institutional and market contexts, and competing models of control and cooperation--and of proprietary and non-proprietary knowledge. ContributorsBerglind Asgeirsdottir, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Kim B. Clark, Iain M. Cockburn, Patrick Cohendet, Robin Cowan, Paul A. David, Jan Fagerberg, Brian Fitzgerald, Dominque Foray, Peter A. Freeman, Fred Gault, Dietmar Harhoff, Margaret Hedstrom, C. Suzanne Iacono, Brian Kahin, John Leslie King, Kurt Larsen, Josh Lerner, Bengt-Ake Lundvall, David C. Mowery, Arti K. Rai, Bhaven Sampat, Martin Schaaper, Tom Schuller, W. Edward Steinmueller, Stefan Thomke, Jean Tirole, Reinhilde Veugelers, Stephan Vincent-Lancrin, Eric von Hippel, Andrew Wyckoff

Contents:

1 Prospects for Knowledge Policy / Brian Kahin 1

2 Optimizing the Use of Knowledge / Dominique Foray 9

3 OECD Work on Knowledge and the Knowledge Economy / Berglind Asgeirsdottir 17

I Measuring Knowledge 25

4 Measuring Knowledge and Its Economic Effects: The Role of Official Statistics / Fred Gault 27

5 Assessing Innovation Capacity: Fitting Strategy, Indicators, and Policy to the Right Framework / Reinhilde Veugelers 43

II Knowledge Communities 61

6 Interactive Learning, Social Capital, and Economic Performance / Bengt-Ake Lundvall 63

7 Social Capital, Networks, and Communities of Knowledge / Tom Schuller 75

8 Knowing Communities in Organizations / Patrick Cohendet 91

III The Changing Role of Institutions 111

9 Epistemic Infrastructure in the Rise of the Knowledge Economy / Margaret Hedstrom, John Leslie King 113

10 Universities and the Knowledge Economy / Robin Cowan 135

11 The Impact of ICT on Tertiary Education: Advances and Promises / Kurt Larsen, Stephan Vincent-Lancrin 151

12 The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 and University-Industry Technology Transfer: A Policy Model for Other Governments? / David C. Mowery, Bhaven Sampat 169

IV Knowledge and Place 191

13 The Changing Dynamics of the Global Market for the Highly Skilled / Andrew Wyckoff, Martin Schaaper 193

14 Knowledge in Space: What Hope for the Poor Parts of the Globe? / Jan Fagerberg 217

V New Models of Innovation 235

15 Democratizing Innovation: The Evolving Phenomenon of User Innovation / Eric von Hippel 237

16 Innovation, Experimentation, and Technological Change / Stefan Thomke 257

17 Knowledge, Platforms, and the Division of Labor / W. Edward Steinmueller 277

18 Between "Knowledge" and "The Economy": Notes on the Scientific Study of Designs / Carliss Y. Baldwin, Kim B. Clark 299

VI Models of Control and Cooperation 329

19 Patent Quantity and Quality: Trends and Policy Implications / Dietmar Harhoff 331

20 Blurred Boundaries: Tensions Between Open Scientific Resources and Commercial Exploitation of Knowledge in Biomedical Research / Iain M. Cockburn 351

21 The Economics of Technology Sharing: Open Source and Beyond / Josh Lerner, Jean Tirole 369

22 "Open and Collaborative" Biomedical Research: Theory and Evidence / Arti K. Rai 391

23 Critical Tensions in the Evolution of Open Source Software / Brian Fitzgerald 415

VII Emerging Infrastructure 429

24 Toward a Cyberinfrastructure for Enhanced Scientific Collaboration: Providing Its "Soft" Foundations May Be the Hardest Part / Paul A. David 431

25 Cyberinfrastruture-in-the-Making: Can We Get There from Here? / C. Suzanne Iacono, Peter A. Freeman 455

Contributors and Affiliations 479.

Notes:

"Inspired by a panel on the transformation of knowledge at the Transforming Enterprise conference"--Page x.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262256452

0262256452

9780262113007

0262113007

9780262612142

0262612143

1429416130

9781429416139

OCLC:

76827511

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