Prospectus for national knowledge assessment / Committee on Knowledge Assessment, Office of International Affairs, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Knowledge Assessment.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology--Economic aspects.

Information technology.

Knowledge management.

Economic indicators.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (30 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Prospectus for National Knowledge Assessment""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT""; ""NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM""; ""NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM""; ""VIRTUAL CASE STUDIES OF SENTINEL ENTERPRISES""; ""DATA COLLECTION AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""NEXT STEPS""; ""Briefings and Simulation""; ""Pilot Project""; ""Results Expected""; ""1 What Is a National Knowledge Assessment? ""; ""CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY DRIVE NEW WAYS OF DOING BUSINESS.""; ""HOW DID THE CONCEPT ORIGINATE?""; ""WHERE ARE THE BARRIERS ON THE PATH TO DEVELOPMENT?""

""THE KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE""""WHAT IS A NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM?""; ""WHAT ARE VIRTUAL CASE STUDIES?""; ""ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES""; ""Motivation""; ""Cultural and political climate""; ""Economic incentives or disincentives""; ""National and industrial leadership""; ""Data and IPR protection""; ""Corruption""; ""Bureaucracy""; ""Training consumers to use technology""; ""Culture of innovation""; ""Creation""; ""Local generation of knowledge""; ""Access""; ""Knowledge and information""; ""Information infrastructure""; ""Language""; ""Openness in society""; ""Assimilation""

""Information quality and attention management""""Human resources""; ""Learning institutions""; ""Research laboratories""; ""Knowledge parks""; ""Management culture""; ""Diffusion""; ""Flow of knowledge""; ""Consortia of industries""; ""Use""; ""Banking sector, venture capital""; ""Management, financial, and technical services""; ""HOW MAY KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT BE USED?""; ""Building Constituencies for Knowledge-Based Activities""; ""Making Comparisons Among Countries""; ""Star diagram""; ""Leapfrogging""; ""OTHER PUBLISHED INDICATOR REPORTS""

""OECD Reviews of National Science and Technology Policy""""National Systems of Innovation (NSI)""; ""NSF Indicator Reports""; ""Other NSF-Sponsored Reports""; ""International Institute of Management Development World Competitiveness Yearbook""; ""2 How to Do a Knowledge Assessment ""; ""NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM""; ""HOW TO CHART THE NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM""; ""HOW TO DO THE VIRTUAL CASE STUDIES""; ""Selection of Sentinel Enterprises""; ""HOW ARE RECOMMENDATIONS FORMULATED?""; ""3 Next Steps ""; ""BRIEFINGS AND SIMULATION OF VIRTUAL CASE STUDIES""; ""PILOT PROJECT""

""Establish Template and Metrics""""Proving the Process""; ""Feedback and Evaluation""; ""Manual of Operations""; ""TIMELINE""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.