scholarly journals Structural Challenges of Knowledge-Based Economy in Iran

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mojtaba Valibeigi ◽  
Ahmad Mohammadi ◽  
Mojgan Valibeigi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Economic Surplus ◽  
The Public ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
The Government ◽  
Definition Of

The knowledge-based firms can both flourish and grow and stimulate employment and economic growth. Iranian Knowledge-based firms’ protection law is the protection of small and medium knowledge-based firms which are at their elementary steps of growth and don’t have enough attraction to investors. Knowledge-based firms’ protection law in Iran faces to serious challenges that causes this law will not reach to its aim, same as the other protection laws for reducing unemployment and increasing the economic growth. The aim of the study is investigating of structural challenges of knowledge-based firms in Iran. First challenge is about the definition of these kind of firms which weren’t designed in accordance to demand and the knowledge economy and the learner's economy has been ignored. Second challenge is related to performance mechanisms in financial support and providing the facilities for these kind of firms, which reveals the weakness of mechanisms against the economic surplus and corruption. These challenges caused gaps including the weakness of needed mechanisms for the illegal subsidy banning, dependent situation of the innovation and prosperity fund, Khosoulati pressures, enterprise approach of the government, governmental inter-authority competition and the weakness of participant attraction of the public and private organizations that hinder the movement towards a knowledge-based economy.

The Role of Innovative and Digital Technologies in Transforming Egypt Into a Knowledge-Based Economy

2019 ◽  
pp. 386-400
Author(s):  
Sherif H. Kamel ◽  
Nagla Rizk
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Technology Applications ◽  
The Government

Digital technology, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, and innovative technology applications are gradually transforming businesses and governments in emerging markets making them more competitive and offering opportunities for economic growth and prosperity. This chapter demonstrates Egypt's potential to enable a knowledge society through the deployment of emerging technology tools and applications across different sectors of the society. The chapter analyzes the critical success factors that are necessary for the realization of a digitally driven society where information is seamlessly exchanged for the optimal utilization of resources for decision-making purposes at the government, public, and private sector levels. The chapter highlights the need for the formulation of a nation-wide entrepreneurial ecosystem that promotes a tech-startup culture that can effectively contribute to transforming the society by enabling inclusion, universal access to the internet, more diversified educational opportunities and a comprehensive and conducive environment to development.

scholarly journals DIFFICULTIES IN FORMING A KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY

2018 ◽  
pp. 188-193
Author(s):  
TAMAR DOLIDZE
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Schematic Model ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Statistical Mechanism ◽  
Definition Of

In scientific literature there is no defining explanation and no relevant theoretical model of knowledge and information. Consequently, the definition of the knowledge economy is very eclectic and vague. As a result of the research, we have presented the definition and the general schematic model of knowledge and information. Knowledge is a product that is hard to define due to its nature, which makes it difficult to determine its value It is natural when it is difficult to determine the value of the knowledge as a product it is actually impossible to commercialize it. There is also no adequate statistical mechanism for assessing the knowledge economy. The issue has been insufficiently studied scientifically both in theoretical and quantitative parameters’ point of view. All these and other factors complicate the formation of a knowledge-based economy in developed countries. As for developing countries, in the best case there are only discussions on these issues.

MENA Countries Face the Challenge of the Knowledge-Based Economy

2022 ◽  
pp. 150-202
Author(s):  
Olfa Boussetta ◽  
Najeh Aissaoui ◽  
Fethi Sellaouti
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
International Comparisons ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Dynamic Panel Data ◽  
Mena Countries ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Endogenous Growth Model ◽  
Education Innovation

The growing interest in the knowledge economy raises many questions about its effect on economic growth. The study aims to position a set of MENA countries in the context of the knowledge economy compared to developed countries. It also detects theoretically and empirically the knowledge effect on economic growth. To do this, the authors have estimated an endogenous growth model, using the dynamic panel data technique, for a sample of 16 MENA countries over 1995-2014. The results show that, despite the significant improvements that have registered in the knowledge economy pillars, the selected countries are still lagging compared to developed countries. Far from international comparisons, the internal effects of these knowledge pillars (education, innovation, ICT, institutional regime) on growth are positive and highly significant.

Green Audit for the Environmental Sustainability

2019 ◽  
pp. 45-58
Author(s):  
Ganga G.
Keyword(s):  
Health Risks ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Human Health Risks ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
The Government ◽  
Or Organization

Green Audit works as an environmental consultancy and reviews organizations with the aim of monitoring the performance of companies and organizations whose activities might threaten the environment and the health of citizens. Green Audit is to give citizens the information they need to be able to question when an institute or organization is destroying the environment which we all depend on. Most of the public and private organizations do not have suitable strategies to inspect or suggest the control measures be taken to avoid or reduce such environmental risk, which provided the impetus for the establishment of Green Audit. Green Audit undertakes and supports independent studies in the general areas of environmental public health, pollution, energy efficiency, and social and policy research in relevant areas. It has become increasingly clear that the scientific measurement and appraisal of human health risks, including pollution, are in the hands of the government and establishment-controlled organizations.

Botswana’s Novel Approaches for Knowledge-Based Economy Facilitation

2011 ◽  
pp. 45-56
Author(s):  
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
The Public ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
The Government

The Vision 2016, which is a set of strategic plans desired to position Botswana at the completive edge of the socio-economic hierarchy in Africa, is being implemented with concerted efforts from both the private and the public sector, including ordinary citizens. One of the major motivations for drawing this strategy has been the desire to transform Botswana from a resource and industry-based (e.g. agriculture and diamond mining) to knowledge-based economy. This has come from the realisation that in order to compete favourably at a global scale, there is need to put in place efficient knowledge value chains. To this course, several initiatives have been devised and/or implemented by both the government and the public sector. This article surveys the fundamental concepts on which this paradigm shift is hinged and brings out the different issues, initiatives and policies (such as Information and Communications Technology development, nurturing of an appropriate human resource base by way of strategic human resource development plans, investment in intellectual capital, etc.) that have been done so far in Botswana. The article, however, does not claim that it offers a compendium of existing programs towards a knowledge-based economy initiated by Botswana. The article posits that although significant strides have been scored in Botswana’s efforts towards a knowledge-based economy, a lot more needs to be done if it were to compete favourably at an international stage.

Botswana's Novel Approaches for Knowledge-Based Economy Facilitation

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
The Public ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
The Government

The Vision 2016, which is a set of strategic plans desired to position Botswana at the completive edge of the socio-economic hierarchy in Africa, is being implemented with concerted efforts from both the private and the public sector, including ordinary citizens. One of the major motivations for drawing this strategy has been the desire to transform Botswana from a resource and industry-based (e.g. agriculture and diamond mining) to knowledge-based economy. This has come from the realisation that in order to compete favourably at a global scale, there is need to put in place efficient knowledge value chains. To this course, several initiatives have been devised and/or implemented by both the government and the public sector. This article surveys the fundamental concepts on which this paradigm shift is hinged and brings out the different issues, initiatives and policies (such as Information and Communications Technology development, nurturing of an appropriate human resource base by way of strategic human resource development plans, investment in intellectual capital, etc.) that have been done so far in Botswana. The article, however, does not claim that it offers a compendium of existing programs towards a knowledgebased economy initiated by Botswana. The article posits that although significant strides have been scored in Botswana’s efforts towards a knowledge-based economy, a lot more needs to be done if it were to compete favourably at an international stage.

The Contested Nature of Graduate Labour

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerbrand Tholen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Specialized Knowledge ◽  
The Public ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Modern Capitalism ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy

This chapter assesses the dominant understanding of what graduate labour is. This continues to influence how we currently understand the work that graduates perform, their status, and the role of higher education in the economy. The chapter outlines the discourse on modern capitalism and in particular the knowledge economy and explains how it changed our vision of the graduate labour market. Contemporary society is portrayed as ever more complex, differentiated, and dependent on specialized knowledge. As a result graduate workers are understood to have a special place within the economy and labour market and their skills and abilities to be crucial for economic development. The chapter then contrasts these ideas with academic contributions criticizing the main assumptions of the knowledge-based economy discourse. Yet despite these contributions, the dominant discourse has not been fundamentally changed or been fundamentally challenged within the public domain.

scholarly journals Infrastructure Policy and Economic Growth: Case of Hong Kong

1970 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-79
Author(s):  
R Y C Tse ◽  
John Raftery
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Market Efficiency ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Investment Risk ◽  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Infrastructure Policy ◽  
The Government

The article argues that in most infrastructure projects, the government has to take up aleading role in managing the development of strategic infrastructure. This article alsodiscusses the value of an integrated approach linking the public and private sectors ininfrastructure investment. Such an integrated approach reflects both the need to buildagreement between various interested parties, and also the strength of the privatesector, whose forces may be effectively combined with foreign ventures. By so doingthe investment risk can be minimised and maximum market efficiency can be achieved

scholarly journals Role of Higher Education in Creation of Knowledge Economy in Punjab, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (36) ◽  
pp. 38-50
Author(s):  
Sajida Parveen ◽  
Babak Mahmood ◽  
Saira Siddiqui ◽  
Ayesha Ch. ◽  
Mudassar Mushtaq
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Access To Knowledge ◽  
Capital Development ◽  
Gathering Data

Knowledge is working as an engine in achieving sustainable economic development goals for societies who are shifting from labor intensive economy to knowledge based economy like Pakistan. Education works like a backbone in knowledge based economies. Hence, the current research is planned to find out that is the educational institutions of Pakistan are contribution in production of new knowledge or not. Survey was the technique used by researcher for collection of information. Tool for gathering data was questionnaire and sample was selected from six public and private universities of Punjab Pakistan by applying simple random technique while the sample size was comprised of 606 respondents. Both descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were considered to analyze the data. Association found between the efforts made by higher educational institutions by providing access to knowledge, rich infrastructure, funds, incentives, research and development, human capital development, collaboration with industry and creation of knowledge economy.

The Noise Abatement Campaign in Industrializing Japan, 1923–37

Resonance ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-327
Author(s):  
Shuhei Hosokawa
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
Political Responsibility ◽  
Noise Abatement ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Causal Responsibility ◽  
Kanto Earthquake ◽  
Definition Of

Drawing on Karin Bijsterveld’s triple definition of noise as ownership, political responsibility, and causal responsibility, this article traces how modern Japan problematized noise, and how noise represented both the aspirational discourse of Western civilization and the experiential nuisance accompanying rapid changes in living conditions in 1920s Japan. Primarily based on newspaper archives, the analysis will approach the problematic of noise as it was manifested in different ways in the public and private realms. In the public realm, the mid-1920s marked a turning point due to the reconstruction work after the Great Kantô Earthquake (1923) and the spread of the use of radios, phonographs, and loudspeakers. Within a few years, public opinion against noise had been formed by a coalition of journalists, police, the judiciary, engineers, academics, and municipal officials. This section will also address the legal regulation of noise and its failure; because public opinion was “owned” by middle-class (sub)urbanites, factory noises in downtown areas were hardly included in noise abatement discourse. Around 1930, the sounds of radios became a social problem, but the police and the courts hesitated to intervene in a “private” conflict, partly because they valued radio as a tool for encouraging nationalist mobilization and transmitting announcements from above. In sum, this article investigates the diverse contexts in which noise was perceived and interpreted as such, as noise became an integral part of modern life in early 20th-century Japan.

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