The Knowledge Economy/Society: The Latest Example of “Measurement Without Theory”?
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Discussion / Working Papers
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Department of Economics
University of Canterbury. Economics.
University of Canterbury. Sociology.
University of Canterbury. Economics.
University of Canterbury. Sociology.
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2008
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Oxley, L.
Walker, P.
Thorns, D.
Wang, H.
Abstract
The world has embraced a set of concepts (knowledge driven growth) which are seen as the ‘core of future growth and wellbeing’ without any commonly agreed notion of what they are, how they might be measured, and crucially therefore, how they actually do (or might) affect economic growth and social wellbeing. The theory of how the mechanism works lacks important detail.
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RePEc Working Papers Series: No. 03/2008
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Oxley, L., Walker, P., Thorns, D., Wang, H. (2008) The Knowledge Economy/Society: The Latest Example of “Measurement Without Theory”?. University of Canterbury. 45pp..
Keywords
knowledge economy, knowledge society, human capital, theory of the firm