The Knowledge-Based Economy: Conceptual Framework or Buzzword?
@article{Godin2006TheKE, title={The Knowledge-Based Economy: Conceptual Framework or Buzzword?}, author={Beno{\^i}t Godin}, journal={The Journal of Technology Transfer}, year={2006}, volume={31}, pages={17-30} }
In the last two decades, concepts have appeared that have influenced and even defined entire science and technology policies in Western countries: high technology, national system of innovation, information economy, knowledge-based economy, and the new economy. In all these policy developments, the OECD, acting as a think tank for its member countries, has been an important promoter of these concepts, turning them into buzzwords. This article looks at the concept of knowledge-based economy in…
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