389 pages : 27 cm

Selected papers from the OECD Conference on Employment and Growth in the Knowledge-Based Economy, jointly organized by the Danish Ministry of Business and Industry and the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology, and Industry, and held in Copenhagen in November 1994

Proceedings of the OECD Conference on Employment and Growth in the Knowledge-Based Economy, jointly organized by the Danish Ministry of Business and Industry and the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology, and Industry, and held in Copenhagen in November 1994

Includes bibliographical references

pt. I. 1. Technological change and the rise of intangible investments: the US economy's growth-path in the twentieth century / Moses Abramovitz & Paul A. David. 2. Measuring the performance of a knowledge-based economy / Anne P. Carter. 3. Towards the knowledge economy: new institutions for human capital accounting / Riel Miller. 4. The contribution of economic theory to the understanding of a knowledge-based economy / Giovanni Dosi -- pt. II. Information and communication technologies infrastructures / G. Ferne. 5. Information infrastructures and the creation of new markets: Japan's perspective / Ken-ichi Imai. 6. Infrastructure and the delivery of new services / Ian Miles -- pt. III. Firm strategies and human resources development in the knowledge-based economy / G. Vickery. 7. The role of the social partners in designing learning organisations / Ulrich Hilpert. 8. Organisational foundations of the knowledge-based economy / John Matthews. 9. Case study of a knowledge-based company with flexible organisation / Lars Erik Andreason & Lars Kolind. 10. Human resource development in the knowledge-based economy: roles of firms, schools, and governments / David Stern -- pt. IV. Institutional framework conditions for the development of the knowledge-based economy / J. Guinet. 11. Dynamics of R & D-intensive sectors and science and technology policy / Frieder Meyer-Krahmer. 12. The concept of technological service infrastructures: innovation and the creation of good jobs / Niels Chr. Nielson. 13. Institutions of the knowledge-based economy / Michael Storper -- pt. V. Labour demand in a knowledge-based economy / N. Bowers. 14. Information technology and the demand for skills: a perspective on the US experience / David R. Howell. 15. Technology, economic growth and employment: new research from the US department of commerce / Lewis S. Alexander. 16. Wage distribution, social cohesion and the knowledge-based economy / Jean-Paul Fitoussi & Francesco Luna. 17. Subsidising consumer services: effects on employment, welfare and the informal economy / Niels Kleis Frederiksen [and others]. 18. Technology, education and unemployment / Finn Lauritzen [and others]

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