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An investigation of contextual factors influencing the development of a sustainable knowledge economy.

机译：对影响可持续知识经济发展的背景因素进行调查。

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In the current world economy, the most technologically advanced economies are knowledge-based. These countries have utilized knowledge as a crucial factor in production. Information and knowledge are directly productive forces in the knowledge economy, and information becomes the critical raw material of processes and organizations. As governments initiate efforts to develop knowledge production processes in a knowledge economy, the means to develop a sustainable knowledge economy becomes relevant.;Three broad veins categorize existing research on the knowledge economy at the macro level. The first looks at theoretical conceptualizations of a secondary information sector that leverages output from the primary information sector for production. The second focuses on specific industries. The third uses innovation as a proxy to study the knowledge economy empirically.;The concept of knowledge work is abstract. However, using innovation as a proxy for the knowledge economy, knowledge work can be defined as work involving creation from internalized information. Sustaining innovation then, is partially based on the concept of continuous learning. Therefore, a sustainable knowledge economy can be empirically studied by its base for continuous learning. Using these concepts, this research has two guiding research questions, (1) What contextual factors facilitate continuous learning for a sustainable knowledge economy? and (2) How do these contextual factors affect the sustainability of a knowledge economy?;In this research, three interpretive case studies were executed to study empirically the contextual factors that implicate continuous learning in three regions---San Joaquin Valley, in California, U.S.A., Ennis, in Ireland, and Singapore. These interpretive case studies utilize the Influence-Impact Model from Trauth's work (2000) on the information economy in Ireland. The model stresses the important roles played by four contextual factors in the development of an information economy---infrastructure, public policy, economy, and culture. This research employs a theoretical elaboration of this Model to study the development of a sustainable knowledge economy in three regions.;In these case studies, three data collection methods---in-depth interviews, document reviews, and participant observation, were triangulated. The results were comprised of 12 common themes across these three regions. These themes were further abstracted for discussion under the four contextual factors to show their inter-relations with one another. In the discussion, three broad implications involving knowledge work, structure of the economy, and social challenges, constitute layers upon which future researchers can build on for different perspectives and empirical investigations.;In conclusion, this study makes three theoretical contributions. First, it shows the validity of applying the Influence-Impact Model to study the knowledge economy and varied economic contexts. Second, it shows the inter-relations among the four factors of the Influence-Impact Model, thus, justifying an integrated approach in studying the sustainable knowledge economy. Finally, in using this model, this study developed an in-depth understanding of the knowledge economy that captures the abstract and dynamic characteristics of knowledge work. This level of understanding forms an impetus for further empirical approaches to study a knowledge economy. In addition, the findings constitute a guiding framework for policymakers to focus their investigations on various local conditions to develop locally sensitive policies.
机译：在当前的世界经济中，技术最先进的经济体是基于知识的。这些国家已经将知识用作生产中的关键因素。信息和知识是知识经济中的直接生产力，信息成为流程和组织的重要原材料。随着政府开始努力发展知识经济中的知识生产过程，发展可持续的知识经济的方法就变得很重要。三大方面将现有的关于知识经济的研究从宏观层面进行分类。第一部分着眼于辅助信息部门的理论概念，该概念利用了主要信息部门的输出进行生产。第二个重点是特定行业。第三，以创新为代理，对经验经济进行实证研究。知识工作的概念是抽象的。但是，使用创新作为知识经济的代名词，知识工作可以定义为涉及从内部信息创造的工作。因此，持续创新部分基于持续学习的概念。因此，可以通过持续学习的基础经验地研究可持续的知识经济。使用这些概念，本研究有两个指导性研究问题：（1）哪些背景因素有助于持续学习以实现可持续的知识经济？ （2）这些情境因素如何影响知识经济的可持续性？；在本研究中，进行了三个解释性案例研究，以实证研究暗示在三个地区进行持续学习的情境因素：加利福尼亚州的圣华金河谷，美国，爱尔兰的Ennis和新加坡。这些解释性案例研究利用了Trauth（2000）关于爱尔兰信息经济的影响模型。该模型强调了四个背景因素在信息经济发展中的重要作用-基础设施，公共政策，经济和文化。这项研究采用了该模型的理论阐述，以研究三个地区的可持续知识经济的发展;在这些案例研究中，对三种数据收集方法-深度访谈，文档审阅和参与者观察进行了三角剖分。结果由这三个地区的12个共同主题组成。这些主题在四个上下文因素下被进一步抽象化以进行讨论，以显示它们之间的相互关系。在讨论中，涉及知识工作，经济结构和社会挑战的三个广泛含义构成了未来的研究者可以基于不同观点和实证研究的层次。总之，本研究做出了三个理论贡献。首先，它表明了运用影响力影响模型研究知识经济和变化的经济环境的有效性。其次，它显示了影响力影响模型的四个因素之间的相互关系，从而证明了研究可持续知识经济的综合方法是合理的。最后，通过使用该模型，本研究对知识经济进行了深入的了解，该知识捕捉了知识工作的抽象和动态特征。这种理解水平为进一步的经验方法研究知识经济提供了动力。此外，调查结果为决策者提供了一个指导框架，使他们可以将调查重点放在各种当地情况上，以制定当地敏感的政策。

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    Yeo, Jwee Kiat Benjamin.;

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    The Pennsylvania State University.;

  • 授予单位 The Pennsylvania State University.;
  • 学科 Information Science.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2007
  • 页码 368 p.
  • 总页数 368
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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