Cocoa VI : Proceedings of the international school - Villa Gualino -May-june, 1999 / A.V. Geramita

• Record Nr.: UNINA990008246720403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Kingston : Queen's papers, c2001
• ISBN: 0-88911-856-6
• Descrizione fisica: iv, 275 p. ; 24 cm
• Collana: Queen's papers in pure and applied mathematics ; 120
• Disciplina: 512
• Locazione: MA1
• Collocazione: C-44-(120
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Knowledge economy and sustainable economic development [[electronic resource] ] : a critical review / / Thanh Tuyen Nguyen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456244103321
• Autore: Nguyễn Thanh Tuyền
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : De Gruyter Saur, c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-88530-8; 9786612885303; 3-598-44157-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (391 p.)
• Collana: Knowledge & information. Studies in information science
• Classificazione: MS 6950
• Disciplina: 303.48/3309597
• Soggetti: Knowledge management - Economic aspects - Vietnam; Information technology - Economic aspects - Vietnam; Sustainable development - Technological innovations - Vietnam; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. The Thachsanh connection -- Chapter 2. The global economy: Perspectives on the exchange of knowledge for material -- Chapter 3. Knowledge economy for sustainable development: reality or utopia? -- Chapter 4. The cultural context of Vietnam -- Chapter 5. Policy achievements and challenges -- Chapter 6. Vietnam and the knowledge economy -- Chapter 7. Identifying key issues -- Chapter 8. Rural Vietnam -- Chapter 9. Indigenous Knowledge -- Chapter 10. ICT Nonusers -- Chapter 11. Intensive ICT users -- Chapter 12. Virtual worlds -- Chapter 13. The Vietnamese ICT industry -- Chapter 14. Sustainable development or permanent scarcity? -- Chapter 15. The exchange of mind for mass -- Chapter 16. Metatypes for knowledge promotion and the enhancement of domestic value -- Chapter 17. Conclusions and guidelines for policy: Seeking Thachsanh's inexhaustible rice bowl in the 21st century -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: In this book, the author focuses on the intersection of two major bodies of policy and practice: knowledge economy and ICTs on one hand, and sustainable economic development on the other. It aims to provide a broad-ranging account of the social and economic terrain demarcated by this intersection in order to reach conclusions and offer guidelines for policy development. Although based on the case of a developing country (Vietnam) its analyses, arguments and conclusions are of universal relevance. Key features comprehensive picture of a society from the perspective of knowledge for development