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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784816703321

Autore

Room Graham

Titolo

The European challenge : innovation, policy learning and social cohesion in the new knowledge economy / / Graham Room ; in collaboration with Jacob Dencik [and six others] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK : , : Policy Press, , 2005

ISBN

1-281-15983-2

9786611159832

1-84742-135-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 200 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

338.064094

Soggetti

Knowledge management - Economic aspects - European Union countries

Knowledge economy - European Union countries

European Union countries Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jan 2022).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; THE EUROPEAN CHALLENGE - Innovation, policy learning and social cohesion in the new knowledge economy; Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface; ONE - The new knowledge-based economy; TWO - The EU response; THREE - Growth and stability; FOUR - Dynamics and innovation; FIVE - Enterprise and organisational change; SIX - Human investment and learning; SEVEN - Social cohesion and inclusion; EIGHT - Models and measurement; NINE - Benchmarking and governance; TEN - Globalisation and the knowledge economy; Endnotes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Economic and social change is accelerating under the twin impact of globalisation and the new information technologies. This book addresses questions of change with particular reference to the European Union, which has made the development of a socially cohesive, knowledge-based economy its central task for the present decade.