Les Oxley ; Paul Walker ; David Thorns ; Hong Wang - The knowledge economy/society: the latest example of "Measurement without theory"?

jpe:10568 - Journal of Philosophical Economics, November 20, 2008, Volume II Issue 1 - https://doi.org/10.46298/jpe.10568
The knowledge economy/society: the latest example of "Measurement without theory"?Article

Authors: Les Oxley 1; Paul Walker 1; David Thorns 1; Hong Wang 1


The world has embraced a set of concepts (knowledge driven growth) which are seen as the 'core of future growth and wellbeing' without any commonly agreed notion of what they are, how they might be measured, and crucially therefore, how they actually do (or might) affect economic growth and social wellbeing. The theory of how the mechanism works lacks important detail.

https://doi.org/10.46298/jpe.10568
Source: HAL:hal-03704452v1
Volume: Volume II Issue 1
Section: Articles
Published on: November 20, 2008
Imported on: December 28, 2022
Keywords: [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences, [en] knowledge economy, knowledge society, theory of the firm
Licence: Attribution-Non Commercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

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JEL Classification System1
  • B41 - Economic Methodology
  • B59 - Current Heterodox Approaches: Other
  • D21 - Firm Behavior: Theory
  • L22 - Firm Organization and Market Structure
  • L23 - Organization of Production
  • O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
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