Abstract
The Knowledge Society Development Barometer is a globally unique instrument for measuring countries' technological and scientific expertise and development. Based on a ample literature on innovation and technological development, it consists of nine indicators providing index-type key values to measure the state of technology at a given moment. The barometer is based on models depicting society's development as it evolves from an information society via a knowledge society towards a knowledge-value society. Its data illustrate a transitional phase and give an overall impression of how far we have come in our journey to a knowledge-value society. Interestingly enough, reaching the knowledge-value society stage seems to correlate with a high GDP per capita and low unemployment rates.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 323 - 335 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsvraagstukken |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- information society
- knowledge society
- knowledge-value society
- R&D policy
- innovation and technological change
- competitiveness