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The EconomyBy Mapaseka Ayanda Dube
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What is the knowledge economy?
• Knowledge has become the main resource• The pace of innovation is accelerating
(not only in products and services, but also in processes, markets, sourcing, business models, etc.)
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Capital
Knowledge
Land
Labor
Agricultural age
Industrial age
Knowledge age
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Are terms like Knowledge “Economy” and “Information Society” useful? For what? Views vary ...
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All sound and fury - not really much serious
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All sound and fury - not really much serious
change
A lot of action, but no strong common
themes, no central axis for a new social
formation
A lot of action, but no strong common
themes, no central axis for a new social
formation
A lot of action, but the ground-rules stay the
same
A lot of action, but the ground-rules stay the
same
A lot of change, some fundamentals are
shifting
A lot of change, some fundamentals are
shifting
A lot of change, shaking the foundations of institutional
structures
A lot of change, shaking the foundations of institutional
structures
Immense change in the nature of societies – value creation,
equality, power, leadership, etc…
Immense change in the nature of societies – value creation,
equality, power, leadership, etc…
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UniversalThings like….
- Laws of Nature
- Essential
natures of things
- Mathematical and logical theorems
Plato
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Key Features
•Information Society •Knowledge Economy
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TECHNOLOGICAL
1)Hard to differentiate; so common list:
Internet; computers, comm standards, e-devices; cross-discipline techs,
2) Diffusion of tech from large institutions to individuals, empowerment: Internet – user-generated content and software
3) IS – advent of computers; KIS: mode 2; biotechnologies
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• Limited supply
• Unlimited demand
• Law of demand and supply
• Market mechanism of coordination & ownership
• Price takers vs. price makers
Figure: Craven, John (1990): Introduction to Economics, p.61
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TRADITIONAL ECONOMY
Supply, Demand & Equilibrium
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Knowledge has different properties
• Low rivalry (usually said non-rivalry)Use by one person does not diminish it
• Low excludability (usually said partial excludability)It is difficult to prevent others from using it
• Knowledge is both input and outputToday’s innovations feed tomorrow’s
In other words…• Knowledge is an infinite resource• Knowledge tends to spread
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High first-copy costs (Fixed costs)
Low marginal costs
Declining infrastructure costs (processing, storage, bandwidth)
Economies of networks
Abundance rather than scarcity Amazon: 2,3 Mio books Bookshop: 40-100.000 books Figures: compiled by author, based on Stahler (2001): Geschaftsmodelle in der digitalen Okonomie, p.197
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DIGITAL ECONOMY
DIGITAL GOODS HAVE…
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Over-supply Increasing storage & processing capacity
at decreasing costs Unlimited “shelf-space” of digital
businesses
Demand Irrational behavior with free products
No cost-benefit analysis at zero price Difficult to map utility No-cost = no disadvantage
Power of competition Webmail: Google & Yahoo
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FREE ECONOMY
CHARACTERISTICS
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• Choice under scarcity
• Self interest vs max profit
• Max Utility with limited budget
• Substitute & Income effect influence demand
Figure: Mankiw, N. Gregory and Taylor, Mark P. (2006): Microeconomics: Microeconomics, p.432
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TRADITIONAL ECONOMY
Consumer Behavior
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Problems with this “Information Sector” Approach
“Information Occupations” are not the only Information-Processors. They are specialised and visible ... but are they more significant, more sophisticated? Would new IT be used to replace human effort especially here? Problems of Classification:
(a) Boundary Cases(b) Heterogeneity
Periodisation issues – in what way is “information society” (in this view) now a new stage rather than a step in a trend?
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Organizational level• External issues
• Scan the environment (e.g., public policies, S&T development, competitors’ behavior, etc.
• Improve knowledge creation and transfer through collaborative arrangements and acquisitions
• Open channels with customers and society• Internal issues
• Develop absorptive and innovative capacity• Manage knowledge work and workers• Explore contracting and outsourcing alternatives
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Sectoral Workforce skills (educational levels)
Agriculture
Manufacturing
HORECA
Trade Transport
Pub. Admin.
Other Sers.
FIRE
Education
Business Sers._ Health & Soc.
Sers.
HIGH SKILL
LOW SKILL
MEDIUM SKILL
Data on EU workforce, 2000
Knowledge-intensive services
Low-skill services
Medium-skill services
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Firms and Sectors
• Society (concept of eco-services, informal economy and self-services)
• Formal Economy (in-house services, plus services delivered to others - sometimes sold - by non-service firms)
• Services Sectors (main activity concept of eco-services)
• Knowledge-Intensive Services• Business-Related Services• Business Services• Knowledge-Intensive Business Services
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Firms and Sectors
Society
Formal Economy
Services Sectors
Knowledge-Intensive Services
Business-Related Services
Business Services
Knowledge-Intensive Business Services
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Porat’s Picture
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4 sector aggregation of
US workforce
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Agricultural Industrial Information
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Knowledge Economy
• Less of a technological focus….• Less specifically information technology…• Greater reliance on innovation and thus on innovation-
facilitating knowledge in industry – increasing R&D, dependence on hi-tech products and processes
• (Other types of knowledge important too – for innovation and coordination – thus greater share of knowledge workers and use of KIBS)
• Increased investment in knowledge production (=R&D), distribution (=education), management (knowledge management), etc.
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References
• Christian Dahlhausen, Dirk Schreiber, Rainer Clement(2008), Free Economy. University of Applied Science
• Ian Miles(2008), Knowledge Economy and Information Society.
• Ian Miles (2009), Knowledge Intensive Service firms, sectors, systems.Centre for Service Research & MIoIR,Manchester Business School
• Katsuhiro Umemoto (2006), The Knowledge Economy and the Knowledge Society.
• Stephen Downes(2007), Future Knowledge Society.