Knowledge Economy

“I’m pro-knowledge economy” Mark Zuckerberg

Advancing research, innovation, ranking

To help [India] grow as a knowledge economy, the announcement of the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) is a promising step. However, it remains to be seen how the funding allocated will be diverted towards research and innovation where public-private…

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The Cities on the Sunny Side of the American Economy

“It’s pretty clear that some metropolitan areas are doing really well,” said Andrew McAfee, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “The ingredients to that formula seem to be some combination of great research…

Knowledge EconomyMar 311 min read

Arab world needs more technical innovators, expert says

Abu Zaki, speaking after the launch of Orient Planet’s Arab Knowledge Economy Report 2015 at the Waldorf Astoria hotel on Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, said, “We are not going to achieve high results until we make sure that the people who are…

Knowledge EconomyMar 311 min read

Why Technological Innovation Requires Public Investment

Even more important, the industry and its allies should see in Grove’s remarkable life an inspiration for reviving the active government role in the knowledge economy on which future Andy Groves — and American prosperity more broadly…

Knowledge EconomyMar 311 min read

Horowitz: American Workers Taking Steps to Upgrade Skills

A governing tenet of our new technology-based knowledge economy is that for individuals and the nation as a whole to be successful, we all must constantly upgrade our skills and master new subject areas. As too many of us have…

Knowledge EconomyMar 291 min read

Workers Seek Increased Skills in Knowledge Economy

A recent survey from the Pew Research Center, reveals that 63% of full- and part-time employees have taken steps in the past 12 months to upgrade their knowledge and skills. Lee Rainie, director of internet, science and technology research at…

Knowledge EconomyMar 28

“With a highly educated female population that is eager to secure its fair share in the workforce, Jordan is strategically poised to be a leader and pioneer in the knowledge economy,” said U.S. Ambassador Alice G. Wells at today’s launch, on International Women’s Day, emphasizing the need for an inclusive workforce.

USAID Celebrates Women Entrepreneurs with Jordan “Girls in Tech” Chapter

Knowledge EconomyMar 28

In the resource economy we built infrastructure to get coal and gas to market. In the knowledge economy it is vital that we help connect workers with business, and with each other.

Inaugural Lachlan Macquarie Lecture
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Knowledge EconomyMar 281 min read

Presidents don’t have major effect on the economy

The knowledge economy that was once just a theory has now arrived, he said. Those who are successful in the labor market are college-educated in technological fields.

Knowledge EconomyMar 28

He [Universities Minister Jo Johnson] will say that the “modern knowledge economy” depends on researchers working across borders and point to studies showing overwhelming support for remaining in the EU among scientists and university leaders.

Brexit ‘could mean loss of science superpower status’

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