The Economics of Structural Change in Knowledge

This book provides an elaboration upon the concept of knowledge from an economic viewpoint. However this is not a book on economics of knowledge, at least not in the conventional sense. Most of the existing books on the matter have focused on the treatment of knowledge in terms of properties of knowledge as an economic good, incentive schemes for the creation of knowledge, issues about the codified/tacit nature of knowledge and the like. Part 1: Overview 1. Structural Change and the Knowledge-Base Economy: An International Overview Part 2: The Theory 2. Structural Change and the Long Run Dynamics of Economic Growth 3. The Economics of Technological Knowledge 4. Structural Change and Knowledge Structure: An Integrated Framework Part 3: Application 5. The Implementation of Knowledge Structure Methodological Implicatioin 6. The Internal Structure of Technological Knowledge and Productivity Growth: Cross-Country Evidence from the ICT Sector 7. Evolutionary Patterns of Knowledge Structure in Biotechnology 8. Knowledge, Structural Change and Productivity: A Special Focus on Italian Regions 9. The Co-Evolution of Knowledge and Economic Structure. Evidence from European Regionis 10. Conclusion