Beyond the Knowledge Trap:Developing Asia's Knowledge-Based Economies

Edited by Thomas Menkhoff, Hans-Dieter Evers (), Yue Wah Chay and Eng Fong Pang

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Abstract: Based on the success of the World Scientific publication “Governing and Managing Knowledge” edited by Thomas Menkhoff, Hans-Dieter Evers and Chay Yue Wah in 2005, this unique volume presents 16 new theoretical-practical papers on the strategic aspects of developing knowledge-based economies with case studies from South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines and Uzbekistan. A key question which the book seeks to answer is what Asian policy-makers and leaders in government, economy and society can do to further enhance learning and capability formation so as to foster sustainable development in an increasingly globalized world. It addresses the politico-cultural and socio-economic challenges of effectively managing both knowledge resources and coping with the great digital divide created by globalization, continuous technology innovations and rapid external change. A key objective of the publication is to enable latecomers in the knowledge race to understand some of the critical success factors of sustainable knowledge-based development and what it takes to build a resilient knowledge-based economy.

Keywords: Knowledge for Development (K4D); Knowledge Management (KM); Knowledge Economy; Public Policy; Local Knowledge; Asia (South Korea; Singapore; Malaysia; Thailand; Indonesia; Vietnam; Philippines; Uzbekistan) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
ISBN: 9789814343671
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction: Strategic Aspects of Developing Asia's Knowledge-Based Economies , pp 1-23

Thomas Menkhoff, Hans-Dieter Evers, Yue Wah Chay and Eng Fong Pang

Ch 2 Knowledge Hubs and Knowledge Clusters: A Knowledge Architecture for Development , pp 27-45

Hans-Dieter Evers, Solvay Gerke and Thomas Menkhoff

Ch 3 Using Knowledge as an Engine of Growth: The Case of South Korea , pp 47-86

Derek H. C. Chen

Ch 4 ‘Knowledge Society’ as Academic Concept and Stage of Development: A Conceptual and Historical Review , pp 87-127

Anna-Katharina Hornidge

Ch 5 Measuring Spatial Density: Knowledge Clusters in Malaysia , pp 129-154

Hans-Dieter Evers, Pamela Nienkemper and Benjamin Schraven

Ch 6 The Moment of Truth for Science: The Consequences of the ‘Knowledge Society’ for Society and Science , pp 155-164

Peter Weingart

Ch 7 The Conflicting “Norms” of Science in the Institutionalization of Scientific Knowledge , pp 165-179

Kenneth G. Huang

Ch 8 Korea's Public Research System as a National Knowledge Infrastructure , pp 183-209

Kong-Rae Lee

Ch 9 Practicing Knowledge Management: Thailand's Experience , pp 211-237

Suparb Pasong

Ch 10 Emerging Epistemic Landscapes: Knowledge Clusters in Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta , pp 239-267

Hans-Dieter Evers and Tatjana Bauer

Ch 11 Knowledge Sharing in the Indonesian Context: Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) as Potential Knowledge Hub to Create Value from Academia, Business and Government Linkages , pp 269-298

Jann Hidajat Tjakraatmadja, Agung Wicaksono and Lenny Martini

Ch 12 Achieving Knowledge Economy Status through Good Knowledge Governance: The Singapore KBE Story Revisited , pp 299-324

Thomas Menkhoff, Hans-Dieter Evers, Yue Wah Chay and Solvay Gerke

Ch 13 Knowledge for Poverty Alleviation: A Framework for Developing Intangible Assets of Low-Income Communities , pp 325-360

Serafin D. Talisayon and Jasmin P. Suministrado

Ch 14 Knowledge Loss Managing Local Knowledge in Rural Uzbekistan , pp 361-382

Hans-Dieter Evers and Caleb Wall

Ch 15 Local Knowledge as a Strategic Resource: Fisheries in the Seasonal Floodplains of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam , pp 383-410

Solvay Gerke and Judith Ehlert

Ch 16 Integrating Natural and Social Sciences: Developing a Water Information System for the Mekong Delta , pp 411-420

Thomas Menkhoff, Solvay Gerke and Hans-Dieter Evers

Ch 17 Implementing Knowledge Management in a Geographically Dispersed Organization: The Case of an NGO , pp 421-437

Poornima Luthra and Shan L. Pan

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