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This paper investigates how digitalization contributes to inclusive development by analyzing global panel data using fixed-effect models. The main finding is the reverse U-shaped relationship between digitalization and inequality reduction. By testing the moderation and mediation effects, we further illustrate the intricate dynamics of digitalization on inequality. The findings suggest that while digitalization fosters inclusive institutions, it may also foster polarized relationships. Furthermore, we demonstrate that reverse U-shaped effects are particularly pronounced in countries in the global south, indicating a diffusion of relational norms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article draws on an (auto)ethnographic study of a group of freelance fashion professionals, known as 'fashion agents', with a particular focus on their relationship to time. It aims to elucidate the temporalities that permeate their work lives and shape their subjectivities, which I coin as anticipatory subjectivities. Such subjectivities, I posit, are emblematic of the conditions of flexibilisation, precarity and hopeful investment in the future characteristic of contemporary cultural industries and, more broadly, late capitalist knowledge economies. I propose that agents' life-worlds are permeated by a promissory regime – i.e., living in anticipation of constantly deferred, adjourned and unsecured rewards. Such a regime produces subjectivities that are premised on a hopeful emotional investment in the future, coupled with a preparedness for, and a capacity to navigate, incalculable risks. Another feature of the 'timescapes' that agents have to negotiate is the simultaneity of multiple fluid, unstructured and often conflicting temporalities and tempos, which requires a particular kind of time-competence. Finally, the article also foregrounds the importance, in agents' temporal orientations, of kairos : the right, opportune moment. Such a moment is normally perceived as being just about to happen; yet, it cannot be orchestrated or precipitated. As a result, one of agents' key temporal experiences is that of waiting, which de-subjectivises them and inhibits their capacity to act. Together, these time-orientations – anticipation, managing multiple temporalities and a hopeful waiting for kairos – underpin and foster subjectivities and forms of affective labour that sustain the cultural industries; they are also emblematic of the temporal conditions of late capitalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the era of the knowledge economy, how to resolve the paradox of openness so as to realise open innovation and promote the development of indigenous innovation has become an urgent problem for enterprises to solve. This study selects Huawei Hisilicon as the research object to conduct an exploratory single case study and draws the following conclusions: (1) open paradox has stages and the main paradox problems are different at varying stages; (2) enterprises should adopt different open-innovation modes to promote indigenous innovation and different strategies to solve the paradoxes at different development stages. In addition, this paper divided inbound open innovation into dependent and dominant types and revealed the specific forms of the paradox of openness, which have important theoretical and practical value for enterprises to resolve the paradox of openness and realise open innovation to promote the development of indigenous innovation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Contemporary politics require a swift and responsive policy‐making approach to respond to emergency situations quickly and to anticipate them in a strategic manner. Maintaining decision‐making agility in times of urgency makes it necessary to think ahead of stress‐impacting situations. To increase systemic resilience, policies must be designed in an adaptive way. Strategic options, futurity of policies and potential futures must be elaborated and kept in sight when developing policies. Anticipatory governance and strategic foresight activities are elements of such an adaptive governance mode. To transform decision‐making in a future‐oriented way, these forward‐planning elements need to be institutionalised to support governance resilience. This article asks how anticipatory governance and strategic foresight are embedded within EU multilevel governance. It investigates the EU Better Regulation Agenda to understand how anticipatory governance already contributes to EU governance. Additionally, it discusses how the institutionalisation of strategic foresight can contribute to EU anticipatory governance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Definition: "The Emergence of Neuroleadership in the Knowledge Economy" explores the field of neuroleadership in today's constantly changing economy, highlighting the transition from traditional leadership to neuroleadership. Neuroleadership renders itself as a novel approach to the leadership theory, which brings together insights from neuroscience, psychology, and leadership studies. It emphasizes understanding the workings of the brain and human behavior in order to drive leadership effectiveness, at individual, team, and organizational levels. Additionally, the knowledge economy is characterized by the significant role of knowledge and intellectual capital when it comes to driving economic growth and organizational development. It highlights the creation, dissemination, and sharing of knowledge as important pillars for productivity and competitive advantage, shaping industries and transforming leadership traditional models. Through an extensive literature review and by employing the Dulewicz and Higgs leadership model, the authors showcase what are the intellectual, managerial, and emotional competencies that make neuroleadership the next natural step in leading teams and organizations. This article proposes a comparative matrix between traditional leaders and neuroleaders, and highlights a novel framework for better understanding neuroleadership. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 2010, Chinaʼs government promulgated policies that, within a decade, saw early childhood education universalised across China. In this mixed‐method study, we examine how a preschool advocacy coalition convinced the government to embrace these policies at a time when China was classified as a low and middle‐income country by the World Bank. We posit that, in large part, this was because advocates combined both moral and economic development arguments and, by so doing, built a coalition that included educators, parents and actors with the influence and political skills required to provide coordinated leadership and governance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study aims to assess the impact of economic diversification and digitalization on economic growth in Saudi Arabia during the period 1990-2021. We have looked into this relationship in both the overall economic and non-oil economic sectors using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) cointegration approach. The empirical results offer compelling evidence that economic diversification and digitization affect economic growth both directly and indirectly through their effects on non-oil GDP growth. The findings indicate that there is a long-run dynamic between economic growth, economic diversification, and digitalization. In the long run, digitalization contributes to the progress of non-oil economic growth and, therefore, sustainable economic growth. In addition, the causality test revealed that economic diversification develops the economy of new knowledge, which reinforces economic diversification, and non-oil economic growth supports digitalization. Consequently, digitalization played an important role in the Kingdom's economic transition toward economic diversification. Indeed, our results prove that digitalization increases non-oil income and then reduces the supremacy of the oil sector in the economy, which promotes economic diversification. The KSA authority must accelerate the energetic transition process in order to support economic diversification and attract more foreign investment in information and communication technologies (ICTs). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reflexive Migration Studies has emerged as a subfield of Migration Studies. Drawing on moral economy perspectives, we explore how the entanglement of, and tensions between, moral and economic rationalities shape the development of a field of knowledge production in which we ourselves partake. Clearly, Reflexive Migration Studies has not emerged in a vacuum but through socio-material practices and in a specific scientific context and community. Using the case of the Migration Studies landscape in Germany, we suggest that a moral economies perspective allows us to examine the production of knowledge infrastructures, scholarly identities, and research outputs that are key in creating a new academic field. By scrutinizing these infrastructures, identities, and outputs, we point to tensions between some of the morally charged claims and the material conditions and labour contexts of doing Reflexive Migration Studies. With our contribution, we want to raise questions regarding the direction that we, as scholars participating in the field, are taking. We see the risk that the critique brought forward in Reflexive Migration Studies falters in light of prevailing economies of scientific knowledge production and academic labour. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the rapid development of knowledge economy, the importance of knowledge sharing in the field of higher education is becoming more and more prominent, and university teachers as an important subject, the evaluation of their knowledge sharing level can better understand the status quo and problems of knowledge sharing of university teachers and take timely measures to make greater contributions to the development of universities and social progress. This paper selects willingness of knowledge sharing, ability of knowledge sharing, atmosphere for knowledge sharing, content of knowledge sharing, and the effectiveness of knowledge sharing as indicators for improvement and integration of AHP, Critic, and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation. The weights obtained are coupled and assigned, and finally, the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method is used to evaluate and rank the level of knowledge sharing among university teachers. Based on the weight of the five indicators, the article determines the impact of these indicators on the level of knowledge sharing among university teachers and provides corresponding suggestions, hoping to provide references for universities and relevant government departments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reflections on the state of Geography around the globe have noted multiple challenges and opportunities—including a call for the reconfiguring of the discipline as a critical space of care and praxis (Daya, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 47, 9, 2022). Such a call is indelibly connected to broader conversations on the politics of knowledge production and critical engagements with cultures of knowledge production. In order to realise the reconfiguring of the discipline, it is imperative to engage with the multi‐scalar politics and practices of knowledge production, to look beyond global inequalities and critically examine the intra‐national inequities and structural biases of knowledge production. Through a focus on South African Human Geography and detailed analysis of publication data and interviews with staff at universities across the country, we critically examine how the 'haunting' of apartheid legacies contributes to a double‐peripheralisation of staff at historically disadvantaged institutions while critical conversations remain 'whispered in corridors'. This more granular engagement with the politics and practices of knowledge production highlights the entwining of intra‐ and inter‐national privilege which produces a mosaic of 'cores' and 'peripheries' in the uneven landscape of knowledge production that requires critical scholars to engage with on multiple scales in order to realise a more just and equitable knowledge economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Few studies of post-Columbian animal economies in the Americas elaborate on the influence of traditional Indigenous knowledge on colonial economies. A vertebrate collection from Santa Elena (1566–87 CE, South Carolina, USA), the original Spanish capital of La Florida, offers the opportunity to examine that influence at the first European-sponsored capital north of Mexico. Santa Elena's animal economy was the product of dynamic interactions among multiple actors, merging preexisting traditional Indigenous practices, particularly traditional fishing practices, with Eurasian animal husbandry to produce a new cultural form. A suite of wild vertebrates long used by Indigenous Americans living on the southeastern North Atlantic coast contributes 87% of Santa Elena's noncommensal individuals and 63% of the noncommensal biomass. Examples of this strategy are found in vertebrate collections from subsequent Spanish and British settlements. This suggests the extent to which colonists at the Spanish-sponsored colony adopted some Indigenous animal-use practices, especially those related to fishing, and the speed with which this occurred. The new cultural form persisted into the nineteenth century and continues to characterize local cuisines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The insistence on knowledge accumulation in modern educational discourses has led to the formation of exclusive dichotomies in various forms, most tangibly observable in the division of people into 'knowledgeable' and 'unknowledgeable'. What underlies this dichotomy is a conception of rationality based on which knowledge is seen as an 'instrument' which must necessarily result in a usable, profitable product. From a Levinasian perspective, the latter situation inevitably, if not purposefully, leads to the formation of the Other being located at the side of irrationality, hence an unnecessary entity within the knowledge economy. Analysing Werner Herzog's film, The Enigma of Kasper Hauser's (1974), this paper aims to show how irrationality, contrary to the belief of dominant educational/pedagogical discourses, can act as a source for creative thinking. The paper argues that by accepting the Other as the unknowable, we allow them to resort to their singularity as a source for imaginative thinking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the current era of knowledge-based economies and societies, access to knowledge and scientific advances is a key requirement for the scientific, technological and economic development of a country. Scientific research outcomes are often considered by many as a public good and hence it is often advocated that they should be openly and freely accessible to the scientific community and the wider society. To fulfil such aspirations, there have been several initiatives towards open access (OA), both globally and at national levels, including many important declarations and policies. India has also taken several initiatives over the last two decades to promote OA to scientific research outcomes, including putting in place mandates that require that all public funded research should be openly accessible. This article presents a quantitative analysis to understand how much of Indian research output from 2001 to 2020 is openly accessible, which in turn presents a reflection on the effectiveness of the various OA initiatives. The major OA routes adopted by Indian researchers and the subject-specific OA availability patterns are identified. Finally, the OA availability levels for funded and non-funded Indian research publications are determined. The results indicate growth in OA availability of Indian research papers, with green and gold OA routes being the preferred ones. A higher OA availability is observed in case of funded research publications. The article concludes with a brief discussion on the major patterns observed and their policy implications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mental ill-being among children and adolescents have increased in many high-income countries. The causes for this development are still unclear, but due to the scale of the problem, broader societal changes are likely to contribute. One of the societal level hypotheses – the “educational stressors hypotheses” – suggests that the transformation in many high-income countries from industrial to knowledge economies makes a well-educated workforce increasingly important. Hence, performance monitoring and performance pressure increase. This article investigates 50 years of educational reforms to analyse whether they introduce increased structural performance pressure. Document analysis of policy documents in Danish primary and lower secondary education constitute the empirical data material. As a least likely case it contributes with knowledge about the extent of formalised performance pressure in education. During the investigated period two shifts emerge. The first introduces tests and examinations as technologies that produce external knowledge about the pupils’ performance. Hence, the performance of each pupil becomes highly visible and comparable in an external panopticon-like gaze. The second shift introduces mandatory self-evaluation and career-planning. It adds a mirror like self-gaze where the pupils are to see and monitor their own performance in accordance with their future wishes. The current performance measures in Danish education are in line with many high-income countries, adding to the hegemony of structural performance pressure in education and qualitatively substantiating the educational stressors hypothesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The rise of the knowledge economy has placed innovation at the center of models of competitive advantage. Access to more valuable forms of knowledge remains contested as the geography of its production is uneven and as some knowledge assets are relatively immobile. Within this fractured knowledge landscape multilocational firms have clear advantages. They can exploit numerous localized pools of knowledge, they can shape the character of knowledge development in different places, and they have some control over who can tap local knowledge assets. Surprisingly, we still have little detailed knowledge of the technologies developed by multilocational firms across the sites where they are active. We augment the literature on multiunit firms on three fronts. First, we make use of the rich, technological information in patent data to show that multilocational firms operating research and development (R&D) units across US metropolitan areas produce different kinds of technological knowledge over space. Second, we provide quantitative evidence of geographic knowledge sourcing by linking the technologies produced within the R&D units of these firms to the knowledge stocks generated within the cities where they are located. Third, we report that as the number of R&D units within multilocational firms increase, so, up to a limit, the complexity of the knowledge those firms generate also increases. We show that these complexity gains are linked to the volume of knowledge sourced from local partners and to the integration of knowledge across units of the multilocational firm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Qatar's transition from a hydrocarbon-based to a knowledge-based economy spurred the development of Education City, which houses several International Branch Campuses and one home-grown university, Hamad bin Khalifa University. Through the case study of EC, this paper seeks to improve our understanding of higher education policy borrowing and the complex process of indigenisation. Using secondary data from prior studies, it offers a discussion on the key stages and challenges in Qatar's effort to indigenise higher education and outlines areas for further research. This paper uses Phillips and Ochs four-stage Model of Policy Borrowing in Education, as a guiding conceptual model. The paper is constructed as follows: first, a discussion on international branch campuses in Education City; second, outlining the conceptual model; third, a discussion on Education City through the conceptual model; and finally, the case of the home-grown university, Hamad bin Khalifa University. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the talent management model in the context of the modern knowledge economy, emphasizing the importance of coopetitive interaction among business, education, and science. Effective talent management has become a critical factor in ensuring organizational development and innovation in this rapidly evolving environment. The study addresses how coopetition--a strategic combination of cooperation and competition--can enhance the effective utilization of intellectual potential across different sectors, contributing to long-term competitiveness and innovation. The authors thoroughly analysed the literature, exploring fundamental principles and approaches to talent management that are essential for developing competitive organizations in the knowledge economy. The study identifies critical challenges that organizations face in attracting, developing, and retaining talent, particularly in light of fast-paced technological advancements and the growing complexity of the labor market. Additionally, the researchers emphasize the need for cross-sector cooperation, arguing that integrating business, education, and science is pivotal for creating an innovative environment where talent can thrive. The article's central focus is coopetition, which involves a delicate balance between collaborative efforts and competitive strategies among businesses, educational institutions, and research entities. This coopetitive approach is presented to maximize the intellectual resources available within the knowledge economy, ensuring the effective development of creativity, knowledge, and innovation. Furthermore, the research addresses talent retention challenges, particularly in sectors with high demand for skilled workers. It emphasizes the importance of providing continuous opportunities for professional growth and innovation integration. The proposed talent management model is comprehensive and considers the unique aspects of the modern labor market. The model highlights the necessity for organizations to attract talent and create an environment where employees can continuously develop their skills and contribute to the organization's innovation processes. The practical implications of this study offer a framework for organizations seeking to implement effective talent management strategies that align with the needs of the knowledge economy. In conclusion, the article presents a detailed analysis of a new talent management model that promotes competitiveness and innovation through coopetitive interaction among business, education, and science. This model is particularly relevant in today's knowledge-driven economy, where the ability to manage talent effectively plays a crucial role in organizational success. By fostering coopetition and ensuring the optimal use of intellectual potential, the proposed model contributes to developing innovative, competitive, and sustainable organizations capable of thriving in the knowledge economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Entrepreneurship drives economic growth in the modern knowledge-based economy. Furthermore, entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) Efficiency, combined with government financial and non-financial incentives, play a vital role in fostering the growth of SMEs. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the impact of EO with government incentives as moderators on SMEs efficiency from the perspective of Pakistan. The primary data were collected from 412 top-level managers of SMEs across three cities. A structural equation modeling was used for analysis. Results showed that risk-taking, innovativeness, and proactiveness had a positive and significant impact on SMEs efficiency, and autonomy had a negative and significant impact. It was found that government financial incentives had a significant positive moderating impact on risk-taking, proactiveness, and competitive aggressiveness. Moreover, government non-financial incentives as a moderating variable positively and significantly influenced risk-taking, proactiveness, innovativeness, and competitive aggressiveness. The positive and significant impact of government financial incentives on risk-taking, proactiveness, and competitive aggressiveness emphasizes the potential to amplify SMEs efficiency and growth through enhanced promotion of such incentives. Governments should deliberate on delivering more targeted financial support to encourage entrepreneurial activities. Complementary to this, government non-financial incentives positively and significantly influenced key entrepreneurial factors such as risk-taking, proactiveness, innovativeness, and competitive aggressiveness. Consequently, augmenting SMEs efficiency and competitiveness can be achieved by implementing non-financial incentives such as mentorship programs, technological access, and market insights. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Numerous digital labour platforms have emerged across various Latin American countries, connecting users with domestic services and care for children, the elderly, and dependents. Despite this growth, regulatory debates have largely ignored the digitalization of this sector, and there is a lack of research documenting the impact of these new technologies in the region. The purpose of this article is to enhance the existing body of knowledge on the platform economy in Latin America and the Caribbean with two main objectives: firstly, to provide an initial mapping of the platforms operating in the domestic and home care services; and secondly, to analyze the potential role these digital platforms can play in formalizing the labor market for workers in these sectors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the context of labour arbitrage, Romania became home to an expanding nearshoring business service sector. Many graduates work in 'call centres': a generic term for various types of customer-oriented services associated with different employment regimes and company structures. This research examines the discursive construction of compliance to precarious work, largely centred on managerial perspectives. Based on in-depth interviews with managers, HR staff, call-centre operators and through the thematic analysis of managerial outlets and career events, the paper unpacks several mechanisms, metaphors, and symbols that maintain young people's adherence to the demands of work. It is argued that the repertoire of neo-liberal tropes (authenticity, personal development, growth) creates legitimacy for an (arguably) precarious sector in an emerging economy, and ultimately crafts individual-ized working narratives. The paper suggests that young employees appropriate the related structures and the master narratives, whilst lacking a solid repertoire to critically engage with them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the current knowledge-based economy, the abilities of the national research system are a key driver of the country's competitiveness and socio-economic development. This paper compares the scientific standing of the OECD countries and eight other relevant economies. We use a bibliometric indicator of research performance, applied first at the individual level. This approach avoids the distortions of the aggregate-level analyses extant in literature and practice, which overlook the different publication intensities across research fields. We find a strong correlation between research performance and the economic competitiveness of nations and a moderate but significant correlation between research performance and the propensity to spend on research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Putting anthropologists of design in conversation with Black studies, this article demonstrates how a group of repentant education entrepreneurs in post‐Katrina New Orleans mobilized racialized affective and narrative surplus within an information economy based on design rituals and protocols. I examine how this splinter group of education reformers established design communities through ritualized "pitches" and show how the egalitarian aspirations of designers rely on forms of empathetic erasure rooted in narratives of spectacular violence and universalist assumptions about the motivations, behaviors, and capacities of so‐called users and so‐called designers. While it is easy to laud the "empathy principles" of design thinking for taking seriously the agency and intellectual capacity of its racialized "users," this article shares anti‐Blackness theorists' skepticism of liberal humanization projects and is concerned with the burdens that the relationship between designers and users entails. What is the human at the center of design? Humanity here is not a shared essence, nor an egalitarian relation, but in this instance marks a process through which surplus affect and the spectacle of Blackness is instrumentalized and transmuted into racial capital. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main objective of this study is to seek the robust and significant determinants of National Innovative Capacity in technologically advanced economies. In this era of knowledge-based economies having rapidly changing technology, innovation and digitization, it is very important to examine what determines innovation. For this purpose, the role of Information and Communication Technology, Exposure to external technology, R&D expenditure, Human capital, Governance and financial deepening in shaping the national innovative capacity is examined empirically. The aim is to reflect the factors that influence innovation and knowledge creation activities at national level. The study uses a panel of 13 technologically advanced countries with the aim to learn from the best practices. The fixed effect with robust standard errors estimation technique is used for estimation of the model over the period 1996–2015. Moreover, the innovative output index (IQ) is estimated to judge and analyze the national innovative capacity of selected countries. The results suggest that the core variables of estimated model remained significant with expected sings and yielded positive impact on dependent variable. Based on the results, it is suggested that the developing economies should make substantial investments in above mentioned factors in order to go along the path similar to OECD advanced economies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Innovation skills are valuable in the context of knowledge-based economy and they are present in many political agendas. This article adopts the European Union's perspective of lifelong learning and the role of innovation in the Strategic Framework - Education and Training 2020, and it intends to explore innovation training in a lifelong learning programme for unemployed in Catalonia (Spain). The study analyses quantitative and qualitative data of the 281 responses from students who have studied, or they were studying in the programme, in 2016. Through the exploration of the innovation skills we identified the following groups: new tools, innovative sectors, new methodologies, new work processes and ICT skills. The study also identified two types of strategies that favour training of the innovation skills, promoted either by the expert who teaches or by the centre's work philosophy. Finally, we discuss limitations and future research in this line. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

University libraries play a vital role in the academic landscape by providing a wide range of essential support and services to their members. From research materials and academic resources to access to cutting-edge technology and expert staff, these libraries are at the forefront of fostering a culture of learning, collaboration, and innovation both within their physical spaces and online. Their importance extends beyond the academic environment, as they are also expected to contribute to the development of their respective countries by providing the resources and tools necessary to support a strong and thriving knowledge economy. The objective of this research is to provide a detailed analysis of the situation and challenges experienced by university libraries in Türkiye. This study utilized descriptive and documentary scanning methods to analyze and interpret data obtained from a wide range of both domestic and foreign literature, as well as official primary documents and media. The scope of the study was determined by historical, managerial, legal, and technological problems faced by Türkiye's university libraries. To ensure systematic integrity, the study grouped various dimensions thought to have a direct or indirect impact on university libraries in Türkiye under different headings. These headings, which constitute the scope of the study, include: "Legislation, organization, and administrative structure"; "Policy, regulations, and standards"; "Budget, building, collection management, human resources, user-related matters, and other relevant issues"; "Collaborations", and "Information and communication technologies". By taking into account the historical context, this study aims to offer a comprehensive understanding of the issues that these libraries have faced and continue to face in the present day. The findings of this research indicate that the challenges encountered by university libraries in the past have yet to be effectively addressed and resolved. The study's methodical, multifaceted, and multidimensional approach to evaluating university libraries, both in the historical context and current situation, presents a unique perspective. The comprehensive and in-depth evaluation process applied in this study is unparalleled and distinguishes it from prior studies in the field. This approach provides a holistic view of university libraries, allowing for a more detailed and accurate assessment of their overall performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The most prominent and influential Geography literatures about the Global South are predominantly produced by scholars in the North and less so by intellectuals whose homes are located in the Global South—the 'local scholars'. As a Cambodian scholar, I argue that the challenges of participating in collaborative, English language knowledge production derive not merely from skill disparities between international and 'local' academics, but also from constraints in finding the right platforms for research and academic expression. Constrained conditions for knowledge participation and expansion are rooted in a long history of colonialism in the Cambodian education system and the contemporary political economy of academia. Rather than directly engage with international intellectual and political discussions, in many cases, Cambodian scholars largely supply compelling stories—in the form of ethnographic evidence, data, images and affect to fuel theoretical debates taking place in the North. Beyond emphasising this well established inequity in the political economy of knowledge production, I contend that being 'on the ground' not only equips local scholars with contextual depths but also confines them to think and act locally. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• We analyse the impact of COVID-19 on Chinese transnational research networks in health. • We build a unique dataset comparing China and the U.S and COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 related research. • COVID-19 networks are smaller and less inter-connected, both in China and in the U.S. • Chinese COVID-19 networks attract a lower number of countries, in more volatile relations compared to non-COVID research. Research networks play pivotal roles in the creation and diffusion of knowledge. It is widely acknowledged that frontier research tends to cluster around transnational research networks (TRNs), which also represent strategic tools for nurturing innovation in R&D-intensive companies. Therefore, they are crucial for promoting the rapid development of the knowledge economy in underdeveloped countries. In this context, China's experience is particularly relevant because the country has invested heavily in knowledge production, which is arguably one of the most important structural changes at the global level in recent decades, with important implications for the division of labor and trade among countries. The country has been investing in order to become the scientific world leader, and in this transition, research collaboration, in particular with other countries, can become strategic. In this work, we analyze whether COVID-19 and related research have affected the shape of the network and the intensity of collaborations involving China in the field of health studies, comparing it to the case of the U.S. as the global leader in research (Fry et al., 2020). In particular, we wish to assess whether COVID-19-related research has pushed toward larger and more intensive collaborations internationally than before the pandemic or whether a tendency to closure has prevailed has prevailed. This also means understanding whether COVID-19, as a global phenomenon, has affected China in rising as an international research leader. To do so, we built an original dataset of international, coauthored publications involving China or the U.S. in selected health research fields. Our analysis first shows that COVID-19 research has assumed specific features distinct from other topics in the same research field, shaping research networks in a peculiar way for both China and the U.S. Second, for China, COVID-19 does not appear to have represented an opportunity to further climb up the international research ladder, as it has attracted a relatively low and more volatile number of collaborators from different countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recent scholarship has advocated a conceptual investigation of rebound effect theory in the circular economy (CE) context. While the available body of knowledge on a circular economy rebound (CER) is rather scant, this forum article proposes a conceptual view of existing CER approaches. Our analysis reveals that the CER literature has largely bypassed an appreciation of how firm behavior is embedded in and canalized by governance arrangements. This forum article contributes to the literature by reconceptualizing the challenges of mitigating CERs. It proposes to re‐focus the CER debate toward: (i) the innovation need of functional collective commitments for CE to address free‐rider‐problems; (ii) the criticality of effective management of decoupling through innovative circular governance; (iii) the critical reflection of calls for degrowth and "non‐optimization" behavior; and (iv) the recognition of optimization behavior and circular governance frameworks as complementary rather than substitute approaches for facilitating CER mitigation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Innovation scholars disseminate their significant findings through international scientific journals. We conducted content analysis of 2,869 peer-reviewed articles on innovation in Africa, examining their origins, themes, collaborative networks, and scholarly influence. These articles, spanning the years 2015–2021, were curated from the Web of Science database across scientific, social science, and humanities journals. The findings reveal that 46.3% of these articles lacked contributions from African organizations or scholars, while 25.1% involved collaborations between African and non-African entities. A remaining 28.6% were exclusively authored by African scholars, with South African universities being the most frequent contributors. Notably, articles authored by scholars from non-African institutions garnered more citations and appeared in journals with higher impact factors. Key themes within these articles revolved around the knowledge economy, African business innovation, agricultural advancements, and the role of mobile phones in knowledge dissemination and marketing. Surprisingly, sustainability topics were notably absent. South Africa, Kenya, and Ghana featured prominently in the discussions. In conclusion, it is imperative to foster broader participation from African nations and scholars in innovation research and ensure a stronger African perspective in international publications. Additionally, as open-access publishing gains momentum, concerns about escalating publishing costs warrant attention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores the Cuban conception of a knowledge society in the context of sustainable socioeconomic development, contrasting it with Latin American discussions on the subject. Through a bibliographical review, the work analyzes the notion of knowledge in English and Spanish, the perspectives on the knowledge society for human or capital development, and the Cuban vision with its socialist characteristics. It is concluded that Cuba, imbued with its revolutionary history and Marxist-Leninist ideology, seeks to build a knowledge society that is aligned with the social and economic well-being of the population, prioritizing the integral formation of socialist citizens, applied research and centralized planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data (BD), they provide people with new ways and tools in information acquisition, processing and dissemination. The purpose of this study is to deeply discuss the influence of AI and BD technologies on the development of Information Security (InfoSec) in media economy, and analyze the opportunities and challenges it brings. Firstly, the evaluation system of the influence of BD technology on the development of InfoSec, a media enterprise, is constructed. Then, this study discusses the development mode of the multilateral platform of media economy supported by BD technology. Finally, taking S company and X platform as examples, this study analyses the influence of BD technology on the development of InfoSec and the development mode of media economy supported by BD technology. The research results show that with the support of BD technology, the proportion of InfoSec products in enterprises has reached 0.2426, and the InfoSec score of S company has reached 77.74, reaching a high level. The profit margin of digital network media is three times that of traditional media. The number of users of multilateral digital media economic platform X has increased by 21%, and its turnover has increased by 54%. AI and BD technologies have brought opportunities and challenges to the InfoSec development of media economy. While applying these technologies, it is necessary to take effective measures to protect users' privacy and strengthen the information review and verification mechanism to ensure the sustainable development of media economy. The uniqueness of this study lies in the construction of a comprehensive BD technology impact assessment system and the discussion of the development model of multilateral media economic platform, which provides a powerful reference and guidance for media enterprises. In addition, this study also reveals the positive influence of BD technology on InfoSec and the development of media economy, which provides beneficial enlightenment for the future development of media industry. In response to the challenges of privacy and InfoSec, this study puts forward important policy and practical suggestions to ensure the sustainable growth of media economy and the protection of users' rights and interests. Therefore, this study has important contribution and innovative value in both theory and practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The prime purpose of design education is to nurture young people and develop their artistic and scientific personalities, skills and talents. By its very nature, professional training in design is fully committed to the education and training of the creative workforce required by creative industries. It is crucial for design educators to devise and formulate relevant, responsive and quality programmes with an emphasis on sustainability at all levels of design education. It is notable that the world economy has become increasingly sophisticated. Design is a value-added component in various sectors. Design students equipped with multiple skills and capable of managing simultaneous tasks are crucial to the creative industries in this challenging world economy. This research is going to trigger further discussion and reflection among design curriculum developers, academics and policy-makers. It can also discuss the use of a total curriculum and participatory curriculum development approach to design education to provide our new design generations with a broader curriculum and learning approach for the knowledge-based economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Swedish universities and colleges have received a substantial funding increase since the turn of the millennium, as part of continued policies of expanding the admission of students to higher education to broader layers of the population and strengthen Swedish public research and development to increase the competitiveness of the Swedish knowledge-based economy. In this article, publicly available statistics are used to trace how this increase in funding has been used by the sector. Comparing figures on income (base grant for research, third-party funding and base grant for education) with statistics on personnel and student enrolment as well as data on actual expenditure, the article draws some conclusions that are used to discuss some common misunderstandings and erroneous beliefs, including claims of a 'depletion' of the base grant for research and an uninhibited growth of the number of administrative staff, which are common themes in the Swedish and international debate over higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Creativity has fascinated scholars for generations, and its identification as one of the key 'twenty-first century skills' necessary for economic growth has led to renewed interest. This creates two challenges for the OECD: its flagship Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) does not directly measure creativity. Secondly, the increased importance attached to creativity has highlighted claims that high performers on PISA are largely nations stereotyped as lacking creativity. This challenges PISA's self-proclaimed status as the premier global benchmark for evaluating and comparing the quality of school systems and weakens its capacity to deliver its core mission; to identify 'best practices' which ensure economic prosperity. We explore these challenges and examine both how the OECD has responded to them and is moving to include creativity in PISA 2022. We argue that, while a precise definition of creativity has defied scholars for centuries, the indications are that the OECD's metric will focus on a narrow, convergent and easily-measured conception associated with cognitive competencies and linked to enhancing human capital. In this way, the 'messiness' around the polysemic concept will be simultaneously both exploited and threatened, as new, measurable versions displace alternatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The digital economy is a new impetus to promote high-quality economic development. We use the policies of Zhejiang Information Economy Development Demonstration Base (IEDD) and Zhejiang Software and Information Service Industry Base (SISI) established between 2015 and 2017 to design a quasi-natural experiment. By using a panel data from 2005 to 2020 in Zhejiang and the difference-in-differences model, we test the impacts of IEDD and SISI policies on digital economy development. We find that there are significant spatial differences for digital economy in Zhejiang. IEDD and SISI policies improve the digital economy development, that is, the policy advantages can indeed be transformed into industrial advantages. The IEDD policy can promote the digital economy industry development by enhancing the digital infrastructure and financial development; SISI policy can promote the development of the digital economy industry by promoting financial development. The results of quantile regression show that the promotion effect of IEDD and SISI policies increases with the improvement of the industrial basis of regional digital economy. The results of group regression show that the IEDD policy promotes the digital economy development in counties and county-level cities of Zhejiang, and the SISI policy plays a significant role in municipal districts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the rapid development of science and technology, the flow of information has become more convenient, and society has entered the era of knowledge economy. In this era, technological innovation capability is becoming increasingly important and has become an important weapon for enterprises to survive in fierce competition, especially for technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises. Nowadays, technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises have developed many technological innovation achievements through continuous technological innovation, and have created a large number of high-tech products and services. Technological innovation has been proven to effectively improve the core competitiveness and economic benefits of technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises. Therefore, evaluating the technological innovation capabilities of technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises has both theoretical and practical significance. The enterprise technological innovation capability evaluation from a low carbon perspective could be deemed as the multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM) problem. Recently, the evaluation based on distance from average solution (EDAS) technique and cosine similarity measure (CSM) technique has been employed to manage MAGDM issues. The spherical fuzzy sets (SFSs) are used as an efficient tool for portraying uncertain information during the enterprise technological innovation capability evaluation from a low carbon perspective. In this paper, the spherical fuzzy number EDAS based on the CSM (SFN-CSM-EDAS) technique is cultivated to manage the MAGDM under SFSs. Finally, a numerical study for enterprise technological innovation capability evaluation from a low carbon perspective is supplied to validate the proposed technique. The main contributions of this paper are outlined: (1) the EDAS and CSM technique was extended to SFSs; (2) the CRITIC technique is used to derive weight based on CSM technique under SFSs. (3) the SFN-CSM-EDAS technique is founded to manage the MAGDM under SFSs; (4) a numerical case study for enterprise technological innovation capability evaluation from a low carbon perspective and some comparative analysis is supplied to validate the SFN-CSM-EDAS technique. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study is to examine the determinants of labour productivity in the Eastern Cape. Furthermore, the study estimates the determinant of labour productivity from a sectoral and industry perspective. The technique employed for the empirical analysis is the ARDL bounds test. The empirical results highlight that investment in ICT, health and GDP growth are the crucial determinants of total labour productivity in the Eastern Cape. The sectoral analysis shows that primary sector labour productivity is driven by human capital and investment in ICT. Trade is the most important factor explaining labour productivity in the secondary sector while the tertiary sector is driven by R&D expenditures and ICT investment. The industry analysis revealed results similar to those of the sectoral analysis to some extent. The results imply that the shift to a knowledge-based economy is crucial for the Eastern Cape. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While feminist knowledge has historical roots in China, the academic knowledge production about women's and gender studies (WGS) as situated knowledge has always been a contestation between opposing forces. The Fourth United Nations World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in 1995, marked the critical discursive and organizational moment for grounding the feminist concept of gender as an analytical and action framework. Since then, WGS have flourished, but the label of feminism has been ambivalent. To examine the complicated state of academic dependency and the politics of location in this interdisciplinary academic field, I interrogate researchers' positionalities in some recent publications on feminism and gender studies about China by pointing out the interplay of diasporic and domestic positionalities in English and Chinese publication outlets. This article argues that for an interdisciplinary program like WGS, with its inextricable connection to the political state of China and socialist state feminism, the theory of academic dependency cannot adequately capture the often contested, strategic, and situated standpoints of feminist scholars. While diasporic and domestic scholars are deeply aware of their own positionalities in the channel of publications that grant them voices, they are also caught in the current hegemonic political economy of knowledge. This article interrogates the contested positionalities of overseas and domestic feminist scholars in creating a feminist academic field about China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The epistemic relevance of forgiveness has been neglected by both the discussion of forgiveness in moral psychology and by social epistemology generally. Moral psychology fails to account for the forgiveness of epistemic wrongs and for the way that wrongs in general have epistemic implications. Social epistemology, for its part, neglects the way that epistemic trust is not only conferred but repaired. In this essay, I show that the repair of epistemic trust through forgiveness is necessary to the economy of knowledge for fallible persons like us. Despite the fact that forgiveness is never included on lists of important intellectual virtues or epistemic activities, it is vital to our lives as social knowers. Likewise, an account of forgiveness that neglects its epistemic dimension is importantly incomplete. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is a socio-technical, ideological, and rhetorical construction rooted in the neoliberal discourse that reflects key tenets of global capitalism, is believed to have considerable implications for the development of employees in advanced manufacturing environments. This paper aims to explore the ways in which the learning needs of employees in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution could be appropriately identified and how employees could further develop their skills through the design of suitable development curricula. To this end , the paper seeks to interrogate the ways in which the employees' learning needs are likely to be identified in the middle-range future, and problemate the focus of highly specialised and exclusively focused on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) curricula that are likely to be designed to help employees respond to the perceived demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The paper further seeks to explore a preferred liberal future, drawing on the work of Martha Nussbaum, to create the possibility for an alternative future guided by a more holistic conception of employee development through the establishment of learner-centred, liberal – and liberating – interdisciplinary Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) curricula. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: The objective of this study is to understand how professionals characterize their work practices within the digital context. Methodology: 19 interviews were carried out with professionals in the areas of information and communication technologies and creative economy, using the long interview method, scrutinized through interpretative content analysis. Results: The findings showed work practices that are intertwined and immersed in the digital technological environment, revealing a necessary and predictive adaptation on the part of professionals. Limitations: The limitations of the research, in turn, are linked to methodological aspects in relation to (a) delimitation and (b) quantity and choice of respondents. Practical implications: The research contributes to the field by presenting how professional innovation practices are expressed empirically in the activities of innovation professionals. Social implications: The results can serve as a basis for managing the work of innovation professionals and their appropriate training, as well as for the development of public policies in the field of innovation. Originality: The professional practice of innovation forms an important construct, still little investigated in the area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The growing role of knowledge and the cognitive dimension of labour is one of the outstanding features of the new capitalism. However, the importance of knowledge in economic dynamics is not, as such, a historical novelty. So the question is which theoretical tools are best suited to understanding its new role in the development of contemporary metamorphoses within the capital-labour relationship. In the wake of Smith's conception of the division of labour and technical progress, the neoclassical theories of endogenous growth and the knowledge economy interpret this evolution through an approach that abstracts from historical time and the social relations of production. This article aims to show the relevance of the critical Marxist perspective, whose antithesis in this methodological context is based on the centrality of the capital-labour antagonism and the conflicts of knowledge and power that provide the framework for the development of the productive forces. To this end, after recalling the theoretical foundations of Marx's approach to the elaboration of a historical economy of knowledge, we will analyze some persuasive mutations in the organization of production in contemporary capitalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper lays out the conceptual groundwork for a long-term project examining ethical issues raised when addressing the value of knowledge to a knowledge economy. The project includes a series of papers on specific topics that interrelate to the subjects of knowledge, ethics and organizations. While some of the planned articles for the project will have a practical focus, others, such as this one, will be conceptual in nature. The following outlines selected key concepts for an ethics of knowledge and their relationship with cognate areas of inquiry and practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]