Beschreibung:
Economic and social change is accelerating under the twin impact of globalisation and the new information technologies. This book addresses questions of change with particular reference to the European Union, which has made the development of a socially cohesive, knowledge-based economy its central task for the present decade.
The EU and the new knowledge economy; Policy benchmarking: tools for steering the new knowledge economy?; The new macro-economy: stability, growth and dynamics; Industrial innovation and organisational change; Human investment; Access and inclusion; Indicators of the new knowledge economy; Globalisation and governance; Conclusion.