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1、ISSN1471-0498DEPARTMENTOFECONOMICSDISCUSSIONPAPERSERIESANINTRODUCTIONTOTHEECONOMYOFTHEKNOWLEDGESOCIETYPaulA.DavidandDominiqueForayNumber84December2001ManorRoadBuilding,OxfordOX13UQAnIntroductiontotheEconomyoftheKnowledgeSocietyByPaulA.DavidandDominiqueForayFirstEnglis
2、hdraft:13September2001Thisversion:5December2001Thisarticleelaboratesupontheauthors’introductiontotheSpecialissueoftheUNESCOInternationalSocialScienceJournal,n°171,on“TheKnowledgeSociety,”preparedundertheguest-editorshipofDominiqueForay,forthcomingfromBasilBlackwellLtd
3、.inMarch2002Pleaseobtaintheauthors’writtenpermissionbeforedistributingcopiesof,orquotingextensivelyfromthistext.ContactAuthor:Prof.P.A.David,AllSoulsCollege,Oxford,OX14AL,U.K.Tel:44+(0)1865+279313;Fax:44+(0)1865+279299;E-mail:paul.david@economics.ox.ac.uk,pad@leland.s
4、tanford.eduAnintroductiontotheeconomyoftheknowledgesocietyPaulA.DavidandDominiqueForayAbstractThisintroductoryarticlereviewsthemainthemesrelatingtothedevelopmentofnewknowledge-basedeconomies.Afterplacingtheiremergenceinhistoricalperspectiveandproposingatheoreticalfram
5、eworkwhichdistinguishesknowledgefrominformation,theauthorscharacterizethespecificnatureofsucheconomies.Theygoontodealwithsomeofthemajorissuesconcerningthenewskillsandabilitiesrequiredforintegrationintotheknowledge-basedeconomy;thenewgeographythatistakingshape(wherephy
6、sicaldistanceceasestobesuchaninfluentialconstraint);theconditionsgoverningaccesstobothinformationandknowledge,notleastfordevelopingcountries;theunevendevelopmentofscientific,technological(includingorganizational)knowledgeacrossdifferentsectorsofactivity;problemsconcer
7、ningintellectualpropertyrightsandtheprivatizationofknowledge;andtheissuesoftrust,memoryandthefragmentationofknowledge.BiographicalNotesPaulA.DavidisProfessorofEconomics,andSeniorFellowoftheStanfordInstituteforEconomicPolicyResearchatStanfordUniversity;healsoisSeniorRe
8、searchFellowofAllSoulsCollege,andProfessorofEconomicsandEconomicHistoryintheUniversityofOxford.Davidisinternationallyrecogni