Knowledge: From Ethical Category to Knowledge Capitalism

In the post-industrial economy, the efficiency of scientific knowledge generation becomes crucial. Researchers began to interpret knowledge as a factor of economic growth in the second half of the 20th century; since then, within the theory of economics and management, various approaches have been d...

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Main Authors: Dmitry M. Kochetkov, Irina A. Kochetkova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ural Federal University 2021-12-01
Series:Changing Societies & Personalities
Online Access:https://changing-sp.com/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/212
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description In the post-industrial economy, the efficiency of scientific knowledge generation becomes crucial. Researchers began to interpret knowledge as a factor of economic growth in the second half of the 20th century; since then, within the theory of economics and management, various approaches have been developed to study the impact of knowledge on economic growth and performance. With time, the focus of knowledge-based theories shifted from corporate management to macrosystems and economic policy. The article describes the main stages in the development of socio-economic concepts of knowledge and analyzes the theoretical and methodological aspects of each approach. The authors have also formulated the critical problems in the analysis of the economic category of knowledge at the present stage and suggested ways of overcoming them. The article may be of interest both to researchers and practitioners in the sphere of corporate strategies and economic policy.
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spelling doaj.art-9c1956c752164da795f68918133e6d4d2022-12-21T17:24:21ZengUral Federal UniversityChanging Societies & Personalities2587-61042587-89642021-12-015455358010.15826/csp.2021.5.4.150212Knowledge: From Ethical Category to Knowledge CapitalismDmitry M. Kochetkov0Irina A. Kochetkova1Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, Netherlands and Department of Project Management, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Moscow, RussiaPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) and the Institute of Informatics Problems of the Federal Research Center "Computer Science and Control" of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, RussiaIn the post-industrial economy, the efficiency of scientific knowledge generation becomes crucial. Researchers began to interpret knowledge as a factor of economic growth in the second half of the 20th century; since then, within the theory of economics and management, various approaches have been developed to study the impact of knowledge on economic growth and performance. With time, the focus of knowledge-based theories shifted from corporate management to macrosystems and economic policy. The article describes the main stages in the development of socio-economic concepts of knowledge and analyzes the theoretical and methodological aspects of each approach. The authors have also formulated the critical problems in the analysis of the economic category of knowledge at the present stage and suggested ways of overcoming them. The article may be of interest both to researchers and practitioners in the sphere of corporate strategies and economic policy.https://changing-sp.com/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/212
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