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Knowledge - Keystone of the Modern Economy KNOWLEDGE - KEYSTONE OF THE MODERN ECONOMY Veselin Draskovic, Radislav Jovovic Mimo Draskovic and Borut Jereb Celje – Osijek – Czestochowa – Kotor 2013 Veselin Draskovic, Radislav Jovovic, Mimo Draskovic and Borut Jereb KNOWLEDGE - KEYSTONE OF THE MODERN ECONOMY /Electronic edition/ Publication available at: http://www.sphub.org/books/knowledge-keystone-of-the-modern-economy Reviewers: Yochanan Shachmurove, Evgeny Popov, and Miomir Jaksic Lector: Magdalena Reljic Illustration: Miodrag Kankaras Design by: Milojko Pusica Published by SPH – Scientific Publishing Hub – founded by University of Maribor, Faculty of Logistics, Celje, Slovenia, J.J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Economics in Osijek, Croatia, Czestochowa University of Technology, Faculty of Management, Poland, and University of Montenegro, Maritime Faculty of Kotor, Montenegro Editor in Chief: Prof. dr Dušan Radonjić This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. CIP - Cataloguing in Publication National and University Library, Ljubljana 001:33 KNOWLEDGE - keystone of the modern economy / Veselin Draskovic ... [et al.] ; [illustration Miodrag Kankaras]. - 1st ed. - Celje [etc.] : SPH - Scientific Publishing Hub, 2013 ISBN 978-961-6948-00-5 ISBN 978-961-6948-01-2 (pdf) 1. Drašković, Veselin 269835520 CONTENTS PREFACE I Part 1: THE NEW ECONOMY 1 1. THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY 4 Box 1 - What is Knowledge Society? 9 Box 2 - Sustainability Paradigm, Knowledge Society and Sustainability Metrics 10 Box 3 - Understanding the Knowledge Society 12 2. PARADIGMATICS OF NEW ECONOMY 13 2.1 Economic Theory and the New Economy 16 2.2 The New Economy and Progress 19 2.3 Paradigm of the New Economy Skills 22 2.4 The New Economy and the Choice 25 2.5 The Characteristics of the New Economy 28 2.6 Information as a Specific Resource 32 3. OLD AND NEW ECONOMY 37 3.1 Information Asimmetry 42 3.2 Transaction costs and information 44 3.3 Information Technology and Economic Performance 45 3.4 Analysis of the Differences Between the Old and New Economy 46 4. THE NETWORK ECONOMY 51 Box 4 - Exploring Network Economics 59 4.1 A Network Clustering of the Economy 63 4.2 The Process of Value Chain in the Network Economy 68 Box 5 - Transparency in the Networked Economy 71 IV KNOWLEDGE KEYSTONE OF THE MODERN ECONOMY Part 2: THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY 77 1. PARADIGMATISM OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY 82 Box 6 - Knowledge Economy Form and History 84 1.1 Concept, Types, Characteristics and Importance of Knowledge 87 Box 7 - What is the Impact of Knowledge Set Free? 93 1.2 Innovations 97 Box 8 - The Innovation Death Spiral 100 Box 9 -: Innovation Models 102 Box 10 - Management Innovation 108 1.3 Process of Innovation 110 1.4 Innovations and knowledge economy 114 1.5 Institutional effect on innovations 116 1.6 Montenegro and Croatia Case 118 2. CONCEPT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL 120 Box 11 - Definitions of Social Capital 132 Box 12 - Social Capital: Prospects for a New Concept 134 3. CONCEPT OF INTELECTUAL CAPITAL 135 Box 13: Impacting Future Value: How to Manage Your Intellectual Capital 142 Box 14 - Intellectual Capital Statement 147 Box 15 - Intellectual Capital: Current Issues and Policy Implications 149 Box 16 - Intellectual Capital: Defensive and Offensive Roles 150 3.1 Skandia Navigator 151 3.2 Components of Intellectual Capital 154 3.3 Capital Structure of the Company in the Knowledge Economy 164 Part 3: THE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 167 1. CONCEPT OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 169 Box 17 - Multidisciplinary Nature of KM 182 Box 18 -Individuation 187 2. MODELS OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 187 2.1 Models of Knowledge Transformation 197 2.2 The Knowledge Creation 200 2.3 Organizational Learning 202 Contents V Box 19: A Conceptual Model of LO and KM 209 2.4 Strategic Knowledge in the Function of Developing Dynamic Capabilities of the Company 211 3. THE KNOWLEDGE APPLICATION 213 3.1 Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning Objectives 216 3.2 The Knowledge Application at Various Levels 219 3.3 The Knowledge Reuse 221 4. INNOVATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE PROCESS 226 Box 20: Innovation processes and knowledge processes 232 4.1 The Knowledge Flow and its Dynamics 233 SUMMARY 237 REFERENCES 241 INDEX REVIEWS 263 LIST OF FIGURES 1.1 MARKET EQUILIBRIUM FOR NETWORK GOODS 1.2 HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATION AND NETWORK CONNECTIVITY 1.3 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE INDUSTRY AND NETWORK ECONOMICS 1.4 MARKET EKONOMY MODEL AND NETWORK EKONOMY MODEL 1.5 MASS PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE: EVOLUTION OF MAIN FACTORS OVER TIME 1.6 RESOURCES AND CAPABILITIES OF A FIRM 1.7 A CORE COMPETENCE AS A UNIQUE BUNDLE OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS 1.8 BUSINESS PROCESS VALUE CHAIN 2.1 LEVELS OF ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE KNOWLEDGE 2.2 STRUCTURE OF THE NEW PARADIGM OF KNOWLEDGE 2.3 HIERARCHY OF KNOWLEDGE 2.4 THE PROCESS OF CREATING KNOWLEDGE - ONTOLOGY ASPECT 2.5 ESSENCE OF INNOVATION 2.6 THE PROCESS OF INNOVATION 2.7 MODELS OF INNOVATION VI KNOWLEDGE KEYSTONE OF THE MODERN ECONOMY 2.8 MODEL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURE IN THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY 2.9 DEVELOPMENT FORMULA OF KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY 2.10 SOCIAL CAPITAL FRAMEWORK 2.11 LEVELS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL 2.12 ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL 2.13 CONCEPTUALIZATION OF SOCIAL CAPITAL (DEVELOPED BY GROOTAERT AND VAN BASTELAER) 2.14 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK: LEVELS AND TYPES OF SOCIAL CAPITAL 2.15 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK: LEVELS AND TYPES OF SOCIAL CAPITAL 2.16 NETWORK OF RELATIONSHIP: AN ENGAGING EXPERIENCE 2.17 COMMUNITY SOCIAL CAPITAL MODEL 2.18 SOCIAL CAPITAL IS ONE OF THE THREE MAJOR BUSINESS CATALYSTS 2.19 SKANDIA NAVIGATOR 2.20 SKANDIA’S CLASSIFICATION OF THE INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL 2.21 COMPONENTS OF INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL 2.22 RELATIONSHIP AMOGN STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF INTELECTUAL CAPITAL 2.23 RELATIONSHIP AMONG INTELECTUAL CAPITAL, INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 2.24 INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL FRAMEWORK: ITS RELATIONSHIP TO MARKET VALUE 2.25 THE INTEGRATION PYRAMID OF INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL 2.26 LOGICAL MODEL OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN THE FIRM 3.1 INTERACTION BASCIC FORMS OF IC 3.2 KNOWLEDE MANAGEMENT GOAL PYRAMID 3.3 DIAMOND OF KNOWLEDGE 3.4 HUMAN, ORGANIZATIONAL, AND TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 3.5 LIFE CYCLE OF THE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION 3.6 MODEL FOR KNOWLEDGE & COMPETENCE MANAGEMENT 3.7 SPIRAL MODEL OF KNOWLEDGE CREATION 3.8 THE COMBINED MODEL OF KNOWLEDGE - CYCLIC (PHASE 4), AND THE SPIRAL OF KNOWLEDGE 3.9 ORGANIZED LEARNING MODEL 3.10 INTEGRATED KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CICLE 3.11 KNOWLEDGE HIERARCHY 3.12 KEY ELEMENTS OF KNOWLEDGE BASED ENTERPRISE Contents VII 3.13 NONAKA KNOWLEDGE FLOW THEORY 3.14 EXTENDED MODEL WITH KNOWLEDGE FLOWS LIST OF BOX FIGURES B1 KNOWLEDGE AND SUSTAINABILITY INDEX B2 ALICT’S PILLARS OF THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY B3 POSITIVE FEEDBACK B4 NETWORKED ECONOMY B5 TRANSPARENCY IN THE NETWORKED ECONOMY B6 CHANGING ECONOMICS OF THE INFORMATION-BASED ECONOMY B7 KNOWLEDGE FLOW CYCLE B8 DOMAINS OF KNOWING B9 WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE B10 COMPETITIVE INNOVATION MATRIX B11 DIFFERENT TYPES OF INNOVATION NETWORKS B12 MANAGEMENT INNOVATION PROCESS FRAMEWORK B13 A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF SOCIAL CAPITAL B14 CLASSIFICATION OF INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL B15 FIVE-STEP INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT MODEL B16 UNDERPINS CAPABILITIES AND CORE COMPETENCIES B17 VISUALIZING THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF KEY RESOURCES B18 ICS STRUCTURAL MODEL B19 CONCEPTUAL ROOTS OF INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL B20 DETERMINING THE ROLES FOR INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL B21 INTERDISCIPLINARY NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT B22 DEVELOPMENTAL PHASES IN KM HISTORY B23 INDIVIDUATION B24 A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF LO AND KM LIST OF TABLES 1.1 INDUSTRIAL AND NEW (INFORMATION) ECONOMY 1.2 KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY AND MASSIVE ECONOMY 1.3 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “OLD” AND “NEW” ECONOMY VIII KNOWLEDGE KEYSTONE OF THE MODERN ECONOMY 1.4 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY AND THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY 1.5 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NETWORK AND HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 1.6 KEI FOR SELECTED COUNTRIES IN 2012 2.1 CHARACTERISTICS OF TRADITIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES 2.2 COMPARATIVE VIEW OF KEI AND GCI INDEX (FOR INSTITUTIONS) BASED ON THE POSITION IN THE RANK LIST IN 2012 2.3 SOCIAL CAPITAL DEFINITION 2.4 DEVELOPMENT OF I.C. CONCEPTION 2.5 YEARS, AUTHORS AND WOKRS IMPORTANT FOR DEVELOPMENT I. C. CONCEPTION 2.6 MARKET VALUE OF THE ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE 2.7 COMPONENTS OF INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL 2.8 DETAILED STRUCTURE OF I.C. FIRM 2.9 COMPARATIVE REVIEW OF THE BASIC INTERPRETATION OF I. C. 2.10 CLASSIFICATION OF INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL 2.11 TOBINS’ COEFFICINET FOR SELECTED MONTENEGRIN FIRMS 2.12 THE FLEXIBLE ENTERPRISE 3.1 VARIOUS SCHOOLS OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 3.2 THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION; USING, TRANSFORMING AND IMPLEMENTING THE KNOWLEDGE 3.3 ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND MARKET POSITIONING 3.4 BLOOM’S “COGNITIVE DOMAIN TAXONOMY” 3.5 REVOLUTIONARY STEPS IN STORING DATA LIST OF BOX TABLES B1 PROGRESS IN CONCEPTUALIZING INNOVATION: ROTHWELL’S FIVE GENERATIONS OF INNOVATION MODELS B2 TYPOLOGY OF INNOVATION NETWORKS TYPE OF INNOVATION PRIMARY PURPOSE / INNOVATION TARGET NETWORK B3 DEFINITIONS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL PREFACE ”The soul of an economy knowledge is a constant striving for innovation; the source of its power is education. In today’s world, the competitive power of the states essentially represents a competition of the knowledge level”. Li Tein n the last 15 years, the importance of the many issues related to the knowl- Iedge and its management is rapidly growing, both in academic and research circles. There is a growing importance of global processes, regardless of their advantages and weaknesses, or their causes and consequences. They produce the capacity for competitivness in the global market, as the most important com- ponent of the economic power of some states, regardless of the mutual state dependence, as a result of globalization. The success and stability of modern companies predominantly depend on the continuity of innovation. It imposes a shortened life cycle of goods and services. Economic growth and development depend on the continuity of technological revolutions that change the structural characteristics of the socio-economic relations.
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