Challenges and possible solutions for modernization of romanian companies under the knowledge revolution

Ghencea, Adrian and Simion, Dana-Florenta (2010): Challenges and possible solutions for modernization of romanian companies under the knowledge revolution. Published in: Megabyte Journal , Vol. 9, (10 December 2010): pp. 192-194.

Abstract

Increasingly, many academics and business people appreciate that the kind of society humanity is moving towards is a knowledge society which is supported by a knowledge economy. A key feature of the knowledge society (Draganescu, 2004) is the emergence of a new economy where innovation process becomes curcial, where knowledge is unprecedentedly disseminated to al citizens through new ways of communication (internet, e-book, e-learning, etc.). In this type of society, the new economy - ofen clled knowledge - based economy - owes its apparence to a number of important forces now at work in the sense of changing the rules of business and national competitiveness: globalization, the increasingly use of knowledge and information, the computer networks and internet connectivity.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: knowledge management, knowledge - based economy, web technologies
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development; D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D83 - Search ; Learning ; Information and Knowledge ; Communication ; Belief ; Unawareness; L - Industrial Organization > L8 - Industry Studies: Services > L86 - Information and Internet Services ; Computer Software; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M2 - Business Economics > M21 - Business Economics

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