The world is entering a new economic period, where information and innovation have more influence than manufacturing or labor. Those nations that can successfully transition to a knowledge-based economy will dominate the future. Effectively leveraging knowledge and information, however, is no easy task.
In Knowledge-Based Economy, a Road Map, Professor Isam Yahia Al-Filali, PhD, and Dr. Abdo A. Husseiny reveal the steps nations need to take to ensure successful and continuous knowledge-based economic development, whether they are industrial powerhouses or agrarian societies.
Together, Al-Filali and Husseiny dismiss the idea that powerful nations will necessarily dominate the knowledge economy. They reveal the distinction between having an educated population and being able to access the information needed for innovation and success. A lack of development might hinder a nation building knowledge capital; it does not, however, put that nation out of contention.
Rich in case studies and references, Knowledge-Based Economy, a Road Map reveals the complex interaction of human capital and society in the information market while considering the very nature of knowledge and its place in future economics. The world is changing. Will your nation change with it?
About the Author: Professor Isam Yahia Al-Filali, PhD, is the general director of the Rayada Modern Office, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He holds a doctorate from the University of Manchester.
Professor Al-Filali served the King Abdul-Aziz University of Saudi Arabia as a consultant to the vice president for business and knowledge creativity, dean for the Research and Consultations Institute, and director of the Strategic Studies Center. He has authored multiple books on strategic planning and knowledge capital.
The CEO of Technology International Incorporated of Virginia and the Dr. Zeinab Sabri Memorial Foundation, Dr. Abdo A. Husseiny holds a diploma from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Previously of the faculty of the University of Missouri-Rolla, Carnegie Mellon University, and Iowa State University, Dr. Husseiny holds several patents and chairs international conferences and sessions. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and hundreds of technical documents.
