TY - CHAP
T1 - The call for transformational governance in the knowledge economy
AU - Yeo, Benjamin
AU - Trauth, Eileen
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the patients and their families for participation in the study. We are grateful to A. W. Rathore for clinical facilitation, Z. Gilani for his advice regarding ADCY3 molecular modeling, M. Boissel for help with statistical analyses, and Q. Ain and I. Qureshi for their technical assistance. This study was supported by the Fédération de Recherche 3508 Labex EGID (European Genomics Institute for Diabetes; ANR-10-LABX-46) (to P.F.), the ANR Equipex 2010 session (ANR-10-EQPX-07-01; ‘LIGAN-PM’) (to P.F.), the European Community (FEDER) and the Region Hauts-de-France (to P.F.). The research leading to this study was also supported by funding from
Funding Information:
the European Research Council GEPIDIAB 294785 (P.F.) and the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (to M. Arslan).
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Increasingly, regions are developing initiatives towards building a knowledge economy. This change is also bringing about a transition from more static forms of information technology (IT) work to more dynamic forms of knowledge work. It follows that knowledge industries will involve more multifaceted forms of collaboration among workers and organizations using IT. In view of the complexities in knowledge work, this chapter develops an argument for a transformational approach to governance, whereby policymakers create mechanisms to continuously evaluate local social contexts so as to continuously adapt policies to unique local conditions. This argument is based on the results of three markedly different case studies of knowledge economies: San Joaquin Valley, California; Ennis, Ireland; and Singapore. These data are used to show how local and unique social conditions influence the sustainability of a knowledge economy. Given the unique characteristics of local contexts, a transformational approach represents one useful approach to governance.
AB - Increasingly, regions are developing initiatives towards building a knowledge economy. This change is also bringing about a transition from more static forms of information technology (IT) work to more dynamic forms of knowledge work. It follows that knowledge industries will involve more multifaceted forms of collaboration among workers and organizations using IT. In view of the complexities in knowledge work, this chapter develops an argument for a transformational approach to governance, whereby policymakers create mechanisms to continuously evaluate local social contexts so as to continuously adapt policies to unique local conditions. This argument is based on the results of three markedly different case studies of knowledge economies: San Joaquin Valley, California; Ennis, Ireland; and Singapore. These data are used to show how local and unique social conditions influence the sustainability of a knowledge economy. Given the unique characteristics of local contexts, a transformational approach represents one useful approach to governance.
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U2 - 10.4018/978-1-60566-390-6.ch015
DO - 10.4018/978-1-60566-390-6.ch015
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84857978275
SN - 9781605663906
SP - 271
EP - 290
BT - Handbook of Research on ICT-enabled Transformational Government
PB - IGI Global
ER -