Channel3000.com :: Madison Magazine Honors WARF
...The book "Innovation U: New University Roles in the Knowledge Economy" names UW-Madison among the top 12 research institutions in the US promoting technology transfer off campus...
HindustanTimes :: India seen as third largest IT, BPO industry
by Arvind Padmanabhan
...Mahadeva said the main reason for the backlash against BPO was that economic recovery in the US had not translated into more jobs. "It is also the 'silly season' right now in Washington, DC, with the Presidential election, then Senate, the House, and many of the governors and state houses. Jobs, therefore, are certainly a major issue," he said. Yet, one cannot shy away from the fact that the baby boomer generation in the US is retiring and that the next wave of knowledge workers will be much smaller, he said...
TechRepublic :: Outsourcing backlash: Globalization in the knowledge economy
By Dion Wiggins and Diane Morello
...Globalization of the knowledge economy has surprised many enterprises. The speed and impact of offshore outsourcing, and the poor global economy, are driving change in the workforce...
Shout99 :: Submit your views on outsourcing to Commons Committee
by Susie Hughes
...Freelancers in the Shout99 network are invited to put forward their views on the impact of outsourcing on the UK's knowledge-based economy as part of an inquiry by the influential Trade and Industry Select Committee. The Committee intends to review progress since the publication of the Government's White Paper 'Our Competitive future: Building the Knowledge Driven Economy' in 1998...
canada.com :: Business people applaud Paul Martin economic vision; but short on solutions
by Allan Swift
...Paul-Arthur Huot, Quebec president of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, welcomed Martin's insistence on help for research and development..."Innovation is a key driver of long-term economic growth," said Huot. "We commend Mr. Martin's focus on commercialization of our world-leading research and knowledge-generating capacity to generate returns, jobs and economic prosperity."...
Xinhuanet :: IT industry in spotlight in Guizhou
...Guizhou Province in Southwest China will be developed into one of the most important research and production bases for China's IT industry, senior provincial officials said yesterday. "We have adopted a new economic development policy - technology innovation coming first and industrial processing second," said Chen Dawei, vice-governor of the province, at the opening ceremony of the two-day International Conference on the Guizhou Development Plan for Innovative Knowledge-based Economy...
TheStar :: Singapore PM suggests Asean-wide firewall
...Asean countries must also give priority to Internet literacy, he said, warning that "if the people are not ICT-savvy, they risk being left out in the knowledge economy."...
New Zealand's National Business Review :: Democracy: The tyranny of the PC minority
Comment from James Allan
...having a prime minister who can say to Linda Clark on National Radio that "I never had the slightest interest in science" is embarrassing and hypocritical when combined with her professed desire to build a knowledge economy...
Malaysia kini :: Mahathir deserves a grand farewell
...Incentives given to tertiary education and the development of professional skills, not only as a growing industry but also as a means of developing skill knowledge worker for Malaysia's own requirements, is certainly something to be lauded...
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