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From Information Technology to Social Technology: Opportunities and Challenges in the Knowledge Economy

From Information Technology to Social Technology: Opportunities and Challenges in the Knowledge Economy

Benjamin Yeo
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781616929046|ISBN10: 1616929049|EISBN13: 9781616929053
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-904-6.ch001
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Yeo, Benjamin. "From Information Technology to Social Technology: Opportunities and Challenges in the Knowledge Economy." Social Computing Theory and Practice: Interdisciplinary Approaches, edited by Panagiota Papadopoulou, et al., IGI Global, 2011, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-904-6.ch001

APA

Yeo, B. (2011). From Information Technology to Social Technology: Opportunities and Challenges in the Knowledge Economy. In P. Papadopoulou, P. Kanellis, & D. Martakos (Eds.), Social Computing Theory and Practice: Interdisciplinary Approaches (pp. 1-18). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-904-6.ch001

Chicago

Yeo, Benjamin. "From Information Technology to Social Technology: Opportunities and Challenges in the Knowledge Economy." In Social Computing Theory and Practice: Interdisciplinary Approaches, edited by Panagiota Papadopoulou, Panagiotis Kanellis, and Drakoulis Martakos, 1-18. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-904-6.ch001

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Abstract

Stemming from the information economy, the knowledge economy represents an extension of technology-based production to include the leverage of technologies for value-added products and services. In this chapter, the author defines the knowledge economy and looks at the technology-based economic growth experiences of three places—the San Joaquin Valley in California, Ennis in Ireland, and Singapore—to show the importance of human capital development, social inclusion, and learning contexts in generating the foundation for continuous innovation. These themes highlight the opportunities and challenges involved in their bid to create a knowledge economy. The main argument in the chapter advocates the importance of going beyond the technologies to analyse the social context within which technologies function. Based on the author’s larger study of the sustainable knowledge economy, this chapter comprises an empirical analysis of the three cases and a rigorous literature review to emphasise the shift in perspective from the information view of technology to the social perspective of technology.

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