Volume 25 Issue 3 (2007)
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Barriers to Networked Governments: Evidence from Europe
Progress towards realizing the full potential of ‘e‐government’—using digital technologies to improve public services and government–citizen engagements—has been slower and less effective than the technologies’ take‐up in spheres such as…
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The (Un)Happiness of Knowledge and the Knowledge of (Un)Happiness: Happiness Research and Policies for Knowledge‐based Economies
This paper explores the current state and interfaces of two broad policy discourses, i.e. that of policies for knowledge‐based economies (KBEs) and policy implications of happiness research, which so far…
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Information and Communication Technology and the Places Left Behind
This article focuses on the critical role ICT policy design and implementation can play in developing a knowledge‐based economy in distressed US communities. Using a multiple case study research design,…
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The Role of Knowledge Accumulation in Health and Longevity: The Puzzling Case of Suicide
Many Western countries have experienced the ‘rectangularisation of the [demographic] survival curve’, leading to a rise in life expectancy. This process is the result of falling death rates, which leads…
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The Internationalisation of the Small and Medium‐sized Firm
In the last few decades, SMEs have become increasingly active in international markets. SMEs do not necessarily follow a pattern of incremental internationalisation as they have a wide range of…