Economics of Structural Change in Knowledge

Francesco Quatraro is Associate Professor at the University of Nice, GREDEG-CNRS and Research Associate at the BRICK, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino, Italy.

"Policymakers and researchers need to better understand how knowledge creates economic and social value. They can only do this if they have better theoretical and analytical tools. The Economics of Structural Change in Knowledge provides new help on both these levels." - David Rooney, University of Queensland Business School and co author of Public Policy in Knowledge-Based Economies (Edward Elgar) and Wisdom and Management in the Knowledge Economy (Routledge)"This book provides a wonderful introduction to the role that information and knowledge play in the determination of economic growth and fluctuations in modern economies. Its synthesis of Schumpeterian and Kuznetsian traditions into a clear, integral framework is much needed and will be of value to students and researchers alike." - Dennis Patrick Leyden, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA

• Part 1: Overview 1. Structural Change and the Knowledge-Base Economy: An International Overview Part 2: The Theory 2. Structural Change and the Long Run Dynamics of Economic Growth 3. The Economics of Technological Knowledge 4. Structural Change and Knowledge Structure: An Integrated Framework Part 3: Application 5. The Implementation of Knowledge Structure Methodological Implicatioin 6. The Internal Structure of Technological Knowledge and Productivity Growth: Cross-Country Evidence from the ICT Sector 7. Evolutionary Patterns of Knowledge Structure in Biotechnology 8. Knowledge, Structural Change and Productivity: A Special Focus on Italian Regions 9. The Co-Evolution of Knowledge and Economic Structure. Evidence from European Regionis 10. Conclusion