Is there a knowledge deficit in e-business?

Author

Fernandes, Antonio S C ; Mendes, Pedro M.

Author_Institution

Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

383

Lastpage

387

Abstract

The paper builds on results from a study of the Portuguese computer and related activities services sector, in the last decade. Following a model that considers only. three basic economic resources-knowledge, technology and capital-the analysis concluded that the sector´s value added was provided by the use of knowledge, 61%, by the use of technology, 23%, and by the use of capital, 16%. The value added by engineering was also computed and the result was 55%. A comparison between the evolution of work productivity and knowledge intensity, in the decade, resulted in the calculation of a continuous deficit of about 9% per year concerning the knowledge about the use of technology. The authors think that this conclusion also applies to one part of the knowledge required in e-business

Keywords

electronic commerce; knowledge engineering; management; value engineering; Portugal; capital; computer and related activities services sector; e-business; economic resources; engineering; knowledge; knowledge intensity; technology; value added; work productivity; Appropriate technology; Business; Communication networks; Consumer electronics; Environmental economics; Evolution (biology); Globalization; Humans; Isolation technology; Productivity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Change Management and the New Industrial Revolution, 2001. IEMC '01 Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Albany, NY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7260-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMC.2001.960569

Filename

960569