Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate and compare the development of knowledge-based economy and related policies in Taiwan, China and Hong Kong. Furthermore, a cross-country analysis of knowledge-based economy is conducted. The meaning and content of knowledge-based economy are firstly analyzed in the light of innovation theory and human capital theory. A cross-country empirical study is then conducted. The data source is 2001 World Development Indicators CD-Rom published by the World Bank. Utilizing the method of factor analysis, we extract two important factors characterizing knowledge-based economy. The first is the efficiency of communication and exchanging information, which represents the efficiency of delivering knowledge, and the level of human capital, which represents the stock of knowledge. The regression method is used to analyze the relationships between the two factors and productivity. It is found that both factors have strong positive effects on GDP per capita, agriculture value added per worker, and research and development expenditure. Individual indicators in the two factors are used to evaluate and compare the performance of Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong. It is found that Taiwan¡¦s level of knowledge-based economy is similar to the average level of APEC memberships, but better than that of East Asia, of Pacific countries, and of upper-middle income countries. China¡¦s level of knowledge-based economy is obviously not able to catch up with the average level of APEC memberships, that of East Asia, that of Pacific countries, and that of low-middle income countries. The performance of knowledge-based economy of Hong Kong is much better and equal to that of OECD and of G8 memberships. Our findings imply that the performance of knowledge-based economy of Taiwan is better than that of China, but inferior to that of Hong Kong and that of Japan, Singapore, and Korea. The reason might be that Taiwan¡¦s implementation of related national policies falls behind these countries. We suggest that the government should put more emphasis on implementing information and communication infrastructure in order to enhance the efficiency of delivering, stirring up, and diffusing of knowledge.

Abstract The goals of this study are threefold: first of all, cross-country data for 1997 and 2000, extracted from¡§2002 World Development Indicator¡¨ the World Bank, are utilized to estimate transaction efficiency indicators (TEIs) for various countries. Second, this study further examines the influences of transaction efficiency on the various economic developments, including per capita real income, foreign capital inflow, and infant mortality rate. Finally, this study applies questionnaire survey approach to carry out comparison between Taiwan, China and Hong Kong in terms of transaction costs and the institutional performances. Utilizing ¡§factor analysis¡¨ to measure cross-country TEIs, this study argues that countries with better TEIs generally have higher per capita incomes and FDI net inflows, but lower infant mortality rates. And, we may suggest that Taiwan¡¦s transaction efficiency is superior to the average level of APEC memberships, East Asia and Pacific countries. China is inferior to APEC memberships East Asia, and Pacific countries in terms of degrees of transaction efficiency. The evidence from the study indicates that Hong Kong¡¦s the transaction efficiency is better and equal to developed countries¡¦ and G8 memberships¡¦ ones. In adddition, Taiwan is better than that of China but inferior to that of Hong Kong in terms of transaction efficiency. In comparison to the statistical outcomes, the empirical results of questionnaire survey also confirm that Taiwan is much better than China, but worse than Hong Kong in their stitutional performances.

<p>Research Questions: Following questions will be looked at from a management perspective in the researched elite hockey clubs: (1) How has the commercialization affected the areas of responsibility? In regards to areas of responsibility: (a) How has the commercialization affected the decision making? (b) How has the commercialization affected the information and communication? (c) How has the commercialization affected the motivation? In addition, we need to find out the overall structure of the clubs and the managers’ view on commercialization in non-profit organizations. Therefore we need to add two more research questions: (2) In what respect is the organizational structure experienced in a different way today? and (3) How has the commercialization changed Swedish hockey clubs?</p><p>Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to create an understanding about how managers in Swedish elite hockey clubs experience the assumed adjustments in organizational structure and areas of responsibility when turning into more commercial organizations.</p><p>Method: With an interpretive hermeneutic approach used in the sense of a qualitative study, we explain how the managers of five hockey clubs within Elitserien experience the adjustments when turning into more commercial organizations. The qualitative study consisted of a number of personal and phone interviews in order to collect the empirical data.</p><p>Results: The main implication of the commercialization of Swedish hockey is that it has created conflicts in the daily operations, caused by the contradictions between commercial and non-profit activities. In addition, the organizational structure has in general become more professional with an increasing amount of distinct areas of responsibility.</p>

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Open source intelligence (OSINT) has always been strongly tied to the information and communication technology (ICT) of the day. This paper is an examination of the current state of OSINT as it relates to ICTs by looking at overarching problems that exist across multiple types of collection methods, as well as looking at specific cases where there are issues, such as China and the Middle East, and ending with some minor recommendations on how to fix or minimize the issues highlighted. / text

Doing a bachelor’s or master’s degree is a journey that leads to success or attrition (dropout). Previous research show to the significance of considering learners’ perspectives and their need for information and different types of interaction. This can be done through online ICTSS (information and communication technology support systems). The overall aim of this dissertation was to create knowledge about how the use of ICTSS can facilitate different types of interaction and support learners in order to reduce thesis problems and attrition and to enhance the quality of the thesis outcomes. The aim was operationalized by two research questions scrutinizing the interaction problems in the thesis process and investigating how the use of ICTSS can facilitate different types of interaction to reduce such problems and attrition, and to enhance the learning opportunities and quality of the thesis outcomes. To answer the research questions, five main studies were performed by applying different research methods on a case study. The empirical studies were performed at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV) at Stockholm University, Sweden. The respondents were different learners (students) with active thesis projects at the bachelor or master level in different programs at DSV between 2012 and 2015. For the first two studies, conceptual and content analysis of the data collected from the case study was performed. For the three other studies, open-ended online questionnaires (survey) and interviews were conducted. On the basis of the findings, three main types of interaction issues were developed which related to the need for more learner-content, peer-to-peer, and learner-supervisor interaction in the thesis process. The hypothesis was that the interaction issues could be reduced by implementing a set of strategic suggestions through the use of an ICTSS including a set of functionalities and resources. The usefulness of these functionalities and resources was evaluated with regard to the learners’ perception and experiences. The findings were categorized to facilitate learner-content, peer-to-peer, and learner-supervisor interaction, as well as management of the contents, supervision, and communication of the supervisory team. From these categories, a conceptual framework was developed in this dissertation to illustrate how the use of the ICTSS supports the thesis process. In conclusion, providing access to a set of structured e-resources and supporting educational communication through different types of interaction with peers and the supervisory team, enables learners’ self-managed learning and facilitates similar learning opportunities for learners in thesis courses.

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Η άποψη ότι κατά τη διάρκεια των τελευταίων χρόνων είμαστε μάρτυρες θεαματικών εξελίξεων στις τεχνολογίες πληροφοριών και επικοινωνιών είναι πλέον κοινός τόπος. Οι εξελίξεις, όμως αυτές, επηρεάζουν άμεσα τη παραγωγικότητα της εργασίας με συνέπεια τη μετάλλαξη και του ίδιου του εργασιακού περιβάλλοντος τόσο ποιοτικά όσο και ποσοτικά. Οι έννοιες της πληροφορίας και της γνώσης αποκτούν ιδιαίτερη σημασία στο νέο τεχνο-οικονομικό παράδειγμα που ουσιαστικά βασίζεται σε αυτές, αναπτύσσοντας καινοτομικές δραστηριότητες στη παραγωγική διαδικασία, στις δεξιότητες των εργαζομένων και στη λειτουργία των επιχειρήσεων γενικότερα. Η ολοένα και πιο έντονη, όμως, εισροή των τεχνολογιών πληροφορικής και επικοινωνιών, ενώ δημιουργεί νέες αγορές και νέα προϊόντα και άρα αυξάνει τις θέσεις εργασίας, παράλληλα εκτοπίζει εργατικό δυναμικό αφού πλέον η μηχανή αντικαθιστά τον άνθρωπο. Αποτέλεσμα αυτού, οι αλλαγές στις εργασιακές σχέσεις και νέες προκλήσεις τόσο στην εκπαίδευση όσο και στον εργαζόμενο και την επιχείρηση. Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία αναλύει τις αλλαγές που επιφέρει στην απασχόληση η τεχνολογία πληροφοριών και επικοινωνιών και παρουσιάζει τα στοιχεία που συνθέτουν τη νέα οικονομία στην οποία είμαστε ήδη εισηγμένοι. Παράλληλα, προσδιορίζει τις επιδράσεις της νέας τεχνολογίας και τις προκλήσεις που δημιουργούνται μέσα από αυτή. / The fact that last years we are witnesses of spectacular developments in the technologies of information and communications is worldwide accepted. However, these developments influence directly the productivity of work and the result of this is the mutation of the labour environment in quantity and quality. The significances of information and knowledge acquire particular importance in the new [techno]- economic example which substantially is based on them, developing innovative activities in the productive process, in the skills of employees and in the operation of business generally. However the continuously surge of technologies of information and communications, while it creates new markets and new products and increases the employment and at the same time displaces workforce with machines. As a result of this, are the changes in the labour relations and new challenges in the education and business. The present diplomatic thesis analyzes the changes that effect in the employment because of the technology of information and communications and presents the elements that compose the new economy in which we have been already in. At the same time, it determines the effects of new technology and the challenges that are created through this.

Η αλματώδης εξέλιξη που σημειώθηκε και εξακολουθεί να σημειώνεται τα τελευταία χρόνια στις τεχνολογίες του παγκόσμιου ιστού, έχει οδηγήσει σε προσπάθεια ενσωμάτωσεις του παγκόσμιου ιστού (Web) σε όλες τις πτυχές της ζωής με στόχο την παροχή καλύτερων και πιο αποδοτικών υπηρεσιών. Το Web έχει εξελιχθεί τα τελευταία χρόνια με πάρα πολύ γοργούς ρυθμούς και σε συνδυασμό με τις εξελίξεις στις τεχνολογίες επικοινωνιών και ιδιαίτερα με την παροχή αξιόπιστων και ταχύτατων ευρυζωνικών δικτύων επικοινωνίας, έχει μετεξελιχθεί σε μία πλατφόρμα παροχής προηγμένων δικτυακών υπηρεσιών οι οποίες καλύπτουν ένα ευρύτατο φάσμα εκπαιδευτικών αναγκών. Αυτό σε συνδυασμό με την σημασία που δίνεται παγκοσμίως στην εκπαιδευτική διαδικασία και στη σχέση που έχει η εκπαίδευση με την εξέλιξη και ανάπτυξη της κοινωνίας και της οικονομίας έχει οδηγήσει σε εκτεταμένες μελέτες και αναλύσεις σχετικά με την ενσωμάτωση των νέων τεχνολογιών και ιδιαίτερα των σχετικών με τον παγκόσμιο ιστό τεχνολογιών στην εκπαιδευτική διαδικασία από τα πρώιμα στάδια μέχρι και την τριτοβάθμια εκπαίδευση. Στην εργασία αυτή γίνεται προσπάθεια να προσδιοριστεί το κοινωνικό και οικονομικό πλαίσιο μέσα στο οποίο εξελίσεται ο τομέας της εκπαίδευσης σε όλο της το φάσμα και να αποτυπωθούν οι διάφορες τάσεις σε σχέση με τις νέες τεχνολογικές προσεγγίσεις και ιδιαίτερα με τις τεχνολογίες παγκοσμίου ιστού και τον τρόπο με τον οποίο αυτές επηρεάζουν την εκπαίδευση. Παρουσιάζεται συνοπτικά το πλαίσιο μέσα στο οποίο επιχειρήται η ενσωμάτωση των τεχνολογιών πληροφορικής και επικοινωνιών στην εκπαιδευτική διαδικασία και γίνεται αναφορά σε προγράμματα και δράσεις που υλοποιούνται και έχουν υλοποιηθεί στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση και στην Ελλάδα, καθώς και σε καλές πρακτικές εφαρμογές τεχνολογιών παγκοσμίου ιστού στην εκπαίδευση σε χώρες της ΕΕ και στην Ελλάδα. Στη συνέχεια παρουσιάζονται αναλυτικά οι διάφορες τεχνολογίες και υπηρεσίες που συνθέτουν τον παγκόσμιο ιστό με ιδιαίτερη αναφορά στις πιο σύγχρονες από αυτές. Γίνεται μία προσπάθεια να παρουσιαστεί ο τρόπος με τον οποίο οι τεχνολογίες και οι υπηρεσίες αυτές επηρεάζουν ή μπορούν να επηρεάσουν την εκπαιδευτική διαδικασία στο σύνολό της και η δυναμική που αυτές αναπτύσσουν. Τέλος, παρουσιάζεται το εκπαιδευτικό λογισμικό ΙΣΤΟΠΟΛΙΣ, το οποίο αποτελεί ένα δικτυακό υπερμεσικό εκπαιδευτικό περιβάλλον με στόχο τη διδασκαλία στην τάξη σε γνωστικά αντικείμενα όπως η Ιστορία και το οποίο αναπτύχθηκε χρησιμοποιώντας σύγχρονες τεχνολογίες παγκοσμίου ιστού. / The huge evolution in web technologies which took place and continues to take place the last years leads to an effort to integrate these technologies in all aspects of human life, in order to provide better and more efficient services to everyone. Web has developed rapidly the last years. The development in the communication technologies and especially the provision of reliable and high rate broadband communication networks has lead to a platform which can provide advanced network services that cover a broad spectrum of educational needs. The above mentioned, in combination with the importance that the educational procedure has and the relation of education to the development and progress of the society and economy, have lead to thorough studies and research concerning the integration of the new information and communication technologies (ICT) - and especially those related to the World Wide Web - in the learning procedure from primary school to higher education. In this master thesis an effort is being made to define the social and economical framework within which the educational sector is functioning and to outline the various tendencies concerning the new technological approaches and the way they affect education. Moreover the thesis provides an overview of the framework within which the integration of computer technologies in education is taking place and references to various programs and actions that are taking place in European Union and Greece. In addition some good examples are being mentioned as far as good practices in European countries and Greece are concerned. Furthermore, there is a detailed presentation of the various technologies and services that constitute the WWW with special reference to the most contemporary of them and of the way in which these technologies and services affect or could affect the education and the potential that they have. Finally, there is a presentation of the educational software ISTOPOLIS, which is a hypermedia educational environment which provides an alternative or complementary way of teaching in the classroom and which has been developed using some of the most modern web technologies.

Pastaraisiais metais informacinės komunikacinės technologijos (IKT) tapo bene svarbiausiu diskusijų objektu. Šios diskusijos vyksta įvairiais lygmenimis – moksliniu, techniniu, politiniu, vadybiniu ir pan. Neabejotina, kad šiandieninės technologijų galimybės yra didžiulės. Labai problematiška sritis – technologijų „perkėlimas“ į švietimo sistemą. Kaip tai padaryti? Kaip efektyviai panaudoti mokymo(si) tikslais? Kaip sumažinti galimai neigiamą poveikį sveikatai? Pasaulis kinta labai sparčiai, techninės galimybės didėja kasdien. Skaitmeninė revoliucija daro žmonių gyvenimą lengvesnį, keičia ir jų darbą, ir laisvalaikį. Ar galime teigti, kad šiuolaikinės IKT padeda organizuoti ugdymo procesą? Šis klausimas nėra vienareikšmis. Akivaizdu, kad tobulėdamos IKT vis labiau skverbiasi į įvairias mūsų gyvenimo sritis (Lamanauskas, 2006). IKT panaudojimas ugdymo įstaigose – tai dar ne taip seniai į ugdymo procesą integruota ugdymo(si) priemonė. Ji negali būti įvertinta vienareikšmiškai dėl jos naujumo ir nuolatinės kaitos. Prieš keletą metų pagrindinis uždavinys buvo mokyklų aprūpinimas nauja kompiuterine technika, šiandien aktualia problema tapo kaip veiksmingai IKT integruoti į ugdymo procesą. Dažniausiai galvojama, kokią naudą duos IKT teikiamos galimybės ugdymo(si) procesui, bet pamirštama, kad IKT ugdytinius veikia ir neigiamai. Šio darbo tikslas ir yra nustatyti, kokie veiksniai ugdytiniams dirbant su IKT neigiamai veikia juos pačius ir ugdymo(si) procesą. / Recently, the issues of Information and Communication Technologies have been exhaustively discussed. The questions are debated at scientific, technical, political, managerial etc level. Certainly, the present technologies have many possibilities. However, ‚transferring‘ them to the educational system seems to be the most difficult problem. What are the solutions to be reached in order to effectively apply the technologies for teaching/learning purposes, to decrease a possible negatyve impact on health etc. A question if we can support an idea that modern ITC helps with the educational process is not explicit?(Lamanauskas, 2006). Usage of the ICT in educational establishments (institutions) is device of education, integrated in learning process for not so long time ago. It can not be evaluated unambiguous, because of its (newness) originality and permanent shifting (alternation). Few years ago main task was to provide (supply) new computers for schools, today’s point (relevant) problem becomes how to integrate the ICT for effective using in learning process. Usually it is contemplated in what possibilities in learning process will give the use of ICT, but everyone forgets that there is a negative influence for the pupils. Main aim of this work is to estimate what kind of subjects gives the negative influence for the pupils and the learning process in working with ICT.