The knowledge economy

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2004, Pages 199-220

  Powell, Walter W ^a,b   Snellman, Kaisa ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributional effects of technological change; Knowledge; Productivity; Workplace reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344663785     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.29.010202.100037     Document Type: Review

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