Challenges to creating an Arabian gulf knowledge economy

International Perspectives on Education and Society

Volumn 24, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-33

  Wiseman, Alexander W ^a   Alromi, Naif H ^b   Alshumrani, Saleh ^c  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Public Education Evaluation Commission   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cultural context; Gulf national citizens; Information and communication technology (ICT); Knowledge economy; Mass education; National innovation systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901411425     PISSN: 14793679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1479-367920140000024002     Document Type: Article

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