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The knowledge-based economy and economic growth : A comparative study with special emphasis on the role of R and D /

Hamsa Elsayed Elsaid

The knowledge-based economy and economic growth : A comparative study with special emphasis on the role of R and D / الإقتصاد القائم على المعرفة و النمو الإقتصادى : دراسة مقارنة Hamsa Elsayed Elsaid ; Supervised Ahmed Ghoneim - Cairo : Hamsa Elsayed Elsaid , 2010 - 179 P. : charts ; 25cm

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Economics and Political Science - Department of Economics

In the past, it was usually a unique combination of land, labor, and capital that gave a nation its comparative advantage, but today the formula has been reversed. As an ever-increasing percentage of economic growth arises from the burgeoning knowledge sector, therefore, any nations' comparative advantage comes instead from its collective ability to leverage what its citizens know



Economic growth Economics Knowledge-based