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Human Factors of a Global Society
book

Human Factors of a Global Society

by Tadeusz Marek, Waldemar Karwowski, Marek Frankowicz, Jussi Kantola, Pavel Zgaga
June 2014
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
1177 pages
50h 23m
English
CRC Press
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Polish Universities
Toward a Real Science–
Business Cooperation
Krystian Gurba
INTRODUCTION
Knowledge plays such an important role in a modern economy like electricity in the times of indus-
trial economy. It is a core factor of production (Nelles and Vorley 2010). In the 1960s, the term “the
knowledge industry” (by F. Machlup) and later “the knowledge economy” (by P. Drucker) began
to become popular. The crucial role of knowledge was best emphasized by Drucker: “knowledge
has become the central factor of production in an advanced developed society.” In simple words,
he stated that “the key to producing more work was to work smarter (instea
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