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This book is based on the proceedings of the Fourth Annual Education Conference of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR), entitled 'The Future of Education in the UAE: Innovation & Knowledge Production' held on September 17-18, 2013. The aim of the Conference was to raise awareness of the growing importance of investment in human capital to build a knowledge-based society, values of citizenship, and the creation of skilled workforce to achieve sustainable development and the ability to compete globally. This volume supports the UAE's ongoing efforts to develop an effective and innovative education system that prepares its students and educational institutions to become the catalyst for innovative research, development and to allow the nation to progress in stature within the global economy. Presented here is a compilation of selected speakers' papers, which puts forward a clear and useful set of recommendations for future education policy, outlining the latest perspectives on educational reform, while experts from within the UAE aligned those ideas with the practical realities of the country's current education system. This provides an opportunity for a better understanding and greater awareness of the issues raised, and the development of appropriate solutions to meet the present and future challenges facing the development of the education system in the UAE.

Education --- Educational innovations --- Education, Higher --- Knowledge economy --- Research --- International cooperation. --- International cooperation

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Internet --- Communication --- Knowledge economy --- Social networks --- Technologies de l'information et de la communication --- Economie du savoir --- Réseaux sociaux --- Economic aspects. --- Technological innovations --- Economic aspects --- Aspect économique --- Économie collaborative. --- Économie numérique. --- Société numérique. --- Réseaux sociaux --- Aspect économique

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Although several studies have found a negative relationship between government spending and entrepreneurship, much debate remains regarding the components of government spending responsible for this association. This paper contributes to the literature by specifically exploring the relationship between government private subsidies and entrepreneurship. By combining macroeconomic government spending data with individual level entrepreneurship data, the paper finds a negative association between the share of private subsidies and entrepreneurship. However, findings are less straightforward when the analysis delves deeper into the components of private subsidies and their association with different kinds of entrepreneurship.

Economic Theory & Research --- Education --- Education for the Knowledge Economy --- Emerging Markets --- Entrepreneurs --- Fiscal Policy --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth --- Market Failure --- Private Sector Development --- Taxation & Subsidies --- Urban Development --- Urban Economics

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The overarching research topic addressed in this book is the complex and multifaceted interaction between infrastructural accessibility/connectivity of city-regions on the one hand and knowledge generation in these city-regions on the other hand. To this end, the book brings together chapters analysing how infrastructural accessibility is related to changing patterns of business location of knowledge-intensive industries in city-regions. The chapters in this book specifically dwell on recent manifestations of, and developments in, the accessibility/knowledge-nexus, with a particular metageogra

Transport. Traffic --- Knowledge management --- Knowledge economy --- Information technology --- Cities and towns --- Regional economics --- Economics --- Regional planning --- Regionalism --- Space in economics --- Global cities --- Municipalities --- Towns --- Urban areas --- Urban systems --- Human settlements --- Sociology, Urban --- IT (Information technology) --- Technology --- Telematics --- Information superhighway --- Economy of knowledge --- Information economy --- KBE (Knowledge-based economy) --- Knowledge-based economy --- Management of knowledge assets --- Management --- Intellectual capital --- Organizational learning --- E-books --- Knowledge management. --- Knowledge economy. --- Information technology. --- Cities and towns. --- Regional economics.

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Finland is known for its consistent progress in the economy and competitiveness, as well as the egalitarian society underneath it. Yet, the challenges experienced by Finland in the beginning of the 20th century were similar to those experienced by many countries today. Finland emerged as an independent nation in the midst of international economic and political turbulence. In spite of its remoteness, relative scarcity of natural resources, smallness of the home market and recent history characterized by wars and social cleavages, Finland transformed itself from an agriculture-based economy...

Information technology --- Knowledge management --- High technology industries --- Knowledge economy --- Economic aspects --- Economy of knowledge --- Information economy --- KBE (Knowledge-based economy) --- Knowledge-based economy --- Management of knowledge assets --- IT (Information technology) --- Economics --- Industries --- Management --- Intellectual capital --- Organizational learning --- Technology --- Telematics --- Information superhighway