This thoroughly revised second edition of the Handbook on the Knowledge Economy expands the range of issues presented in the first edition and reflects important new progress in research about knowledge economies.

Contents: Preface 1. Knowledge is People Doing Things, Knowledge Economies are People Doing Things with Better Outcomes for More People David Rooney, Greg Hearn and Tim Kastelle PART I: CONCEPTS 2. Knowledge Economy Nico Stehr and Jason L. Mast 3. Negiotiating a Knowledge Economy: Juggling Knowledge, Truth and Power Jennifer Adelstein and Stewart Clegg 4. Knowledge-based Economies and Subjective Wellbeing Hans-Jürgen Engelbrecht 5. Knowledge, Learning and Pain René ten Bos 6. The Economics of Attention: Economic Doctrines, Social Structures, Political Systems Richard A. Lanham 7. What Does a Knowledge Economy Actually Look Like? Neil Kay 8. A Conceptual Model of Capability Learning for the Twenty-first-Century Knowledge Economy Ruth Bridgstock and Greg Hearn PART II: PRACTICES 9. Communities of Practice: Reflections on Lessons Learned at Rio Tinto and the Interdependent Relationship between Technologies and Communities Mark Bennett 10. Open Innovation: From Marginal to Mainstream Roland Harwood and David Simoes-Brown 11. How Universities Can Help Humanity Learn How to Resolve the Crises of Our Times – from Knowledge to Wisdom: The University College London Experience Nicholas Maxwell 12. Network Activation in the Knowledge Economies Susan Moger 13. Creative Industries and Innovation in a Knowledge Economy Jason Potts 14. Knowledge-based Business Models: A Digital Network Strategy Tim Kastelle 15. The Past, Present and Future of Social Network Analysis in the Study of Innovation John Steen and Sam MacAulay Index