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As the 20th century draws to a close, the knowledge content of everyday goods and services is rising as never before. Accompanying this is an equally amazing explosion in the amount of information available to ordinary people.
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Morck, R., Yeung, B. (2001). The Economic Underpinnings of a Knowledge-Based Economy. In: Lefebvre, L.A., Lefebvre, É., Mohnen, P. (eds) Doing Business in the Knowledge-Based Economy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1587-6_2
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