Introduction
Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, many countries worldwide have been undergoing major social, cultural, and economic developments. In the process, these countries have come to realize that for sustainable economic development, relying mainly on natural resources is insufficient; what are needed, in addition, are “investments in knowledge that can facilitate technological innovation” (Tseng 2014 as cited in Abdul Razzak 2018). Consequently, we find many societies and economies shifting direction toward becoming knowledge and information-based, respectively.
A knowledge-based economy is an advanced economy in which there is greater reliance on information and high skill levels (OECD 2005); while, an information-based society is a society that relies on gaining competitive advantage internationally through major dependence on and use of data, information, knowledge, and Information Communication Technology (ICT) in creative and productive ways. (Abd.Mukti and...
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Abdul Razzak, N. (2020). Leadership on Information Technology in Education. In: Tatnall, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10576-1_90
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