resource. In industrial economy natural resources, such as coal and iron ore and labour are the main resources. A knowledge economy is one in which knowledge is the key resource. One in which the generation and the exploitation of knowledge has come to play the predominant part in the creation of wealth

There is a growing discussion of Intellectual Capital and the knowledge economy more generally within the accounting literature. This literature, however, has narrowly focused on the inability of traditional accounting concepts and methods to cope with the intangible nature of key sources

During the last quarter century, the American economy has undergone profound changes, initially in business leadership’s confidence in the ability of its institutions to compete effectively internationally, then in a comprehensive restructuring of its organizations, and finally in

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in these pockets of specialist knowledge scattered around the world.”

In recent years, neural networks have received an increasing amount of attention among macroeconomic forecasters because of their potential to detect and reproduce.linear and nonlinear relationships among a set of variables. Many attempts to apply ANN as a forecasting tool has been successful. This paper highlighted the application of Neural Network in economic forecasting. Back propagation neural Network are used to forecast the approximated time in years for a specified input cost or benefits. Different types of benefits and coasts are used in the training and testing phase. A better understanding of neural networks will help economists decide on the relevance of using these models. A forecast is a prediction concerning the future. Good forecasting will reduce, but not eliminate, the uncertainty that all managers feel. Both public and private enterprises operate under conditions of uncertainty. Management wishes to limit this uncertainty by predicting changes in cost, price, sales, and interest rates. Accurate forecasting can

ommercialization of university research is a contentious and prominent issue in tertiary education. This paper will elaborate on the commercialization and innovation strategies pursued by Canada and the United Kingdom with respect to their research funding structures and their focus innovation systems, both regional and national. Over the last two decades, these two countries introduced neo-liberal funding agendas for the state as well as for higher education while offering incentives to stimulate commercialization activities. These countries ' policies and programs have targeted Universities to help propel their economic performance, prosperity, and standard of living.

The main aim of this study is to develop a theoretical framework for the success of Web portals in promoting task innovation. This is deemed significant as yet little research has tackled this important domain from the business intelligence perspective. The D&M IS Success Model was used as a foundational theory and then was refined to match the context of the current research. Importantly, in this study, system quality and information quality constructs were defined on the basis of portals' characteristics since a mapping was conducted between the most significant functions and features of Web portals and quality constructs. The developed framework is deemed useful for theory and practice. From theoretical perspective, the dimensions that affect the perceived quality of Web portals are identified, and the measures that affect each quality dimension are also defined. On the practical level, contributions gained by this study can be observed in terms of the benefits decision makers, strategists, operational employees and IT developers can gain. Assessing portals success in improving task innovation is important to help managers (i.e. decision makers) in making appropriate decisions concerning the adoption of portals ' technology, by weighing its benefits against the costs needed to establish and run such a technology. Moreover, assessing Web portals ' success gives some insight to IT developers and designers concerning what aspects should be taken when designing and establishing