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Chapter 3
Data Issues in the New Economy
H.-J. Engelbrecht (Massey University)
This chapter addresses the following measurement- and
data-related
issues of the “new economy”: (1) Measurement of the magnitude
and
impact of intangible capital stocks and of information and knowledge
flows; (2) the use of composite indices to try to capture complex
aspects of the knowledge-based and new economy in a single number;
and (3) the potential ability of information and communications technologies
to generate new data sources, thereby enabling new lines of
research.
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