فجوة الاقتصاد القائم على المعرفة بين اقتصاديات الدول النامية و المتقدمة : تطبيقا على المملكة العربية السعودية

Abstract EN

Undoubtedly, Knowledge has become the most important economic good and the main dominant resource in the new economy.

It is a self-contained economy driven by information technology and intellectual capital.

This will keep the knowledge-based economies to be the strongest and most dominant and in control of the world economy.

The rich increases their richness and the poor are growing poorer.

Therefore, the gap between rich North and the poor South is getting deeper.

Accordingly, this study aims to determine the nature of the existing knowledge gap between developing and developed countries, shedding some light on the determinants of knowledge economy that will enable developing countries to cross the existing gap.

The study considers Saudi Arabia a model of application, addressing the current situation and future trends to skip the gap between the knowledge economy and the knowledge-based.

A linear multiple regression model is employed.

The correlation coefficients were used for data analysis of 75 countries, which are divided according to the human development index into three groups: very high, high and medium in terms of human development.

For the purpose of the study, countries of low human development were not included.

Results confirmed that innovation is the most influential factor in the knowledge economy and the locomotive towards knowledge-based economy.

Hence, it concluded that the developing countries, which start moving towards the knowledge economics are dedicated to improve human resources'quality, and to invest in with developing strong information and communication technology's structure.

The Saudi Kingdom transformation to knowledge-based economy requires greater reliance on high-quality educated and productive workforce that are capable for innovation and development.