John Houghton

TL;DR: A brief guide to the knowledge economy for people in business and government who need a succinct summary of its major features and their implications is given in this article, where the authors draw on research undertaken at CSES over the last few years, on the work of the OECD and on a rapidly growing international literature.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the costs and benefits of three alternative models for scholarly publishing - subscription publishing, open access publishing and self-archiving -and quantified the cost and benefit implications for each of the main players in the scholarly communication system.

TL;DR: In the context of the emerging knowledge-based economy, innovation and the capacity of the national innovation system to create and disseminate scientific and scholarly information are increasingly fundamental determinants of national prosperity as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: An overview of how the Internet and the ICT and related research communities can help tackle environmental challenges in developing countries and the role of ICTs in climate change mitigation, mitigating other environmental pressures, and climate change adaptation is presented.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors look at the costs and potential benefits of alternative models for scientific and scholarly publishing, describing the approach and methods used and summarising the findings of a study undertaken for the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) in the United Kingdom.