Transitioning Towards a Knowledge Society Qatar as a Case Study /

• Main Authors: Gremm, Julia (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Barth, Julia (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Fietkiewicz, Kaja J. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Stock, Wolfgang G. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Human geography.; Economic geography.; Middle East-Politics and government.; Physical geography.; Human Geography.; Economic Geography.; Middle Eastern Politics.; World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions).

The book offers a critical evaluation of Qatar's path from oil- and gas-based industries to a knowledge-based economy. This book gives basic information about the region and the country, including the geographic and demographic data, the culture, the politics and the economy, the health care co...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1: Context
• Chapter 1. Informational Cities in the GCC States
• Chapter 2. Qatar in a Nutshell
• Part 2: Concept
• Chapter 3. Knowledge Economy and Knowledge-Based Development
• Chapter 4. Methods
• Part 3: Connection
• Chapter 5. Diversification of Knowledge-Based Industries and Foreign Investment
• Chapter 6. Creativity and the Knowledge Society
• Chapter 7. E-Government
• Chapter 8. Knowledge-Based Development
• Chapter 9. Universities and other Institutions of Higher Education
• Chapter 10. Students and Graduates
• Chapter 11. Transition of Graduates into the Labor Market
• Chapter 12. Libraries, Science Parks and Research Funding
• Part 4: Conclusion
• Chapter 13. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of Qatar's Way into the Knowledge Society
• Index.