Information and Knowledge Management using ArcGIS ModelBuilder

Table 1: KEI and KI indexes (KAM) 2009
Rank
1 +2 Denmark
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scorecard)
Ghassan Kbar and Abdul Aziz AlDusari
KEI
KI
Eco no m ic
Incentiv e
Re gim e
Innovation
Education
9.5 2 9.49 9.61 9.49 9.78 9.21
2 -1 Sw e den 9.51 9.57 9.33 9.76 9.29 9.66
3 -1 Finland 9.37 9.39 9.31 9.67 9.77 8.73
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N eth e rla nd s 9.3 5 9.39 9.22 9.45 9.21 9.52
5 +2 Norway 9.31 9.25 9.47 9.06 9.60 9.10
6 +6 Canada 9.17 9.08 9.45 9.44 9.26 8.54
7 +2 Unite d Kingdom 9.10 9.06 9.24 9.24 8.49 9.45
8 +6 Ireland 9.05 8.98 9.26 9.08 9.14 8.71
9 -3 Unite d States 9.02 9.02 9.04 9.47 8.74 8.83
10 -5 Sw itze r la n d
9.0 1 9.09 8.79 9.90 7.68 9.68
11 -3 A u str a lia 8.97 9.08 8.66 8.88 9.69 8.67
12 +3 Ge rm any 8.96 8.92 9.06 8.94 8.36 9.47
13 +4 Iceland 8.95 8.76 9.54 8.07 9.41 8.80
14 -3 N ew Ze aland 8.92 8.97 8.79 8.66 9.78 8.46
15 -5 Austria 8.91 8.78 9.31 9.00 8.48 8.85
16 -3 B e lg ium 8.80 8.77 8.87 8.93 9.14 8.25
17 +2 Luxembourg 8.64 8.37 9.45 9.00 6.61 9.51
18 +3 Ta iw a n, Ch in a
8.4 5 8.79 7.42 9.27 7.97 9.13
19 +1 Singapore 8.44 8.03 9.68 9.58 5.29 9.22
20 -4 Jap an 8.42 8.63 7.81 9.22 8.67 8.00
2.1 Quantitative KBE assessment methodology
In order to assess the performance of a sustainable nation’s knowledge based economy, there is a
need to identify the main indicators that affect the KBE performance, as well as the elements related
to them and how they are correlated to each other. There three are three main keywords associated
with the sustainable KBE; knowledge, investment, and Business continuity. The first main indicator
associated with KBE is the required knowledge which determines the level of competency and ability
to play an important role for building a strong KBE. The second main indicator is investment, which is
needed for developing projects required for the success of KBE. The third main indicator is continuity
of business for sustainable KBE. These three indicators (knowledge, investment and business
continuity KIC) are the one that needs to be measured and evaluated in order to measure the
effectiveness of the KBE. Furthermore, the elements associated with each of these indicators have to
be identified, as well as the correlation that exists among them. There is direct correlation between
the knowledge and investment indicators since it is unlikely that an investment can be done without
the existence of knowledge. However, there is less dependency among the first 2 indicators and the
business continuity indicator since it is mainly depends on entrepreneurship, technology
infrastructure, management and leadership. The main indicator of successful KBE is investment
indicator which directly affects the nation economy. However, in order to quantify the investment
indicator value, the effect of its elements including the knowledge indicator has to be assessed. The
elements affect the value of investment indicator are knowledge, fund, technology infrastructure,
skills/experience, and management. The percentage or the value of these elements has to be
determined, and their values need to be optimized in order to maximize the overall investment
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