Prospectus for National Knowledge Assessment (1996) / Chapter Skim
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Knowledge assessment draws upon a well developed technique used in industry for analyzing a national or regional economy or business sector, the venture capital investment model. It is a useful tool for investors or for industrial entities seeking entry into markets or searching for potential partners.
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The elements of the sentinel enterprise plan may include information about knowledgeable and experienced entrepreneurs, access to capital, siting, licenses, available equipment and manufacturing processes, importation of equipment, skilled labor, training opportunities, market information, information on best practices and quality management, communications, and transport. For each item or class of items, baseline data would be provided by local participants, and benchmarks would be furnished by the international participants on the team, based in part on standards found in global data bases.
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If the data confirm the observations arising from the virtual case studies, then the knowledge assessment team, supplemented by local expert members of the virtual case study teams, will convert the conclusions of the virtual case studies and the suggestions generated through the interviews into concrete recommendations and formulate an implementation plan for carrying them out. NEXT STEPS To serve as a working tool of the World Bank and national governments, knowledge assessment would be developed in two steps a series of briefings and simulations among participants followed by a pilot project to test out the general ideas and understandings in a specific country.
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The national symposium will be encouraged to select sentinel enterprises where the potential for leapfrogging exists and thus point the way to appropriate opportunities. Adoption of a standard knowledge assessment methodology will also enable the World Bank to make comparisons among countries emphasizing the knowledge factor impor PROSPECTUS FOR NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT tent to modern commerce and industry.
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