The Competitiveness of Nations in a Global Knowledge-Based Economy

2nd Draft - Pythagorean - March 2005

The Competitiveness of Nations

in a Global Knowledge-Based Economy

2nd Draft – Pythagorean Version

March 2005

Link to Dissertation as Accepted

Index

Table of Contents 

List of Figures   

 1.0 Introduction

 2.0 Problem  

 3.0 Methodology  

 4.0 Monad 

 5.0 Dyad 

 6.0 Triad  

 7.0 Qubit   

 8.0 Quintessence 

 9.0 Competitiveness         

10.0 Conclusions    

11.0 End Notes     

12.0 References    

An Interdisciplinary Studies PhD Dissertation
submitted by Harry Hillman Chartrand ©
to his Advisory Committee

University of Saskatchewan
http://members.shaw.ca/competitivenessofnations

h-chartrand@shaw.ca

March 2005

Table of Contents

  

   List of Figures                                          

1.0 Introduction

1.1 A Foretaste                                         

1.2 Acknowledgements                           

2.0 Problem

2.1 Origins                                                      

2.2 Standard Model                                       

2.2.1 Epistemology                                           

2.2.2 Limitations                                              

2.3 Objective                                                 

3.0 Methodology

3.1 Trans-                                                   

3.2 Disciplinary                                            

3.3 Induction                                                  

3.4 Weaknesses & Strengths                          

3.5 MDTQ Model                                          

4.0 Monad

4.1 Biological Need                                        

4.2 Immeasurability                                        

4.3 Incommensurability                                

4.4 Language                                                 

5.0 Dyad

5.1 Science                                               

5.2 Design                                               

5.3 Reconciliation                                             

6.0 Triad

6.1 Primary as Form                                  

6.1.1 Personal & Tacit Knowledge                  

6.1.2 Codified Knowledge                               

6.1.2.1 Innis, McLuhan & Réalism fantastique 

6.1.2.2 Shales & the Re-Decade                  

6.1.2.3 Gibson & Cybercode                         

6.1.3 Tooled Knowledge                                

6.1.3.1Hard-Tooled                                           

6.1.3.1.1 Sensors                                               

6.1.3.1.2 Tools                                                  

6.1.3.1.3 Toys                                                   

6.1.3.2 Soft-Tooled                                            

6.1.3.2.1 Computer & Genomic Programs           

6.1.3.2.2 Mathematics                                       

6.1.3.2.3 Standards                                            

6.1.3.2.4 Techniques                                          

6.1.3.3 Characteristics                                       

6.1.3.3.1 Design                                                

6.1.3.3.2 Density                                               

6.1.3.3.3 Fixation                                                

6.1.3.3.4 Vintage                                               

6.1.4 Reconciliation                                           

6.2 Secondary as Inputs                                  

6.2.1 Codified & Tooled Capital                         

6.2.1.1 Cultural                                                  

6.2.1.2 Financial                                                

6.2.1.3 Human                                                  

6.2.1.4 Legal                                                     

6.2.1.5 Social                                                    

6.2.2 Personal & Tacit Labour                           

6.2.2.1 Productive                                             

6.2.2.2 Managerial                                             

6.2.2.3 Entrepreneurial                                       

6.2.3 Toolable Natural Resources                      

6.3 Tertiary as Outputs                                   

6.3.1 Person                                                     

6.3.2 Code                                                        

6.3.3 Work                                                       

6.4 Reconciliation                                          

7.0 Qubit

7.1 Etymological WIT                                     

7.1.1 Word                                                       

7.1.1.1 Can                                                       

7.1.1.2 Know                                                    

7.1.1.3 Knowledge                                            

7.1.1.4 Wit                                                        

7.1.1.5 Related & Imported Words                   

7.1.2 Findings                                                 

7.1.3 Reconciliation                                           

7.1.3.1 By the Senses                                        

7.1.3.2 By the Mind                                           

7.1.3.3 By the Doing                                          

7.1.3.4 By the Experience                                  

7.1.4 Qubit WIT                                               

7.2 Psychological PSI                                     

7.2.1 Definitions                                                

7.2.2 Wetware                                                  

7.2.3 Software                                                  

7.2.3.1 Archetypes & Complexes                       

7.2.3.2 Faculties                                                

7.2.3.2.1 Reason                                               

7.2.3.2.2 Revelation                                           

7.2.3.2.3 Sentiment                                            

7.2.3.2.3.1Adam Smith                                      

7.2.3.2.3.2 Grant McCraken                               

7.2.3.2.3.3 Ekhart Schlicht                                 

7.2.3.2.4 Sensation                                            

7.2.3.2.4.1 Science                                           

7.2.3.2.4.2 Aesthetics                                       

7.2.3.2.4.3 Economics                                       

7.2.4 Qubit PSI                                                

7.2.5 Reconciliation                                          

7.3 Epistemological EPI                                 

7.3.1 Definitions                                               

7.3.2 The Expanding University                         

7.3.3 Domains                                                  

7.3.3.1 Natural & Engineering Sciences         

7.3.3.1.1 Physical Technology                           

7.3.3.2 Humanities & Social Sciences            

7.3.3.2.1 Organizational Technology                  

7.3.3.3 Arts                                                     

7.3.3.3.1 Design Technology                            

7.3.4 Practices                                                 

7.3.5 Reconciliation                                          

7.3.6 Qubit EPI                                                

7.4    Pedagogic PED                                       

7.5 Legal IPR                                               

7.5.1 Myth of the Creator                                 

7.5.2 Matrix                                                     

7.5.2.1 Person                                                  

7.5.2.2 Code                                                     

7.5.2.3 Work                                                    

7.5.3 Rights to Know                                        

7.5.3.1 Copyrights & Trademarks                      

7.5.3.2 Designs & Patents                                 

7.5.3.3 Know-How & Trade Secrets                 

7.5.3.4 Sui Generis Rights                                

7.5.4 Public Domain                                         

7.5.4.1 Economic Commons                              

7.5.4.2 Legal Principle & Precedent                  

7.5.4.3 Constitutional & Cultural History            

7.5.5  Reconciliation                                          

7.5.6 Qubit IPR                                                

7.6 Economic FLX                                        

7.6.1 Disembodied/Embodied                            

7.6.2 Endogenous/Exogenous                            

7.6.3 New Growth Theory                                

7.6.4 Qubit FLX                                               

8.0 Quintessence

8.1 Nation-State                                            

8.1.1  Shifting Sands of Sovereignty                   

8.1.1.1 Biological                                              

8.1.1.2 Cultural                                                 

8.1.1.3 Ideological                                             

8.1.1.4 Military                                                 

8.1.1.5 Political Economic                                 

8.1.1.6 Reconciliation                                        

8.2 Governance                                             

8.2.1 Custodian                                                

8.2.2 Facilitator                                                

8.2.3 Patron                                                     

8.2.4 Architect                                                 

8.2.5 Engineer                                                  

9.0 Competitiveness

9.1 Production Function                                 

9.1.1 Inputs                                                      

9.1.2 Outputs                                                   

9.1.2.1 By Form                                               

9.1.2.2 By Function                                           

9.1.2.3 By Qubit                                              

9.1.3 Reconciliation                                          

9.2 Competitive Advantage                            

9.2.1 By Monad                                               

9.2.2 By Dyad                                                 

9.2.3 By Triad                                                  

9.2.4 By Qubit                                                 

9.2.4.1 Etymology                                             

9.2.4.2 Psychology                                            

9.2.4.3 Epistemology & Pedagogy                     

9.2.4.4 Law                                                      

9.2.4.5 Economics                                            

9.2.5 Quintessence                                           

10.0 Conclusions

10.1 Vocabulary                                              

10.2 Modeling                                                 

10.2.1 Accounting Theory                                 

10.2.2 New Growth Theory                               

10.2.3 MDTQ Model     

                                  

11.0 End Notes     

                                           

12.0 References                                               

 

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1: Trans-Disciplinary Event Horizon       

Exhibit 2: MDTQ Model of Knowledge             

Exhibit 3: Production Function                          

Exhibit 4: Competitiveness Paradigm   

Index

Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction

The Competitiveness of Nations

in a Global Knowledge-Based Economy