UPRAVLJAČKE ELITE I EKONOMIJE ZNANJA
MANAGERIAL ELITES AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMIES. NEW THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE STUDY OF MANAGERIAL ELITES IN CROATIA

Summary/Abstract: The first thing analyzed in the article is the new theoretical framework of modernization, which originates from the theory of innovative society and knowledge-based economies. Modern or innovative societies are founded on knowledge-based economies whose main reproductive resources are knowledge (research and development) and intellectual capital (education). The most modern firms are science/knowledge-based firms. The key process in so defined modernization is the mastering of processes that manage technological change. Therefore, the capability to manage technological change imposes itself as a new and unavoidable theoretical framework for studying managerial elites in Croatia on whose abilities, finally, economic growth and social welfare depend. The second part of the study deals with the analysis of influence possibilities on how managerial elites are formed and how they act, using the model of constructive technology assessment. Theories of social shaping of technology as one of the paradigms within sociology of technology stress the contingent characteristic of technological change depending on relevant actors.

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