Knowledge economy

approach to generating value

trading of a public company's securities by individuals based on material, nonpublic information about the company

current trend of manufacturing technology

worker whose main capital is knowledge

Informatization or informatisation refers to the extent by which a geographical area, an economy or a society is becoming information-based, i.e. the increase in size of its information labor force. Usage of the term was inspired by Marc Porat’s categories of ages of human civilization: the Agricultural Age, the Industrial Age and the Information Age (1978). Informatization is to the Information Age what industrialization was to the Industrial Age. It has been stated that:

creation of knowledge from structured and unstructured sources

acquisition and spread of knowledge amongst the common people

information, data, and content that is collectively owned and managed by a community of users

collective set of facts, concepts, experiences, and knowledge held by a group of people

Power through control of communications