The article summarizes the essence and content of a state knowledge-based economy. Actual problems of the knowledge-based economy in the Russian Federation have been considered; the emphasis here is on the innovative component of this complex multi-component economic process. The authors analyze the main challenges of the knowledge-based economy in Russia and offer a transition from a resource-...

Motivated by recent innovations in service delivery such as ride-sharing services and work-from-home call centers, we study capacity management when workers self-schedule. The service provider seeks to maximize its profit (revenue from served customers minus capacity costs) when it controls capacity only indirectly. Agents choose when to work based on the compensation offered and their individu...

We are experiencing a digital revolution that is rapidly changing the way business is conducted. In this new economy, information is shared speedily and many participants are collaborating. Effective and seamless collaboration between distributed supply chain members is therefore crucial. To understand how this may be done, we describe a knowledge based framework for abstracting, enriching, ana...

This paper examines the role of IT in developing collaborative consumption. We present a study of the multi-sided platform goCatch, which is widely recognized as a mobile application and digital disruptor in the Australian transport industry. From our investigation, we find that goCatch uses IT to create situational-based and object-based opportunities to enable collaborative consumption and in...

This paper examines the role of Saudi Arabia’s economic sectors in creating or rather transforming into a knowledge-based economy. It determines major enablers that could support process. Judgments and opinions are used to make some general recommendations for shift from an oil-based economy long term. As main finding, it identifies four areas contributing most transformation: changes private s...