Title: Gestalteconomy: paradigm of knowledge management

Authors: Andre Maisseu

Addresses: Grenoble Ecole de Management, Europole, 12 rue Pierre Semard, 38003 Grenoble Cedex 01, France

Abstract: Conventional economic analyses, whether integrationist or reductionist, whether inspired by Keynesian, neo-classic or Marxist theory, are all based on several dogmas. To varying degrees, these ||revealed truths|| include the dogma of general equilibrium, the dogma of reversible processes, the dogma of conservative economics, the existence of work as a production factor measured in hours, etc. The implementation of these dogmas is frequently out of phase with reality. It is thus very difficult to introduce technology, technological innovation and technical progress correctly into all the theoretical constructions derived from the application of these principles. The same applies to the consideration of pollution and the depletion of natural resources. These difficult problems, which bedevil the definition of a sustainable development, find no satisfactory answer in these theoretical considerations. The considering of knowledge as a production factor helps to resolve these difficulties, in opening the door to the definition of the framework for sustainability: Gestaleconomy.

Keywords: gestalteconomy; knowledge management; entropy; neguentropy; sustainable development.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNKM.2004.005099

International Journal of Nuclear Knowledge Management, 2004 Vol.1 No.1/2, pp.1 - 32

Published online: 02 Sep 2004 *

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