摘要：Th is paper researches interactive connections of the society, economy and knowledge that is recently appearing through the knowledge society and knowledge based economy syntagme. Interdependence of the society, economy and knowledge sometimes is comprehended virtually in the real life. Answers that are off ered in this paper point out the fact that the knowledge society is not a myth but a phenomenon that is becoming conditio sine qua non of the stable social and economic development. Methods used in this paper correspond to the need of defi ning a knowledge society phenomenon, measure of the knowledge society performance, and comparative indicators of the achievement on the four knowledge economy pillars in Croatia and selected group of countries. Th e Knowledge Assessment Methodology, created by Th e World Bank, represents a solid base for the standardization of the relevant indicators that are incorporated in the four knowledge economy pillars. Th e challenges that are placed in front of Croatia correspond equally to the domain of the education, information and communication infrastructure, innovation system and the economic and institutional regime.
关键词：knowledge society; structure of the knowledge society; Croatia; indicators of development
