Economic Development/Innovation

Nation/Regional Successes

Argentina’s innovativeness. Is Argentina to ‘arrive’ in the 21st century? Three authors [one from Canada and two from Argentina] contribute to a paper on Argentina’s innovative capacity; both corporate and national. Download Argentina Arriving.

Innovation and the Islamic religion. Is job creation in Islamic countries inhibited by religious beliefs? We explore this idea by examining the incidence of  ‘innovation drivers’ in selected mostly-Muslim countries. Download – Innovation, economic development and the Islamic religion.[March 30, 2011, 10 pages].

Russia’s New Silicon-Like Valley. Concept for success? We comment on its proposed characteristics. [April 14, 2010, 3 pages].

India’s national innovative capacity. Corporate management practices may limit innovativeness. We comment. [February 27, 2010, 3 pages].

Japan. For decades Japan’s management practices have been adopted globally. Their economy is stagnant and has been for two decades. Is it time to examine Japan’s own management practices with a view to introducing changes which could spur innovatiion and economic growth? Japanese Management Culture & Corporate Innovation White Paper. [January, 2010, 38 slides]. 

Linking University Research to Private Sector Entrepreneurship

Scotland. Lessons to be learned from Glasgow’s highly successful focus on wind energy. The Linkage Between University Research and Commercial Success. [March 3, 2011, 2  pages].

Corporate Successes in the Developing World

Ibrahim and Celtel; innovation in the Islamic world. Telecom in mainly Muslim countries. Download Mini profile – Mo Ibrahim and Celtel. April, 2011, 3 pages.

Economic Development Tools and Techniques

Economic development is directly dependent upon innovation.  Download – Defining the full spectrum of innovation.  We explore developments in innovative capacity globally.

Tinkering is but one aspect of economic development – but it is a major contributor to U.S. economic success. We compare four notions of innovative drivers in the U.S., Canada, Russia and Japan. Access White Paper. [June 9, 2010, 4 pages].

Economic clusters. Investment decision making could be improved by adopting uniform definitions of innovation and making making use of a well understood protocol. Access the White Paper.