COMSTECH is the Organization of Islamic Conference’s (OIC) Standing Committee on Science & Technology and has published a very good document with the subject title ” Industrial Profile of the Muslim World“. A bit old (data between 1985-1995) but is a good comprehensive picture of the socio-economic and industrial state of most of the Muslim [...]
Archive for March, 2007
Industrial Profile of the Muslim World
Posted in Science in Islamic World on March 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Technology Foresight
Posted in Technology Foresight, Technology Policy on March 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
These thoughts about Technology Foresight Concept/Programmes were collected from a section of the paper: J.S. Metcalfe, “Science policy and technology policy in a competitive economy”, International Journal of Social Economics, Vol 24. No 7/8/9, 1997, pp 723-740. A systematic means of assessing those scientific and technological develoments which could have a strong impact in industrial [...]
Mapping your mind!
Posted in Tools & DBs on March 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Mind mapping is one very useful technique to capture your thoughts and ideas around a subject. Lot of information and free software tools are available to capture/draw your mind maps. Mind mapper is a good one but for use one has to buy a license. Free mind is another one which is free. I use [...]
National Innovation System of Pakistan
Posted in Pakistan on March 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
National Innovation Systems (NIS) (Christopher Freeman, 1987) is becoming an old and well worked out concept now. Other levels and types of systems of innovation include (From a presentation by Lundvall , 2005):
Transnational innovation systems (Cantwell)
Regional innovation systems (Phil Cooke)
Local innovation systems – industrial clusters (Michael Porter)
Sectoral innovation systems (Franco Malerba)
Corporate innovation systems (Ove Granstrand)
Technological [...]
"Let’s avoid risk!"; Program Implementation & not Policies only are the culprit
Posted in Pakistan, Technology Policy on March 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
How have we reached this sorry state? Although there is no use crying over the spilt milk but wise are those who learn from failures of past. It is not that there were not people who had not identified, prioritized and designed good policies and programs in all sectors, it is that these were not [...]
Prioritizing Science and Technology
Posted in Pakistan, Science in Islamic World on March 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Here, I refer to one of the articles “Prioritizing Science and Technology (http://www.chowk.com/show_article.cgi?aid=00003523&channel=university%20ave) by Omer Cheema during June 2004 quoting some basic statistics about the sorry state of science and technology in Pakistan. I agree to the title and follow-up discussion that getting our priorities right is the most important task.
HEC has taken up a [...]
Technology-Based Industrial Vision and Strategy for Pakistan’s Socio-Econmic Development (Draft, 2005)
Posted in Pakistan, Science in Islamic World on March 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
An excerpt from the subject publication’s introduction(pp. xxviii) by Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman elaborates the premise for sustained socio-economic development in today’s world. You can get the whole 318 pages document at: http://www.hec.gov.pk/htmls/about_hec/Technology%20Based%20Vision.pdf.
“New knowledge, particularly knowledge related to technology, drives the economic systems. Economic agents, including firms and governments, are forced to adapt to technical change in [...]
The First One!
Posted in Uncategorized on March 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In the name of Allah!
In this space I would like to share, read and write with all of you who are interested in an Innovative Pakistan.
To me, innovation is not another buzzword. You name it anything else, does not matter. What it inspires from is well explained by Sir Allama Muhammad iQbal, “Sabat [...]
