The role of education and culture in bridging the digital gap: a journey to the future” World Sustainable Development Outlook 2017
SHAWAI AL DALLAL Ahlia University, PO Box 10878, Bahrain Email:shaldallal@gmail.com Purpose: Educational systems and culture are key drivers that shape the future of the Arab world. This paper highlights how bridging the digital gap could be achieved. Methodology: In this work the interplay between the educational system and culture in the Arab world is examined. […]
Individual factors affecting administrative innovation, Dr Hala Abou Arraj
Dr Hala Abou Arraj American University of Beirut Beirut Purpose: This paper has two main goals: to assess the level of innovation among Lebanese civil servants; the second to test the impact of factors such as age and education on bureaucratic innovations. Design/Methodology/Approach: A questionnaire was sent to 300 Lebanese civil servants during September 2016. […]
Measuring innovation: The use of indicators in developed countries, Hanadi Mubarak Al-Mubaraki, Ali Husain Muhammad and Michael Busler
Hanadi Mubarak Al-Mubaraki Kuwait University Kuwait Ali Husain Muhammad Kuwait University Kuwait Michael Busler Richard Stockton University USA DOI: 10.47556/B.OUTLOOK2015.13.17 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe and identify the ranking of innovation program landscape in the United Kingdom (UK). The identification will focus on the average of four categories: policy, culture, economy […]
Business incubators as a tool for the development and growth of start-up companies in the Arab world, Emhamad Elmansouri
Emhamad Elmansouri Omar Al-Mukhtar University Libya DOI: 10.47556/B.OUTLOOK2015.13.18 Purpose: Business incubation facilitates the development and growth of start-up companies by providing entrepreneurs with resources and services. Incubator management usually develops these services that are offered by its wide network of contacts. Therefore, the aim of this research to contribute to general knowledge about the economic […]
The critical role of capacity building in achieving sustainable development in Africa, Prof. Allam Ahmed and Dr. Kobena Hanson
Prof. Allam Ahmed University of Sussex UK Email: allam.ahmed@sussex.ac.uk Dr. Kobena T. Hanson African Capacity Building Foundation Zimbabwe Email: k.hanson@acbf-pact.org DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100007 Abstract: Today, more so than ever before, the African Continent is confronted with many challenges on its path to sustained growth and development. There is no denying the fact that Africa needs to […]
The future of Africa is now! The critical role of capacity development, Dr. Frannie Léautier
Dr. Frannie A. Léautier African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) Zimbabwe Email: f.leautier@acbf-pact.org DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100008 Abstract: African countries experienced severe macroeconomic shocks in the 1980s, which put them on a reform path that has generated resilience visible in their ability to recover and even grow from the fiscal and economic crises of 2008-2009. Critical to the […]
Stem Cell Innovation System in India: Emerging Scenario and Future Challenges, Shashank Tiwari and Prof. Pranav Desai
Shashank Shekhar Tiwari University of Nottingham UK Email: shashank17t@gmail.com Prof. Pranav N. Desai Jawaharlal Nehru University India Email: dpranav@hotmail.com DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100001 Abstract: The present paper is an attempt to explore the emerging stem cell innovation system in India. It is contended that the social capital in terms of linkages of various sorts can no longer […]
Subverting, disenchanting and rationalizing STI systems for revealing modernity in Africa, Dr. Jacques Hamel
Dr. Jacques L. Hamel United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa Ethiopia Email: jachamel@gmail.com DOI: 10.1108/20425945201000014 Abstract: The paper provides a speculative reflection on the power of modern science, technology and innovation systems (STI) for revealing some distinctive style of modernity in Africa. The modernization of these systems, as the backbones of any mode […]
Sustainable knowledge for sustainable development: challenges and opportunities for African development, Prof. Abdelkader Djeflat
Prof. Abdelkader Djeflat Faculté des Sciences Economiques et Sociales Université des Sciences et Technologie de Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq 59650 France Email: abdelkader.djeflat@univ-lille1.fr DOI: 10.1108/20425945201000009 Abstract: Sustainable development is becoming increasingly a major concern for African Countries. They need a relatively high rate of growth of GDP to solve the many problems of poverty and underdevelopment […]
The National Innovation System and its relation to small enterprises: The case of the Republic of Macedonia, Prof. Radmil Polenakovik and Dr. Ricardo Pinto
Prof. Radmil Polenakovik Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ss Cyril and Methodius University Business Start-up Centre, Karpos II bb, P.O. Box 464, 1000 Skopje Macedonia Email: radepole@mf.edu.mk Dr. Ricardo Pinto Pinto Consulting GmbH, Geusbleek 7, D-21435 Stelle Germany Email: r.pinto@pintoconsulting.de DOI: 10.1108/20425945201000007 Abstract: Authors summarises the research conducted for the needs of a EU-funded project to assist […]