by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Human Resources, Research & Innovation
Wayne Johnson, HP University Relations Worldwide 2010 Success today hinges on our abilities to harness human potential, combine creativity with new knowledge and ensure economic impact is quickly derived from money spent on research. U.S. strength continues to lie in...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation
Juan Ramon de la Fuente, University of Alcala 2010 While Latin America has achieved relative economic stability and growth over the past decade (37.7% for 1998-2008), as the global financial struck the productive sectors of the economy through a drop in demand from...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Research & Innovation
Gururaj Deshpande, Sparta Group 2010 After a short tenure in teaching at universities, I have pursued an entrepreneurial career since 1980. Nine years ago, when I joined the MICorporation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I got reconnected back to the academic world....
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation
Jean-Lou Chameau, Caltech 2010 Starting with the rise of Silicon Valley in the 1960s and 70s, the different stakeholders associated with U.S. research universities have emphasized and nurtured the relationship between scientific research and technological innovation...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources, Governance and leadership, Research & Innovation
Russel Jones & Arif Al Hammadi, Khalifa University 2010 In the race to diversify their economies beyond oil and gas predominance, several Middle East Countries are moving to develop “knowledge-based” economies. Higher education, particularly in technical areas,...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Research & Innovation
Nam Pyo Suh, KAIST 2010 Innovation has become the buzzword of the 21st century and even more so now after the current economic meltdown, as nations around the world have the enormous task of rebuilding their economies. It is generally agreed that innovation refers to...
