Innovation is the product of intentional human endeavor. Countries seeking world-leading innovative enterprises and industries need to implement thoughtful and effective national innovation systems, and supporting policy instruments, to maximize their innovation potential. Reports here review the innovation systems/policies of GTIPA-member nations.
Digital skills in the context of the ongoing pandemic.
While the Biden administration’s Executive Order dated January 25, 2021 (the predecessor to Title IX) made no reference to its Buy American requirements being applied consistently with US obligations under international agreements, the new Infrastructure Act rectifies this serious oversight by inserting the Recovery Act language in several places that could be useful to Canadian businesses seeking to bid on US government procurement opportunities.
As an increasing part of our economy is channeled through the Internet, telecommunications infrastructures are becoming essential pieces of the competitiveness of coun
The debates surrounding the New Economic Policy tend to be polarising and often reach a stalemate; however, a more constructive engagement is possible through re-appreciating the NEP’s strengths and examining its weaknesses/omissions, grappling with its policy discourses as well as with its popular but misguided perspectives. This paper suggests that by doing all these, we can ultimately recraft the NEP to forge a cohesive and inclusive Malaysian society.
For some time - and even before the Corona crisis - relevant tendencies towards a slowdown and in some cases also towards a reduction in globalization have been discussed.
Geopolitical undercurrents are causing upstream supply chains in the EV sector to fragment into localized ecosystems in China, Europe, and North America. The growing nexus between semiconductors and EVs will follow a similar pattern. Techno-nationalism will increase the likelihood of more restrictions on dual-use technologies, presenting complex challenges to global trade.
The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) is encouraged by the pledges made by both Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan in their respective manifestos for the upcoming Malacca state elections to be held on 20th November, in which both emphasize political stability and equitable economic development. However, IDEAS warns that high promises by all the competing coalitions must be institutionalized in order to become meaningful.
This Peru case study is one of a number of in-depth reports which analyse an individual country’s performance on the key characteristics of openness to trade, investment, ideas, competition, and talent.
The implementation of future technologies in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is crucial for their future competitiveness. There has been great progress in this area in the field of artificial intelligence.
The Recovery Plan is now beginning its journey, but investments will be channeled in stages, until 2026. "It is time to take action and the funds from the Next Generation EU mechanism offer us the best imaginable starting scenario," says Víctor Calvo-Sotelo, director General of DigitalES , Spanish Association for Digitization, in this exclusive article for IPMARK.