Importance of STEM–prosperity from knowledge and ideas
There has been a growing urgency for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and research. Although Muslims’ STEM excellence in the Middle Ages was due to the urge to…
Education & Research
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Innovation Opportunities–is it endless?
Has everything been invented? Are Innovation opportunities endless? Why do we think so? What is the justification in favor of such a belief? As unfolding innovation opportunities keep shaping the…
Engineering Economics and Management–Modern Day Perspective
In 2022, while mighty Intel was reporting eroding revenue, loss, and laying off experienced engineers, TSMC did report the opposite. Does it mean that Intel recruited poorer-quality engineers than TSMC…
Building Idea Economy–production, protection, and infringement of ideas not good enough?
Natural resources, labor, knowledge, and ideas are our means of creating economic value—driving prosperity. Due to the growing role of ideas in creating business successes, building an idea economy has…
A Framework to Assess Digital Transformation
in a Technologically Less-Developed Country:
Challenges and Opportunities in Bangladesh
A research paper by Sajjad Zohir Abstract The journey towards a ‘digital world’, is often perceived in terms of three sequentially linked ‘phases’, digitization, digitalization and digital transformation. This paper…
Taiwan Semiconductor Industry–rise of global monopoly from a virtuous cycle
The triggering of the chip war underscores the paramount importance of the rise of the Taiwan semiconductor industry as a global monopoly. Its crown jewel TSMC produces more than 90…
Escaping Middle Income Trap–why and how?
Middle income trap refers to failing to transition to high-income status due to rising labor costs and declining competitiveness. As conventional means such as investment in infrastructure and education fail…
Winning Chip War–fuelling reinvention waves for changing world order
For increasing dependence on the import of semiconductors, the USA finds it a security issue. Hence, the USA signed the Chips act, triggering Chip War. This act has set aside…
Loss of America’s Inventions–blame semiconductor economics?
Chip War is the tip of an iceberg of loss of America’s inventions. It’s not only the semiconductor chip. America cannot competitively make many products that it invented. Hence, they…
Semiconductor Economics–will Chiplet era slow down the growth?
Over the last few decades, we all got overwhelmed by the growth rate of smartphones, digital cameras, the internet, PC, and many more products. We have also been making projections…
Flow of Ideas–misleading business metric?
Apple, Tesla, TSMC, ASML, and many more great success stories are due to ideas. Ideas are our core strength in recreating products and the world as a whole for higher…
Sustained Growth — how to attain?
From smartphones to automobiles, a few products have been enjoying sustained growth over the decades. Similarly, firms like Apple, Toyota, and a few others engaged in making them have also…