Muslims in Science–why lost the glory and how to regain?
There have been many writings about the glory days of Muslims in science over 500 years in the Middle Ages, from 700AD to 1200AD. Like Al-Haytham, who laid the foundation…
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Chip War Winning Strategy of USA Risks Failure
Huawei’s Mate 60 phone containing Kirin 9000s chip — 7 nanometers (nm) chip made in China by the SMIC—questions the future of the USA’s Chip war winning strategy. Retaining semiconductor…
Asia Dominates Microchip Making–NOT due to subsidies and low-cost labor
Is the argument that Asia dominates microchip-making due to subsidy and low-cost labor wrong? Yes, Asia did not invent it. US Bell labs invented Transistors in 1947. Subsequently, US firms…
Semiconductor Industry in India–innovation failure
With a $10 billion pot of money for giving subsidies, India has been struggling to allure global icons like Intel or TSMC to set up semiconductor plants in India. On…
Soviet Computer Failure—reasons and lessons?
In the age of the Chip War, we have forgotten the edge of Soviet computers. The rise and fall of the Soviet computer edge offer a valuable lesson for managing…
STEM Education–what is the purpose?
STEM education is a key development agenda. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the UK-led Europe became highly prosperous due to wealth creation success out of the advancement of science,…
Changing World Order Due to Reinvention Dynamics
Industrial output is one of the driving factors of the changing world order. Along with the global share of manufacturing output change, the international order has changed over more than…
Apple’s Innovation – disruption from reinvention and details
Innovation forks out more than 40 percent gross profit from close to $400 billion revenue. That is a great pinnacle of apple’s success from innovation. Apple is known for its…
Network Externality – affecting innovation diffusion race
The network externality effect has been at the core of the success of Facebook, Google search engine, and many others. On the other hand, it has been a seemingly insurmountable…
Car Evolution – competititive race in incremental innovation
Innovation is a synonym to Eureka with a big spark in a light bulb. But the car evolution offers us a different lesson. Unlike a big bang, Carl Benz’s automobile…
Technology Forecasting Failures by Giants Gave Birth to Giants
Technology is a dynamic phenomenon. Competition fuels scientific progress for improving technologies. With the growth of technology performances in key areas like complexity, efficiency, capacity, size, accuracy, usability, and compactness,…
Design Thinking Skills – for winning innovation race
Besides the good acceptance of design thinking skills for human-centric innovation, why is a record number of startups failing? Why are innovators suffering from the burn of the failure of…