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For meeting the purpose of STEM in creating wealth by offering better alternatives in getting jobs done, STEM competence must overcome multiple layers of barriers

Purpose of STEM–creating wealth for driving prosperity

STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. There has been a growing emphasis, participation, and investment in STEM education and research. Such a reality has raised a critical question…

Japan semiconductor manufacturing revival requires far more than US blessing, collaboration and subsidies-- demanding reinvention waves to lead.

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Japan Semiconductor Industry–demands next innovation waves

America’s Chip War winning strategy finds strengthening Japan semiconductor manufacturing a key component. Despite maintaining supremacy over 30 years, Japan’s market share has fallen from fifty percent in the 1980s…

Countries leveraging STEM in driving reinvention waves, thus creating idea economy, succeeded to scale up and inward migration of innovation epicenter led to rise to high income status

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History of STEM–powering rise of nations by creating idea economy

Competence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) has been the key to creating Wealth and high-income jobs. As the history of STEM reveals, UK-led Europe became highly prosperous by…

Muslims in Science lost the glory due to Europe's success in leveraging science for inventing and innovating for serving civilian and military purposes

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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…

Subsidies and trade restrictions are not good enough for winning chip war, as it demands passion of winning through advancement

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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 due to winning the global race of increasing microchip density and taking the scale advantage

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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. Despite this, why Asia dominates microchip making is intriguing indeed.…

Due to innovation failure, neither SCL nor chip design service delivery to MNCs has seeded ideas capability in building semiconductor industry in India.

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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 failed due to confining computers within military purposes, discouraging computers for productive activities due to labor saving role and preventing profit making incentives from advancing computers

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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…

In the absence of economic capacities, STEM education runs the risk of being wasteful

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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,…

Due to reinvention waves, innovation epicentres keep migrating, causing rise and fall of firms and their nations

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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 out of reinvention and refinement have made Apple a disruptive force

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Apple’s Innovation – disruption from reinvention and details

Innovation forks out more than 40 percent gross profit from close to $400 billion revenue in 2022. That is a great pinnacle of Apple’s success from innovation. Apple is known…

Network externality effect is a blessing and curse for the innovation diffusion--demanding smart strategy to leverage it.

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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…

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Purpose of STEM–creating wealth for driving prosperity

Japan Semiconductor Industry–demands next innovation waves

History of STEM–powering rise of nations by creating idea economy

Muslims in Science–why lost the glory and how to regain?

Chip War Winning Strategy of USA Risks Failure

Asia Dominates Microchip Making–NOT due to subsidies and low-cost labor

Semiconductor Industry in India–innovation failure

Soviet Computer Failure—reasons and lessons?

STEM Education–what is the purpose?

Changing World Order Due to Reinvention Dynamics

Apple’s Innovation – disruption from reinvention and details

Network Externality – affecting innovation diffusion race

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