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…
Strategy & Policy in retrospect
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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,…
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…
Automobile Reinvention—China’s adventure to graduate from idea importer to exporter
Made in China 2025 places the automobile reinvention agenda at the top. China began the journey of building the automobile industry by adding value out of labor and locally available…
Vulnerability of America’s Technology Superiority
The vulnerability of America’s technology superiority has already raised concern. But, is it due to just China’s IP infringement? Or, is there a systematic pattern of erosion of America’s edge?…
Deciphering Robots, Automation, and Jobs: for smarter understanding, strategy, and policy
Deciphering Robots, Automation, and Jobs attempts to shed light on non-conclusive ongoing discourse: future of work or jobs. In fact, technology has multi-dimensional effects on jobs. The net effect on…
Strategies for Building High-tech Industry
High-tech has been a lucrative industry. Notably, it has been at the core of driving the third industrial revolution. Moreover, it will remain at the core of unfolding the fourth…
Making, Reengineering, and Reinnovation
Making, reengineering and renovation deserve careful investigation to figure out their merits in developing sustainable as well as self-growing industrial economy
Reverse Engineering of Silicon Valley
America has lost many achievements to the rest of the world. Starting from light bulbs to nuclear weapons, the list is endless. However, still to date, it’s success in building…
Craftsmanship to Creative Wave of Destruction—a strategy for profiting from ideas
The world is now divided into two halves-object and ideas suppliers. Ideas are getting far more powerful than objects, like natural resources and labor, for creating new wealth. Object suppliers…
Evolution of iPhone as Seasonal Crop—why does Apple keep releasing better versions?
Steve Jobs is a magician. His best innovation magic is the iPhone. Surprisingly, despite creating a huge buzz at the launching, the willingness to pay for this magical product starts…