What emerging economies can teach about designing better innovation policies
Interesting write up -> https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/01/designing-iinnovation-policies-in-eme... To quote some of it: "*Over the last decades, these (developing) countries have explored their competitive advantage on labour costs and natural resources availability. However, the industry of the future will demand fewer and more qualified workers on manufacturing systems, products will be more sustainable and it will be cost-effective to operate close to customers (reshoring). Governments and businesses from developing countries have to analyse where they could be competitive in a situation where previous advantages are fading away.*" Some food for thought for us and policy makers... -- John Kieti Phone: +254-735-764242 // +254-722-764242 Twitter: @johnKieti // Skype: jkieti Blog: gmeltdown.com <http://www.gmeltdown.com> // LinkedIn: https://ke.linkedin.com/in/*kieti* <https://ke.linkedin.com/in/kieti> The ordinary just won't do
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John Kieti