European Regional Economic Forum EREF 2010 Workshop on

European Regional Economic Forum (EREF) 2010 Workshop on Knowledge Transfer for Development “Circulation of Scientific Talent and Communication with Diasporas” Capacity Building for Knowledge Transfer & Globalization Professor Dennis Anderson, Ph. D. May 11, 2010 Istanbul, Turkey

About Me Professor of Business and Information Technology, Pace University, USA Fulbright Scholar High-level Adviser, United Nations Global Alliance for ICT & Development; advised UNFPA, UNDP, UNESCO, UNECA on Sustainability, PPP, e. Government, ICT Adviser, Various organizations including CIO, Computerworld, Microsoft, International Commission on Workforce Development Judge, World Summit Awards, CIO 100, Imagine Cup, Computerworld Honors, Emmy Awards for Advanced Technology 2

Agenda § § § § Knowledge Transfer Challenges Globalization World Economic Crisis Inward vs. Outward Innovation – Thinking outside the box Summary 3

Knowledge Transfer Strategy Investment Knowledge A (more than know-how) R&D Knowledge Incubation Holder: Experts, Individuals, Organizations Process Knowledge §Parallel, A A §Morphing, A B C §Transformation, A C §New, A X Receiver: Experts, Individuals, Organizations 4 4

Knowledge Transfer Ecosystem – National Model (US) National Strategy Government Funding Agencies, NIH, NSF University, Graduate programs, Training, R&D Labs Corporate Labs Xerox, MSR PPP, Government Economic Development, Private Funding Incubator Accelerator Startup, Commercialization Jobs Economic Growth 5

Challenges § Setting a national strategy on knowledge economy (this may mean a shift in priority; everything worked for many years and why change now? ) § R&D is a major investment commitment and often ROI is not measurable or uncertain, NSF's FY 2011 Budget Request is $7. 4 billion § Knowledge for knowledge sake (basic research) may not stimulate economic activities § Without R&D investment, it is hard to stay competitive (IP) § Creating an environment for knowledge transfer within the country (intra governments, vertical and horizontal industries, universities to startups) § Nurturing and placing knowledge experts and workers (unrealized human capital) § Global competition for knowledge experts and workers § Stagnant educational system, lack of reform 6 6

Globalization § § Flat world Economic opportunity Educational opportunity Freedom to think 7

Drivers § Better economical and educational opportunities Brain draining (China, Russia, India US and EU, Google, Yahoo, Intel) § Stimulation § Diversity § Density of knowledge experts § Motivation § Autonomy 8

World Economic Crisis § Uncertainty § Lack of funding (less investment in human capital, R&D, education and training, etc. ) § Lack of economic opportunities, Xenophobia, Reverse brain draining (US India, China) 9

Inward vs. Outward § Invest at home (capacity building) § Import, incentive programs 10

Inward vs. Outward § Invest at home – Too expensive – Not enough time – Lack of diversity (idea/thinking) – Not enough knowledge workers and experts – Inadequate educational system – Not enough funding – Monolithic culture § Import, incentive program – Buy what you want (researchers, leaders (Google, Yahoo, KAIST), technologies, etc. ) – Instant R&D programs or Hubs (Singapore, Korea, Belgium, Ireland, Dubai, India, Philippines) – Expensive ($350 m - Mc. Govern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, Multibillion $ - Singapore’s Biopolis and Fusionopolis) – Retention – Unclear about sustainability 11

Innovation – Think outside the box Problem Boxes CANNOT • Culture • Status quo • Educational method • Language • $ • Hierarchy • Resources S W O T CAN Innovative Solution, Product 12

Summary § Knowledge transfer is an ongoing challenge § National strategy could help deal with this challenge § Invest at home and encourage experts to relocate § Create a free thinking environment (what is possible vs. what you can do) 13

Cases § India (poverty, lack of economic or educational opportunity, BPO) § China (poverty, manufacturing) § Korea (export dependent) § Singapore (science & technology investment) § Ireland (information technology) § Developed counties (knowledge based, aging population in EU, new technology, Japan) § USA (knowledge based, services, new technology) 14

Contact Information Dennis Anderson, Ph. D. New York, NY USA dennis. Danderson@gmail. com www. drdennisanderson. com Source: 15