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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Rokon Zaman
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Managing Technology Core–fuelling radical innovations
We all know the power of radical innovations. They unleash Creative Destruction force. More importantly, often, they cause Disruptive innovation effects to incumbents, repeating the Kodak moment, as outlined by…
Technology Policy for Development–in favour of proven or emerging?
Irrespective of greatness, all technology possibilities emerge in embryonic form, generating loss-making revenue. Besides, their possibility of being profitable means is uncertain. But once they are proven, often, they offer…
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…
Radical Technologies–incrementally nurture radical innovation candidates
Radical technologies and innovations are frequently cited in the literature and discourse on technology and Innovation. Is the smartphone a radical innovation or technology? Of course, the rise of smartphones…
Radical Innovation–Managing Snowball Effect
Radical Innovation, Breakthrough invention, or Incremental innovation dominate the discourse of inventions and innovations. But how do we draw borders in segregating them? For example, was the digital camera a…
Engineering Economics and Management–Modern Day Perspective
In 2022, while mighty Intel was reporting eroding revenue, loss, and laying off experienced engineers, TSMC did report the opposite. Does it mean that Intel recruited poorer-quality engineers than TSMC…
Building Idea Economy–production, protection, and infringement of ideas not good enough?
Natural resources, labor, knowledge, and ideas are our means of creating economic value—driving prosperity. Due to the growing role of ideas in creating business successes, building an idea economy has…
Ideas–for endless prosperity?
Over the last few hundred years, the world’s per capita income and population have been growing simultaneously. But our natural resource stock is limited. In some instances, it has been…
Semiconductor Technology–shaping national edge
The news of chip scarcity and unfolding US-China trade frictions have drawn significant public interest in semiconductor technology. Six-hundred-billion-dollar revenue of the semiconductor industry does not appear to be very…
A Framework to Assess Digital Transformation
in a Technologically Less-Developed Country:
Challenges and Opportunities in Bangladesh
A research paper by Sajjad Zohir Abstract The journey towards a ‘digital world’, is often perceived in terms of three sequentially linked ‘phases’, digitization, digitalization and digital transformation. This paper…
Rise of TSMC–why and how to replicate?
With the success of inventing semiconductor devices and creating the iconic success of Silicon Valley, why does America rely on TSMC to deliver high-end microchips? The rise of TSMC (Taiwan…