Economic Value Out of Ideas
Creating a flow of ideas out of IT possibilities and integrating them into products and processes opens the window of improving thew quality and reducing the cost simultaneously.
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Rokon Zaman
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Startup, Innovation, and Idea Economy–is Sony a role model?
In 1946, Sony started the journey in the wreckage of a bombed building in Tokyo with 08 employees. but this humble beginning offers valuable lessons for startup, Innovation, and idea…
Purpose of Electrical and Computer Engineering Education
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is a major professional discipline. International Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) has more than 400,000 members from 160 countries. A growing number of…
Software Development from Craftsmanship to Innovation
The migration of business opportunities of software development from Craftsmanship to Innovation poses new challenges. In the 1950s, it started as craftsmanship. Either users themselves or programmers working with them…
Firms and Nations Grow and Wither—due to technology dynamics
Why did Germany or Saudi Arabia become rich? Is there a possibility that they can suffer from the withering of their Wealth? Of course! Among many other factors, technology dynamics…
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?…
Americans Invent for Others to Innovate—a lesson from the LCD display
“America cannot even produce the things it invented” is the title of a recent New York Times opinion piece. The author, co-director of the Innovation policy lab at the University…
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…
Shedding Light on Industrial Economy—reoccurring patterns in light source evolution
Starting from building back better America to massive job loss threats in developing economies, the human race has been bewildered by daunting issues. At the core, it is the dynamics…
Endless Frontier of Growth—what does it take?
In July 1945, Prof. Vannevar Bush introduced the phrase—Science, The Endless Frontier. In his landmark report to the President of the United States of America, he argued that there should…
Succeeding with disruptive innovation—examples and thesis misguiding?
Billions of dollar risk capital are flowing to profit from the possibility of Disruptive innovation. But do we have enough clarity about what it takes for succeeding with disruptive Innovation?…
Strategic Areas of Ideas for Reinnovation—the underpinning of the evolution of innovation
More or less, all major industrial products, whether hardware or software, have been evolving. Are random or free Flow of Ideas has been supporting this evolution. Or, are there strategic…