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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…

Success of Taiwan semiconductor industry has been due to commercialisation of learning and R&D outputs, leading to forming a virtuous cycle of growth

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Taiwan Semiconductor Industry–rise of global monopoly from a virtuous cycle

The triggering of the chip war underscores the paramount importance of the rise of the Taiwan semiconductor industry as a global monopoly. Its crown jewel TSMC produces more than 90…

For escaping middle income trap, timely decisions and strategies are needed to graduate to innovation economy

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Escaping Middle Income Trap–why and how?

Middle income trap refers to failing to transition to high-income status due to rising labor costs and declining competitiveness. As conventional means such as investment in infrastructure and education fail…

Winning chip war demands leading major reinvention waves for profitable delivering increasingly high performing chips, through sharpening semiconductor edge

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Winning Chip War–fuelling reinvention waves for changing world order

For increasing dependence on the import of semiconductors, the USA finds it a security issue. Hence, the USA signed the Chips act, triggering Chip War. This act has set aside…

The loss of America's inventions has been due to the migration during evolution, caused by decision making failure to leverage semiconductor economics

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Loss of America’s Inventions–blame semiconductor economics?

Chip War is the tip of an iceberg of loss of America’s inventions. It’s not only the semiconductor chip. America cannot competitively make many products that it invented. Hence, they…

Semiconductor economics of offering higher quality at reducing cost have be the underlying cause of confusion in understanding dynamics--leading to strategy and policy failures

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Semiconductor Economics–will Chiplet era slow down the growth?

Over the last few decades, we all got overwhelmed by the growth rate of smartphones, digital cameras, the internet, PC, and many more products. We have also been making projections…

Instead of looking for a diamond in the flow of ideas, we should focus on systematically creating cumulative effect in growing embryonic great ideas

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Flow of Ideas–misleading business metric?

Apple, Tesla, TSMC, ASML, and many more great success stories are due to ideas. Ideas are our core strength in recreating products and the world as a whole for higher…

Systematic exploitation of ideas for offering increasing value for money has been at the root of sustained growth

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Sustained Growth — how to attain?

From smartphones to automobiles, a few products have been enjoying sustained growth over the decades. Similarly, firms like Apple, Toyota, and a few others engaged in making them have also…

Focus on creating increasing value from natural resources, labor and knowledge, and creating idea economy for escaping middle income trap

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Middle Income Trap–how to escape?

Intelligent opening of idea economy in leveraging natural resources, labor and knowledge offers middle trap escaping option.

Idea Economy offers endless frontier of wealth creation, but it demands creating a flow of ideas and succeeding in global competition

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Idea Economy–making prosperity endless and transitory

Over the last 20 centuries, the population, per capita GDP, and average life expectancy have been growing simultaneously. How to explain such an apparent contradiction is a matter of concern.…

Lead User Innovations — how to make them successful?

Yes, many Innovation success stories emerged as lead user innovations. But they were primitive and costly, and they created appeal only to a few customers. For example, before becoming suitable…

Winner takes all market–innovation race ends up

Winner takes all market is an unfolding reality. Apple, ASML, TSMC, Toshiba, Nichia, Amazon, Sony, Ikea, and many others have disproportionate shares in their preferred markets. For example, TSMC has…

Education & Research

A Framework to Assess Digital Transformation
in a Technologically Less-Developed Country:
Challenges and Opportunities in Bangladesh

Taiwan Semiconductor Industry–rise of global monopoly from a virtuous cycle

Escaping Middle Income Trap–why and how?

Winning Chip War–fuelling reinvention waves for changing world order

Loss of America’s Inventions–blame semiconductor economics?

Semiconductor Economics–will Chiplet era slow down the growth?

Flow of Ideas–misleading business metric?

Sustained Growth — how to attain?

Middle Income Trap–how to escape?

Idea Economy–making prosperity endless and transitory

Lead User Innovations — how to make them successful?

Winner takes all market–innovation race ends up

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