Strategies of Knowledge Transfer for Economic Diversification in the Arab States of the Gulf
Edited by Rasmus Gjedsso Bertelsen Edited by Neema Noori Edited by Jean-Marc Rickli
Diversification is the principal economic objective for the Gulf States. The steep and sustained fall in oil prices over the last few years has added to the collective urgency to seek new sources of revenue. The central question taken up by the contributors to this volume is “how do we transition to a knowledge-based economy?”
Diversification is the principal economic objective for the Gulf States. The steep and sustained fall in oil prices over the last few years has added to the collective urgency to seek new sources of revenue. As such, the overriding theme of regional economic summits in recent years has focused on the question, “how do we transition to a knowledge-based economy?” This is the central question taken up by the contributors to this volume. A growing body of literature has begun to address how state policy in conjunction with universities, think tanks, and businesses can create the groundwork to support knowledge-intensive industries. But, so far, comparatively little work has been done on the potential of this matrix of policies to succeed in the current political and economic context of the GCC. This volume assesses current policies designed to engender knowledge-based economies in the region and analyzes how a diverse array of actors, including government agencies, national and transnational businesses, universities, and individuals coordinate and mediate the transmission of knowledge to support knowledge-intensive industries. This volume is based on a workshop held at the Gulf Research Meeting organized by the Gulf Research Center Cambridge in summer 2015.
Preface 1. Transnational Knowledge Relations for Building Knowledge-Based Societies in the Gulf Rasmus Gjedsso Bertelsen, Neema Noori and Jean-Marc Rickli PART I: PUBLIC POLICY 2. The Role of Technology Entrepreneurship in Promoting Sustainable Development in the GCC Daniel Goldman 3. The Development of Knowledge-Based Centers in the GCC Pia-Kristina Anderson 4. Interrogating Qatar's Urbanity as a Catalyst for Building Knowledge-Based Societies and Economies Ali A. Alraouf 5. The Role of Universities in the Innovation Systems of the Gulf: Gateways to the World of Knowledge? Eric Baark 6. Japanese Efforts to Build Smart Power in the Gulf Isam R. Hamza PART II: BUSINESSES 7. Japanese Multinationals Breaking with their Business Groups: Opportunities for Global Organizations Camilla Nellemann 8. Proposal for the Establishment of the "Bahrain Industrial Partnership Innovation Centre" Ebrahim Radhi 9. A Preliminary Study on Strategies of Chinese Firms Collaborating with Gulf Nations' Firms Gao Xudong PART III: INDIVIDUAL STRATEGIES 10. An Empirical Test of the Predictors of National-Expatriate Knowledge Transfer and the Development of Sustainable Human Capital Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan and Laura L. Matherly 11. Interprofessional Healthcare Collaboration: A Qualitative Exploration of the Facilitators and Barriers to Effective Collaboration in Qatar Michael K. Corman and Jason Hickey 12. Arab Expatriate Health Professionals Heba Nassar 13. 'Outsiders' in France, 'Westerners' in the Gulf. Motives for Expatriation in the Professional Trajectory of Second-Generation French Graduates of North African Descent Martin Lestra and Elyamine Settoul About the Contributors
- Edited by Rasmus Gjedsso Bertelsen
- Edited by Neema Noori
- Edited by Jean-Marc Rickli
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