Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management: Volume 9 Issue 1

Comparative study of Asian economies: lessons for India

Mamta Bhardwaj, Ajit Singh Naosekpam, Rupinder Tewari

This paper represents a comparative study of five Asian countries, namely, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, China and India, based on the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI…

The production and use of indicators in science, technology and innovation policy-making in Africa: Lessons from Malawi and South Africa

Albert Edgar Manyuchi, John Ouma Mugabe

A growing number of African countries are starting to produce science, technology and innovation (STI) indicators. The purpose of this paper is to provide some lessons learnt in…

Excellence criteria of services supply chain in management consulting institutes of Iran

Hadi Balouei Jamkhaneh, Abdol Hamid Safaei Ghadikolaei, Mehrdad Madhoushi, Mahmood Yahyazadehfar

The purpose of this study was to identify the excellence criteria of services supply chain (SSC) in Iran and the relationship between them and the importance of each criterion.

Regional knowledge economies and global innovation networks – the case of Southeast Asia

Alexander Degelsegger-Márquez, Svend Otto Remøe, Rudie Trienes

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the prospects of a Southeast Asian knowledge economy in light of regional integration processes and the participation of Southeast Asia in…

Policy elements for twenty-first century African mining: Strengthening the existing African Mining Vision themes with cross-cutting subsets

Frederick Thomas Cawood

The purpose of this paper is to interpret current global events to extrapolate the issues of twenty-first century for consideration by African mining policy and decision-makers.

Technology roadmap for social banking

Nasrin Dastranj, Sepehr Ghazinoory, Amir Abbas Gholami

This research presents a technology roadmap for social banking in Iran. Technology roadmapping is a tool for decisionmakers to identify, assess and choose between different…