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To help [India] grow as a knowledge economy, the announcement of the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) is a promising step.To help [India] grow as a knowledge economy, the announcement of the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) is a promising step. However, it remains to be seen how the funding allocated will be diverted towards research and innovation where public-private partnership is not only important but also would play a key role to catalyse the growth of Indian institutions. Over the years, the global ranking of Indian research and academic institutions must rise.
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Knowledge Economy3 days ago

The Cities on the Sunny Side of the American Economy

“It’s pretty clear that some metropolitan areas are doing really well,” said Andrew McAfee, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of…“It’s pretty clear that some metropolitan areas are doing really well,” said Andrew McAfee, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “The ingredients to that formula seem to be some combination of great research universities and knowledge-intensive industries, whether it’s high tech on the West Coast, biotechnology here in the East or clusters of technology and robotics in places like Pittsburgh.” The Cities on the Sunny Side of the American Economy
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Knowledge Economy4 days ago

Arab world needs more technical innovators, expert says

Abu Zaki, speaking after the launch of Orient Planet’s Arab Knowledge Economy Report 2015 at the Waldorf Astoria hotel on Palm Jumeirah…Abu Zaki, speaking after the launch of Orient Planet’s Arab Knowledge Economy Report 2015 at the Waldorf Astoria hotel on Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, said, “We are not going to achieve high results until we make sure that the people who are really moving forward in the knowledge economy are the local communities. We are importing a lot of talent from outside.” Arab world needs more technical innovators, expert says
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Knowledge EconomyMar 31

Why Technological Innovation Requires Public Investment

Even more important, the industry and its allies should see in Grove’s remarkable life an inspiration for reviving the active government…Even more important, the industry and its allies should see in Grove’s remarkable life an inspiration for reviving the active government role in the knowledge economy on which future Andy Groves — and American prosperity more broadly — depend. * * * Government support for science in the United States goes back to the earliest days of the republic. Lewis and Clark’s famous westward expedition, for example, was in substantial part a scientific mission.
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Knowledge EconomyMar 31
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