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Titanium pilot plant launched at CSIR
June 13, 2013 Editor 0
Science and Technology Minister Derek Hanekom has hailed the opening of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s (CSIR’s) titanium pilot plant as “quite a great moment”. He officially inaugurated the plant on Friday, at the CSIR campus, in Pretoria. “What we are doing today is moving from a resources-based economy to a knowledge-based economy, […]
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2012 Global Information Technology Report prepared by INSEAD and the World Ecomomic Forum
December 31, 2012 Editor 0
INSEAD, the leading international business school, and the World Economic Forum released the 11th annual 2012 Global Information Technology Report. The Report examines the networked readiness of 142 developed and developing countries worldwide – accounting for over 98 percent of the world’s GDP. The index measures the correlation between how these markets leverage advances in […]
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Ghana’s telecoms sector has created 1.5 million jobs, report
November 7, 2012 Editor 0
Aside from providing a wide array of services to Ghana’s population, telecommunications firms in the country play significant roles in developing the West African nation’s economy.
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Knowledge and knowledge workers
August 25, 2012 Editor 0
“ALTHOUGH the pace may differ, all [rich] economies are moving towards a knowledge based economy.” The OECD made this claim in 1996 and few disagree. The term “knowledge worker” can be traced to Peter Drucker and his 1959 book “The Landmarks of Tomorrow”. Half a century later people still find it difficult to define.
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Services trade and growth
August 16, 2012 Editor 0
The competitiveness of firms in open economies is increasingly determined by access to low-cost and high-quality producer services. This paper discusses channels through which openness to trade in services may increase productivity at the level of the economy as a whole, industries and the firm, what can be done to enhance production and export of […]
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Handbook of Service Science
July 14, 2012 Editor 0
series:Service Science: Research and Innovations in the Service Economy Traditional service sectors encompass a wide variety of industries ranging from transportation, retail and healthcare to entertainment, banking, and insurance. As the service sector expands into the global economy, a new science of service is emerging, one that is dedicated to encouraging service innovation by applying […]
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