Posted by admin on June 30, 2010 · 1 Comment
As I write this post, I am listening to President Aquino deliver his speech; indeed an inspiring one as an inaugural speech ought to be. Just institution-building? Yet, from the speech, President Nonoy seems just focused in building, if not re-building, the institutions of a working capitalist democracy – possibly as countervailing powers in the [...]
Posted by admin on May 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
I hope my friend Pun-Arj Chairatana is well. With a PhD in Economics from Sussex, he is proud to be a Red Shirt. And as of this writing, they are shooting Red Shirt protesters in Bangkok. I first met Pun-Arj at the 2009 Asialics in Hongkong. I last met him on April 17 in Taipei [...]
Posted by admin on March 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Proposal for a new survey metric for innovations from emerging markets Global surveys on innovation are biased for the developed world because they use proxy metrics like patents issued, R&D spending, number of PhD accepted or journal papers published that are taken from the science-oriented and citation-based innovation model that applies well to the developed [...]
Filed under Books and Journals, Changes in Regulation and Policy with Transparency and Empowerment, National Innovation Systems · Tagged with basic research, Bass Diffusion Model, diffusion, emerging markets, innovation, innovation surveys, National Innovation Systems, NIS, Patarapong Intarakumnerd, technology forecast
Posted by admin on March 15, 2010 · 3 Comments
Res 953 was enacted en banc on 12.22.09 as a complete plan Minute Resolution 953 was promulgated one week before the first Res 8739 General Instructions for the Board of Election Inspectors (GI). If, implemented fully, it can greatly minimize congestion from clustering. Yet, it was not made part of that first GI for the [...]
Filed under 2010 Automated Elections, Changes in Regulation and Policy with Transparency and Empowerment, Changes in Science, Technology and Engineering from Research, Development, Invention and Optimization, Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship · Tagged with automated elections, change management, emerging markets, innovation, ngestion from clustering, PCOS, Philippines, Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship
Posted by admin on March 14, 2010 · 1 Comment
Now I can post about it! A welcome change on a Sunday. The spacious library-lobby at the Green Tempeton College conference center welcomed me and about 40 other participants at the Emerging Markets Symposium (EMS) on Health and Healthcare held at Oxford University, England in December 2009. To encourage discussion, the participants were bound by [...]
Filed under Changes in Demographics and Lifestyle say from Growth, Aging and Urbanization, Changes in Regulation and Policy with Transparency and Empowerment, Health and Medical Care, Learning and Teaching, Social Enterprise and Innovations, Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship · Tagged with change management, emerging markets, EMS, innovation, Khryss Cristobal, Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship
Posted by admin on March 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Observing elections is a vocation and profession. Vignettes. IFES and NDI. Vignette 1. I first met Butch Abad of the Liberal Party when he saw us off to Danao, then dangerous Ramon Durano country, for the snap elections in 1985. Then, we were all observers with NAMFREL. So lately, I found his transformation to traditional [...]
Filed under 2010 Automated Elections, Changes in Regulation and Policy with Transparency and Empowerment, Changes in Science, Technology and Engineering from Research, Development, Invention and Optimization, Information and Communication, Mashups - Technology-enabled, Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship · Tagged with automated elections, change management, emerging markets, IFES, innovation, NDI, Philippines, Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship
Posted by admin on March 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment
I am extremely happy to share the news that I have been welcomed as one of 28 associate editors of the AJSTID. The ASJTID is a new peer-reviewed journal focused on science, technology, innovation and development in the emerging nations of Africa. A print of the Table of Contents for the issue pictured above follows.
Posted by admin on February 21, 2010 · 8 Comments
Hypothesis on systems of innovation for emerging markets from Denmark, Israel and New Zealand Filipinos, in general, are America-centered especially in learning about new things. In one sense, this is correct as America leads the world in many technologies. In another, it is not appropriate because there can be no bigger disparities than between America [...]
Filed under Basic and Adaptive Research for STI-Learning, Books and Journals, Changes in Regulation and Policy with Transparency and Empowerment, Classic Nurturing - Industry Clusters and Science Parks, Competence-Building from DUI-Learning, National Innovation Systems · Tagged with Bengt-Ake Lundvall, Caesar Cororaton, competence-building, DUI-Learning, emerging markets, innovation, National Innovation Systems, Philippines, STI-Learning, TFP, total factor productivity
Posted by admin on February 8, 2010 · 3 Comments
Sets the bar in testing the candidates. I’m down to 4 choices. Crisply run and with clear-cut time constraints, it forced the debaters to speak to the point. The microphone was gently shut-off on the long-winded. Still, it captured enough meaningful sound bites. Held at the University of the Philippines National Theater before a full [...]
Posted by admin on February 7, 2010 · 7 Comments
Filipinos are engaged but Tech usability issues can disenfranchise. We have always been enthusiastic about elections with past participation around the 80% range. And Juan voter was well engaged at the Maharlika Elementary School in Taguig as voter, as BEI member, as monitor, as media and, as typical, kibitzer in mock elections to further test [...]
Filed under 2010 Automated Elections, Changes in Regulation and Policy with Transparency and Empowerment, Changes in Science, Technology and Engineering from Research, Development, Invention and Optimization, Information and Communication, Mashups - Technology-enabled, Social Enterprise and Innovations, Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship · Tagged with change management, innovation, intensive learning, Philippines, Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship
Posted by admin on February 1, 2010 · 2 Comments
A screening poll for SYNTHESiST readers to know ourselves more I have created a screening survey below (on 2/2 posted on Sidebar, too.) to know how the group’s choices affect innovation, in the long term. Please choose one answer as honestly as you can. Your choice represents an important part of the collective voice of [...]
Posted by admin on January 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Sec. Ace Durano makes the country a birdwatching destination As part of a diversification strategy, creativity goes a long way to promote growth for the Philippines in a way that is hard for other countries to compete. Imagine birdwatching! For eco-tourism and just recently to support his diversification strategy, Sec Ace Durano also promoted the [...]
Filed under Books and Journals, Brand and Product Development, Changes in Environment and Need for Sustainability, Changes in Regulation and Policy with Transparency and Empowerment, Energy Water and Environment, Innovation and Entrepreneurship · Tagged with brand development, commercialization, emerging markets, innovative entrepreneurship, Philippines, product development
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