ASEAN maritime security is better served by Asian collective security 330.0
I think the Aquino Administration is 100% correct in visiting Japan and discussing the Spratlys after sponsoring the first ever ASEAN Maritime security meet on the West Philippine Sea in Manila. We ought to initiate discussions on ASEAN maritime security with South Korea as well which is in the same boat as Japan as far [...]
ASEAN integration needs political will from a sense of shared history 327.0
As an exercise in futurology, TrendNovation Southeast web magazine asked me in April 2011 to write a scenario template on the future of ASEAN integration fit to go into a Delphi process. The magazine is devoted to discussions of long-term technological, social and political trends in Southeast Asia. Linked here, the published article is entitled [...]
Manila and the Philippines will stay laggards also sprach McKinsey 298.0
Yesterday, McKinsey published Global cities of the future showing the 600 cities that will account for more than 60% of global GDP growth by 2025. From the article, I derived McKinsey’s current thinking behind the report – a disturbing though not surprising insight to me – that Manila will stay a laggard among its peer [...]
Social Innovation Spurred the Economic Miracle in Germany 288.0
Is it possible for one whole nation to engage in social innovation by negotiation among her constituencies and create an economic miracle? Yes. Through programmatic political parties, the postwar Germans did negotiate their social innovation called social market economy that spurred the postwar recovery called the Wirtschaftswunder. I will share that story taking off from [...]
Filipinnovation by DOST Starts Measuring Innovation Survey 271.0
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) initiated the project, Filipinnovation, as “a national strategy designed to sustain efforts at achieving a robust economy and a better lie for our people.” On November 26, the DOST, with funding support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada conducted the forum, “Towards an Innovation-led Development [...]
Malaysia Wins with Palm Oil Sectoral Innovation Systems 263.0
The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is the only example I know of a continuing triumph from one of the emerging markets that resulted to global leadership via government-private sectoral innovation systems among ASEAN countries. Philippines back story. Sadly, for the Philippines, Malaysia’s continuing success in implementing growth in total area planted to oil palm [...]
Great Resets Knit Innovation and Economic Cycles Together 251.0
Richard Florida proposes a new take on economic cycles and waves of urbanization as related to technical progress. In his latest book (2010 Harper) at right, he echoes economists like Nouriel Roubini, and Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff in saying that regular crises are the normal and expected bane of capitalism. Unlike Karl Marx who [...]
Ozamiz Nurtures a Geographical Business Cluster 248.0
My hometown, Ozamiz City, is in the news again. But for not so good a reason. Over the years, she has gained a reputation for organized crime such that, like political violence ascribed by the military almost on a proforma basis to the NPA, any crime conveniently chalked up to the “Ozamiz Group,” like the [...]
Mobile Apps Innovation is Alive and Well in the Philippines 232.0
Innovation is done by people and for people. When young people innovate and compete in the newest technology for mobile phone applications where the Philippines is at the leading edge in the world, I can only feel optimistic that technical progress is alive and well in the country. The souvenir photo above shows the contesting [...]
Ventner Builds First Self-Replicating Synthetic Bacteria Cell 215.0
Craig Ventner, who first mapped the human genome, achieved another first. His research team at the J. Craig Ventner Institute (JCVI) assembled the first self-replicating synthetic bacterial cell. The discovery is path-breaking as it can lead to new products like “advanced biofuels, clean water technology, and new vaccines.” Other than the products, the experimental and [...]
Embedding Sustainability into New Enterprises 184.0
New Zeitgest, tools and metrics are making CSV for enterprise the new norm Businesses are starting to embed sustainability into their strategy rather than just do it as a separate project under corporate social responsibility (CSR). They are starting to do this because it is beginning to make business sense. The Sagip Pasig Movement (SPM) [...]
Learning Innovation Systems from Small Developed Nations 178.0
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 [...]
