Category: Innovation
Nano-technology in Food & Agriculture Industry
At the recent World Halal Research summit, that was held April 6-7, 2011 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Professor Dr Sharifah Bee Abd Hamid presented an overview of nano-technology innovation possibilities in the food sector with implications for the Halal food industry. Professor Dr Sharifah Bee Abd Hamid is the Director of Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCEN) at Universiti Malaya, [...]
Online Gaming Industry Emerges: Cricket Power, Tarneeb, Arabic Rappelz
Online gaming is a global phenomenon, with web-based games and Xbox, Wii and Playstation online networks connecting young and old to play games such as Halo3, Sim, Call of Duty etc. Given the OIC regions high youth demographic, which is increasingly online, it is no surprise that online gaming companies from Pakistan to Jordan are [...]
Oasis500: A Technology Startup Accelerator from Jordan
Forty CEOs, investors and experts attend the first Oasis500 Mentor Network meeting. “You are the new generation, this is your chance! So what are you waiting for, get out of the desert!” Dr. Usama Fayyad uses the above quote to graciously describe what his company does best. Oasis500, an entrepreneurial projects and investments company, operating [...]
Business Innovation Center (BIC) showcases Indonesia’s Top 100 Innovations
Business innovation has had a lot of buzz created in the last few years. The difficulty with innovation is that we all have an intuitive understanding of the topic and we aspire to be innovative, but struggle to make it real and tangible. This challenge is further complicated when we see “others,” – companies, communities [...]
Dubai 2.0 – Towards an Innovation Economy
The Emirate of Dubai – more than any other individual place in modern Muslim history – has captivated the attention of many for almost a decade now. On the one hand, Dubai is increasingly seen as a booming metropolis – a new land of opportunities of sorts – and on the other hand, many have [...]
Clean Energy Opportunities for Emerging Muslim World Markets
If you think that the oil rich Gulf states have a long bonanza from ever rising prices, think again: According to Financial Sense (Jan 2008) and other sources, Saudi Arabia will approach zero net exports in 2031, within a range of 2024 to 2037. Other top exporters (Russia, Norway, Iran, and UAE) are in a [...]
Book Review: Blue Ocean Strategy
Management Gurus W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne have presented a critical strategic management approach for today’s global competitive environment in their international bestseller, Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Marketspace and Make the Competition Irrelevant. The book, which debuted in 2005, is a must read for any corporation today. Resting upon four “formulation [...]
Hikma’s Innovation, R&D Leads to Global Expansion
“Innovation, said Steve Jobs, “distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” By that standard, Jordan-originated multinational company Hikma Pharmaceuticals falls in the category of a ‘leader.’ With a modest start from Jordan in 1978, Hikma has grown into a global pharmaceutical giant with 176 pharmaceutical products in 397 dosage strengths and forms in 40 different [...]
Innovation in Action at Dubai-based Tejari
Innovation is not a fancy buzz-word. It is a repeatable process that enables superior and sustained financial returns for companies. The 2006 Global Innovation survey of executives by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) which deemed global companies such as Apple Computer, Google, 3M, Toyota Motor, and Microsoft as the world’s most innovative companies, also acknowledged [...]
Interview with Clayton Christensen: Author of best-seller The Innovators's Dilemma
Interviewed by Doug Berger, Managing Partner, Innovate LLC. Posted February 28, 2007 Clayton Christensen is a Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. His research and teaching interests center on the management issues related to the development and commercialization of technological and business model innovation. He is the author of The Innovator´s Dilemma, [...]
