Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen, Neema Noori, Jean-Marc Rickli (eds.)
Strategies of Knowledge Transfer for Economic Diversification in the Arab States of the Gulf
Editors: Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen, Neema Noori, Jean-Marc Rickli
Gerlach Press
Language: English
1. Edition (2017)
Hardcover, 236 pages
HC ISBN 9783959940146
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Diversification is the principal economic objective for the Gulf States. The steep and sustained fall in oil prices over the last few years has added to the collective urgency to seek new sources of revenue. As such, the overriding theme of regional economic summits in recent years has focused on the question, “how do we transition to a knowledge-based economy?”
This is the central question taken up by the contributors to this volume. A growing body of literature has begun to address how state policy in conjunction with universities, think tanks, and businesses can create the groundwork to support knowledge-intensive industries. But, so far, comparatively little work has been done on the potential of this matrix of policies to succeed in the current political and economic context of the GCC.
This volume assesses current policies designed to engender knowledge-based economies in the region and analyzes how a diverse array of actors, including government agencies, national and transnational businesses, universities, and individuals coordinate and mediate the transmission of knowledge to support knowledge-intensive industries.