| Description |
1 online resource (14 pages) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
brainstorming the Gulf: innovation and the knowledge economy in the GCC. -- Innovation from the top down. -- Chasing Silicon Valley. -- Innovation from the bottom up. -- Evaluating progress. -- Conclusion: toward knowledge economies in the Gulf |
| Summary |
When it comes to building the knowledge economy, the Gulf is one of the most ambitious regions in the world. Recognizing that their countries' fossil-fuel-driven wealth will come to an end at some unknown point in the future, leaders of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates) are investing heavily in the infrastructure necessary to create economies driven more by innovation than by energy exports. They have created ambitious national strategies to build research-and-development capacity, enable venture capital, attract highly skilled foreign workers, and create innovation clusters. Several countries in the region aim to become global powerhouses, seeking to rival powers such as the United States and Singapore among the world's best-known knowledge economies |
| Notes |
"March 2015." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF cover page (ACUS, viewed April 21, 2015) |
| Subject |
Knowledge economy -- Persian Gulf States
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Technology and state -- Persian Gulf States
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Science and state -- Persian Gulf States
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Knowledge economy.
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Science and state.
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Technology and state.
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Persian Gulf States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Atlantic Council of the United States. Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781619779839 |
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1619779838 |
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