A nation’s transition from one technological path to another is the underlying feature to understanding the transformation to an innovation-led system. The process of change and factors that favour the adoption of certain types of technologies over others enables to examine the role of different innovation mechanisms and actors that drive an economic and industrial transformation.… [Read more…]
July 3, 2011
A Changing Energy Landscape Saudi Arabia, as the world’s largest OPEC producer is most commonly associated with crude oil, not renewable energy. However, although the high export prices of oil have buoyed its economy and increased business confidence, the dilemma of economic diversification and sustainability is at the core of the Kingdom’s National Development Plans.… [Read more…]
November 3, 2010
As the Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al Naimi announced today that crude oil would remain priced between $70 to $90 dollars a barrel, the future of a new global energy reality dominates international policy considerations. The challenge to meet a rising consumption; the shifting of the tradition balance of power from West to East; and the… [Read more…]
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April 9, 2012
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