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Just Before Leaving A TENTATIVE SUMMARY. THINK DIFFERENT MINDSET THINK RIGHT REFERENCE LEVEL THINK FAST SPEED THINK BROAD PILLARS THINK PRACTICAL PRODUCTS OF INTL. ORG THINK TOGETHER CRITICAL MASS. Knowledge-based Economy Mindset. Liberalization Mindset.
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Just Before LeavingA TENTATIVE SUMMARY • THINK DIFFERENT MINDSET • THINK RIGHT REFERENCE LEVEL • THINK FAST SPEED • THINK BROAD PILLARS • THINK PRACTICAL PRODUCTS OF INTL. ORG • THINK TOGETHER CRITICAL MASS
Knowledge-based Economy Mindset Liberalization Mindset Modernization Mindset Undoing things Building things Building winning opportunities Is about: Creates: • Freedom • Fluidity • Even playing field • Modern institutions • Rule of law • Good basic business environment • Vision • A winning mentality • Clusters • A vibrant home base for business Main Focus: Stability, incentives Productivity catch-up Becoming globally competitive Domain Economy Economic, Social Societal Govern-ment Role: • Get out of the way • Stop being an operator • Become a good regulator • Become a challenger • Become an integrator Did others leave you in the dust? Anxiety: Did you liberalize too fast? Did you modernize too slowly? THINK DIFFERENT MINDSET
BASICS OFACCESSION KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY THINK RIGHT REFERENCE LEVEL Global (Leapfroggers) European Union Local
DRUCKER’s POINTS: • Leapfrogging is best done in times of extreme change like these • Hurry to create a stable middle class of knowledge technologists • Your agriculture + manufacturing services labour force redeployment will be major, so start early THINK FAST SPEED START TODAY, NOT TOMORROW MORE DOWN-TO-EARTH’S POINTS: • You have 10 months or so to tilt your National Devt. Strategies towards KBE • Use e-Europe + and Intl. Organizations for help • But don’t wait: begin your own actions, support your first movers
Economic Structure and Incentives Education Information Infrastructure THINK BROAD PILLARS • Tariff and non-tariff barriers • Property rights • Regulation 1 • Adult literacy • Secondary enrollment • Tertiary enrollment 2 • Telephone lines/capita • Computers /capita • Internet hosts /capita 3 • Researchers in R&D • Manufacturing trade as % of GDP • Scientific articles/million pop. Innovation System 4
Economic Structure and Incentives Education Information Infrastructure THINK BROAD PILLARS • The A+M S redeployment • How do you create real entrepreneurship? • How to create an innovation culture around SMEs? 1 • Knowledge technologists • KBE–boosting education system • Functional literacy • Knowledge partnerships, diaspora 2 • Low and uneven Internet penetration • ICT use is what’s key • E-government as catalyst 3 • How do you start clusters? Mushroom effects? • Business – Academia – Research Links • KBE-boosting R&D • KBE-boosting FDI Innovation System 4 • Government role • Creating an exciting vision, national dialogue • Social cohesion, trust • Culture and values 5 Missing Pillar
THINK PRACTICAL INT. ORG. PRODUCTS • National KBE Assessment/Strategies • Modular KBE Assessment/Strategies • Awareness Raising (Road Shows) • National Dialogue/Vision Building • Training, Case-Studies • New Statistics ? • Technical Assistance, Networking Help • Selected Operations • Regular Benchmarking/Brainstorming Can be key
THINK TOGETHER CRITICAL MASS Very rich plans good news Even ahead of some EU countries? But probably a large vision vs. reality gap • Constitute a mutual support group? • Best practice exchanges • Peer reviews • Helping each other develop awareness + buy-in