“Advantages of backwardness” was a very interesting concept that we has gone through during the class. Asian countries had no financial grounds to embark on any innovation or research for their country. More often than not, technological innovations were adopted by from the Western powers. As much as the technologies were ground-breaking and recognition and status these western powers received, the Asian countries were having it easy. They were merely imitating, as Prof Shahi puts it and using the technologies that didn't require the initial capital. However, it is interesting to also learn that this is situation is evolving. Asian countries are also starting on the journey of innovation. There have been many speculations on the extent of success.
This articles entails the possibilities and changes Asia needs to see to, for future success in the path of innovation.
There also has been a question posed if innovation should be technology and market-driven. Innovations are over-hyped, in the sense that, people think of and expect them to be something as out-of-the-world and utterly expensive. However, many around the globe have needs that need to be satisfies. As long as innovation is made possible to fulfill its needs and brings social welfare, innovation has done its job. Thus, many technology-driven innovations are not winners in the market, because they are unnecessary with over-the-top prices. It can be seen that market-driven technologies overcome the ‘Development’ stage in the RDA model as it is demanded and can be afforded by the society.
There were two presentations that caught my attention, one on Apple, done by Fiona and the other on aviation and its innovation on more green technologies, done by Keith.
The one on Apple, showed us the side of Apple, which does everything that’s different from other companies. It showed how the management of the company can change the dynamics of the business processes in the company. However, it was very Steve Jobs-centric. The article should have shown the side of the employees working in the company and how they are coping to produce the results.
Aviation is one major field that contributes to the air pollution. Thus, the topic on innovation on greener technologies is a of major hype. Yet, many innovations on technical of aspects of innovations have been shot down, due to its unfeasibility. There’s a solution yet to be discovered that could solve the problem effectively.
For the new interesting concepts that I learnt from the lesson, I rate the class 9/10.
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