Wanted: Scientists with human touch

OVER the last few weeks, the subject of science and innovation has been the theme of a number of conferences and seminars. Under the initiative taken by the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry, a case has been made for an innovationdriven economy which will hopefully take Malaysia to gre...

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Main Author: Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/33119/
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description OVER the last few weeks, the subject of science and innovation has been the theme of a number of conferences and seminars. Under the initiative taken by the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry, a case has been made for an innovationdriven economy which will hopefully take Malaysia to greater heights. This has been the case of many developed economies where science and technology act as the driving force. As a nation progresses, it is inevitable that they will transit from a resourcebased economy to one that is innovationbased. The former is more dependent on tangibles like labour, land, resources and machines. The latter depends on intangibles such as talent, ideas and knowledge.
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spelling usm-331192017-04-11T08:55:26Z http://eprints.usm.my/33119/ Wanted: Scientists with human touch Abd Razak, Dzulkifli Q Science (General) OVER the last few weeks, the subject of science and innovation has been the theme of a number of conferences and seminars. Under the initiative taken by the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry, a case has been made for an innovationdriven economy which will hopefully take Malaysia to greater heights. This has been the case of many developed economies where science and technology act as the driving force. As a nation progresses, it is inevitable that they will transit from a resourcebased economy to one that is innovationbased. The former is more dependent on tangibles like labour, land, resources and machines. The latter depends on intangibles such as talent, ideas and knowledge. 2008-12-16 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/33119/1/DZUL249.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2008) Wanted: Scientists with human touch. New Sunday Times.
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Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
Wanted: Scientists with human touch
title Wanted: Scientists with human touch
title_full Wanted: Scientists with human touch
title_fullStr Wanted: Scientists with human touch
title_full_unstemmed Wanted: Scientists with human touch
title_short Wanted: Scientists with human touch
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url http://eprints.usm.my/33119/
http://eprints.usm.my/33119/1/DZUL249.pdf