Technology Entrepreneurship

This chapter examines the growth of technology entrepreneurship in China. Compared to other professions such as public service or academia, entrepreneurship was not regarded highly in Chinese culture and was banned in the Mao era as ‘walking on the road of capitalism’. It has now become a key element of China’s innovation machine, and being an entrepreneur is an attractive career. The reforms in China’s capital market, including venture capital investment, together with policy support under the banner of mass entrepreneurship and innovation, such as access to science and research, incubators and accelerators, and entrepreneurship education, are described. The case of the emerging biotechnology/biopharmaceutical industry is used to illustrate the importance of combining technology, talent, capital, and policy in technology entrepreneurship. Selected large and rapidly growing unicorns are profiled, illustrating how entrepreneurial firms aiming to develop future technologies emerge and grow.

Cooperation and Competition in the Innovation Ecosystem From the Perspective of Evolutionary Psychology

The innovation ecosystem is distinct from innovation itself; the former is based on technology, talent and markets, as well as many other elements of innovation that form the organisational system. Current research on the innovation ecosystem has primarily focused on theoretical discussions of the concept and analysis of evolution mechanisms and influential factors; however, research on mechanisms that influence cooperation and competition within the system is limited. Corporation and competition are the critical elements in the acquisition value of the innovation ecosystem and the realisation of innovation breakthroughs. Given the dynamic nature and complexity of the innovation ecosystem, this research is based on the “value co-creation” theory of innovation ecosystems and consistency with the “reciprocity” principle of evolutionary psychology. Understanding the mechanisms that underlie corporation and competition in the innovation ecosystem from the perspective of evolutionary psychology may foster more efficient cooperation and competition among enterprises, enabling them to realise the value of co-creation and innovation breakthroughs.

State of Mining Education in Africa: A Case of Zambia

The mineral industry needs a steady supply of skilled professionals entering the workforce, it must be recognized that as mineral development becomes more complex and technical the training of mineral industry professionals should be adjusted to reflect this. The mineral industry has undergone several changes in terms of technological advances, it is further envisioned that the future mine will rely on a highly skilled skeleton labour force with the ability to perform several tasks through automated and remote-controlled operations and monitoring. This paper assesses Zambia’s mining education to uncover whether the current state of mining education curricula is in a position to address the need of the future mining industry. This assessment was done based on four key areas of the future mine. These key areas have been identified as operating practices and technology, talent and leadership, partnership with key stakeholders, and governance. A comparative analysis with three mining Universities in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region was undertaken. From the assessment, mining education in Zambia’s two largest mining Universities, namely, the University of Zambia (UNZA) and Copperbelt University (CBU) needs to be refined to fully address the future needs of the mining industry.

A Study on the Development of <Engineering Writing> Subject for Foreign Students

As competition for science and technology talent intensifies around the world, the number of foreign students entering the science and engineering classes of Korean universities is increasing day by day. Many of them also complete science and engineering writing classes in the form of essential education depending on the curriculum of the university. However, there is not much research for engineering writing in Korean language education. Thus, this study conducted a survey involving 50 foreign students in the science and engineering line regarding the development of engineering writing classes for foreign students. As a result of our study, I found that learners preferred liberal arts-level engineering writing classes, rather than Writing Across the Curriculum classes. I also showed that students of engineering writing experienced the biggest difficulties in the areas of ‘Korean language use’. Regarding the method of using online classes, ‘Blended Classes’, which combine online classes and face-to-face classes, were the most preferred. Based on these findings, this high school proposed that I develop engineering writing subjects using online classes. I also presented engineering writing class modules centered on real-life and problem solving.

Agile Corps - A Public Service-Learning Program Part II

Annually, the U.S. government invests $94 billion on IT products and services. The majority of these projects fail--they are late, over budget, canceled outright, or, if delivered, are outdated or not user-friendly. Due to barriers in hiring and training, the government tends to outsource IT talent at a premium through contractors, but outsourcing talent has not changed the results. Inside the government, the small amount of talent that exists tends to be senior, and there currently are very few, viable options for high-quality, junior and mid-level technologists to find a job in government and professionally develop and progress. Agile Corps is a program designed to identify, recruit, train, and retain junior and mid-level technology talent in the government. Agile Corps exemplifies public service-learning, a learning approach and strategy that combines learning objectives, instruction, and reflection with government service for the public. After completing a discovery research process followed by prototyping and testing the program design, we piloted the Agile Corps program at the US Department of Labor. This paper presents the Department of Labor pilot of Agile Corps and the concept of public service-learning, and measures the impact of the Agile Corps pilot at the Department of Labor.

Human Capital in Digital Economy: An Empirical Analysis of Central and Eastern European Countries from the European Union

The hypercompetitive global economy of the 21st century is a hub of innovation, technology, talent, skills, speed, efficiency, productivity, and satisfaction. Within this context, the organizations are looking intensely for people with skills and talents that can differentiate themselves in all that noise. The human capital became slowly but surely a mean of efficiency and growth, especially through the premises of digitization, and a key issue of sustainability. The current research is meant to identify and highlight any correlations that might appear between the population’s welfare of 11 Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) which are members of the European Union (EU), and the components of the digitization trend, including the new human cloud industry, ICT, and the connectivity to the Internet of Things. In order to achieve the needed insights, the multiple regression analysis was employed, and the latter tested the panel models with fixed effects, both from a temporal and country perspective. The results showcased a positive connection between the dependent and independent variables, confirming that the digitization of the economy and the developed human capital will ultimately lead to the increase of population’s welfare. Moreover, the findings are consistent with specific insights for each of the 11 CEECs, showing that digitization and the influence of human capital is differentiated across the latter in terms of their overall effect and amplitude. The research is limited by the timeframe and countries included in the study, and it can be furthered by determining the impact of digitization on the economies of the EU28 countries grouped by level of development, and by using other significant indicators for analysis.

Reform of the classification and evaluation system for scientific and technological innovation talents in the intelligent age

The existing evaluation system of scientific and technological talents is insufficient in classification and evaluation, lacks clear evaluation objectives and evaluation standards, and attaches too much importance to the achievements of scientific and technological talents and lacks the development potential of scientific and technological talents. In this paper, using intelligent era information technology reform of science and technology talent assessment system, to advocate and innovation for the purpose, classification of evaluation objects, evaluation criterion of explicit, the diversification of evaluation subject, evaluation method is scientific, the diversification of evaluation methods, to effectively identify innovative science and technology talents, motivating talents of science and technology innovation power and guide the scientific and technological personnel work to lay the foundation.