Dr. Al-Shamsi worked in the academia for almost 15 years. He got the Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Canada at age of 29. He has published several peer-reviewed articles in high impact journals and co-invented multiple advanced technologies in the fields of nano technologies, combat desertification, climate change, green solutions, and environmental remediation. He received extensive executive educations in a number of prestigious management schools including Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Oxford, and University of Cambridge.
He held several governmental positions in Saudi research and innovation system as deputy director of research institute and deputy director-general of the general directory of research grants. He held the position of Associate Professor in King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST).
A journey for readers through thousands of years extending from the innovation of silk and porcelain in China and paper and kohl in Pharaonic Egypt to the modern innovations in Europe and USA. This book introduces a summary of experiences for innovative nations through history. Imitation, copycatting, and knocking-off are the code that nations use as a response to the shock of “technological gap”.
هذا الكتاب المختصر يسلط الضوء على الإنحدار في النماذج الإدارية في منظومة البحث والابتكار الوطنية في المملكة. ويضع حلول إدارية عملية لتطوير وإعادة البناء الهيكلي لمنظومة البحث والابتكار الوطنية. بسبب الطفرة الإقتصادية النفطية في دول الخليج العربي خلال الخمسين سنة الماضية، تكونت منظومات البحث والابتكار الوطنية في هذه الأوطان بشكل خاص وفريد، لا يوجد له مثيل في الشرق والغرب. وهذا الكتاب يضيف قيمة بإسه
Due to the petroleum economic revolution in Arabian Gulf Countries in the last 50 years, this region has a unique and peculiar management structure of their national research & innovation systems. This book adds a value as a contribution to analyze and discover a unique national system from the inside, which is unlike any other national system in the West or the East.