Transcript Take a look at : Thailand`s position in S&T competitiveness.

Take a look at :
Thailand’s position in S&T competitiveness.
Praditta Siripan
Technical Information Access Center,
National Science and Technology Development Agency.
February 7, 2001
World Competitiveness Yearbook and IMD
IMD- International Institute of Management Development is a nonprofit organization offering management courses for executives
from around the world (91 countries)
World Competitiveness Yearbook and IMD
IMD- International Institute of Management Development is a nonprofit organization offering management courses for executives from
around the world (91 countries)
each year IMD surveys from 47 countries (29 OECD and 18
developing countries) to rank countries’ overall and specific
areas of competiveness
World Competitiveness Yearbook and IMD
IMD- International Institute of Management Development is a nonprofit organization offering management courses for executives from
around the world (91 countries)
each year IMD surveys from 47 countries (29 OECD and 18
developing countries) to rank countries’ overall and specific areas of
competiveness
Thailand is number 33 for year 2000 below Hong Kong, Japan,
Taiwan, Malaysia, and China
Number One for year 2000 is the United States, 2 is Singapore
IMD looks at 8 Input factors
Domestic economy
Internationalization
Government
Finance
Infrastructure
Management
Science and Technology
People
From 26 criteria to rank S&T competitiveness,
Thailand is 47th
There are 5 major input factors to consider:
1. research and development expenditure,
2. R&D personnel,
3. technology management,
4. scientific environment and research,
5. intellectual property/patents
R&D expenditures
counted from
Total expenditures (in $)
Total expenditures on R&D per capita
Total expenditures on R&D per GDP
Business expenditures on R&D
R&D personnel - S&T Competitiveness
Total R&D personnel nationwide
Total R&D personnel nationwide per capita
Total R&D personnel nationwide in business enterprise
Total R&D personnel nationwide in business enterprise
per capita
Qualified engineers
Availability of IT skills
Technology management - S&T competitiveness
Technological cooperation
research cooperation
financial resources
development and application of technology
relocation of R&D facilities
Scientific environment/research
Nobel Prizes
Nobel Prizes per capita
Basic research
Science and education
Science and education and youth
Intellectual property/patents
Patents granted to residents
change in patents granted to residents(past 5 years)
securing patents abroad
number of patents in force
intellectual property
Action - What should Thailand do?
Checking on IMD+other ranking organizations’ data for
reliability of the sources, accuracy especially the R&D data
correct on what went wrong: increased R&D budget, rethink the
science education policy and implementation, HRD in science
and technology to meet with changes into the New economy
value-added R&D to increase the return of investment locally
Targeted efforts to improve our S&T competitiveness
Increase budget of national R&D expenditures to 31,318 million baht
in B.E. 2548 (4,811 million in 2542)
Increase budget of R&D expenditures in the private sector to 6,400
million baht in B.E. 2548 (466 million in 2542)
R&D personnel must increase from 14,000 to 50,000 in 5 years or
21% annually
improve and reeducate the skills in technology management,
knowledge-based organizations, HR resource sharing
Targeted efforts (continued)
Promote scientific environment and research
emphasizing the role of S&T for national development especially in
industrial development
invest more in science education among the youth and the public
knowledge intensive industry - intellectual property, implement
seriously the anti copyright violation
urgent action in research and innovation for export markets.
Strategies to win?
Matching fund to encourage R&D in the public and private sectors
promote infrastructure development in S&T in the private sector:
information service, quality assurance, testing, training and
consultant services, providing seed money to start the business
encourage foreign investment
strategic plan for R&D at the national level, grant allocation
through granting agencies on competitive bidding basis.