Critical Factors in Promoting Sustainable Innovation in Bahrain

A. Al-Ansari, Hassan AL Mohsen, C. Coutts
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Despite many initiatives to help foster innovation over the last decade, Bahrain has yet to realise its full potential, indicated by low levels of published research, patent registrations, and entrepreneurial activities. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of sustainable innovation for economic recovery. This study aimed to identify the critical factors needed to stimulate innovation, as well as any barriers. Using a case study approach, emerging findings from an online survey of participants from a range of private and government organizations were explored through in-depth interviews with selected "innovation influencers". It was found that the economic and cultural environments in Bahrain favor a conservative approach to innovation, with the opening of new market opportunities with existing products the most reported form applied. The need for a sustainable economic recovery post-pandemic has raised awareness of the importance of innovation in all its forms. The environmental factors influencing innovation are charted in an ecosystem model, with effective leadership and a national strategy identified as key components. The Innovation Ecosystem derived from this case study of Bahrain has wider applicability as a benchmarking framework. By mapping the local context against framework elements, identified gaps can usefully inform a sustainable innovation strategy at both a national and organizational level.
促进巴林可持续创新的关键因素
尽管在过去十年中采取了许多有助于促进创新的举措,但巴林尚未充分发挥其潜力,这体现在发表的研究成果、专利注册和创业活动的低水平上。2019冠状病毒病大流行凸显了可持续创新对经济复苏的重要性。本研究旨在确定刺激创新所需的关键因素,以及任何障碍。采用案例研究的方法,通过对选定的“创新影响者”进行深入访谈,对来自一系列私人和政府组织的参与者进行在线调查的新发现进行了探讨。调查发现,巴林的经济和文化环境有利于采取保守的创新办法,开放新的市场机会,采用报告最多的现有产品形式。大流行病后实现可持续经济复苏的必要性提高了人们对各种形式创新重要性的认识。影响创新的环境因素在生态系统模型中被绘制出来,有效的领导和国家战略被确定为关键组成部分。从巴林的案例研究中得出的创新生态系统作为基准框架具有更广泛的适用性。通过将当地情况与框架要素相对照,确定的差距可以有效地为国家和组织层面的可持续创新战略提供信息。
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