Shifting S&T policy paradigm: an experience of an RTO in Thailand
by Patarapong Intarakumnerd, Pun-Arj Chairatana
International Journal of Technology and Globalisation (IJTG), Vol. 4, No. 2, 2008

Abstract: This paper portrays an attempt of a Research and Technology Organisation (RTO) in a latecomer country, Thailand, in changing its own strategic direction from a dominant 'knowledge creator' to a 'knowledge broker' in an industrial cluster. A positive transformation in a national innovation system, in which an RTO is operating, can facilitate and even pressure an RTO to change. An RTO itself also has to make a considerable effort to break away from their path dependency. 'Learning by forgetting' is as important as 'learning to accumulate' new competencies, otherwise the existing 'core competencies' can turn to be 'core rigidities'.

Online publication date: Thu, 26-Jun-2008

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