The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government has placed considerable focus on a comprehensive strategic planning exercise to transform the country’s economic structure from relying heavily on
hydrocarbon resources to becoming a knowledge-based economy. Ahmed’s and Alfaki’s main objectives are: using empirical analysis to evaluate the extent of the UAE’s success in diversifying its
economy and utilizing knowledge; exploring the role of science, technology, and innovation in transforming the UAE into a knowledge economy (KE). Further evaluating the country’s science,
technology, innovation (STI) capacity and competence in exercising adoption and diffusion of knowledge; evaluating UAE’s performance in terms of global competiveness and technology readiness;
assessing UAE’s achievements in implementing the KE pillars to transform its economy into a sustainable knowledge-based economy. . Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
