Comparison of key enablers for the successful comercialization of bioinformatics products in Malaysia and Singapore

Nagaretham, Revathi and Mohd Shah, Mohamed Irwan Shah and Ahmad Dahlan, Abdul Rahman (2012) Comparison of key enablers for the successful comercialization of bioinformatics products in Malaysia and Singapore. International Journal of Academic Research in Economics and Management Sciences, 1 (2). pp. 158-175. ISSN 2226-3624

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Abstract

Bioinformatics can be defined as collection, organization and analysis of large amount of biological data. The exploration of science and technology (S&T) is very important for the firm’s and country’s growth. Malaysia had started looking at bioinformatics in 1997 but with a controversial issue. In 1999 the link between bioinformatics and biotechnology in Malaysia that called Biotechnology and Bioinformatics network has been launched to produce community of bioinformatics developers who can develop tools to be used by the biologist. Bioinformatics was introduced in Singapore in 1992 with the focus on mirroring of data collection and sequence analysis application development. Bioinformatics in Singapore started to develop when National University of Singapore (NUS) took deeper research on Kleisli system in 1994. Research and development (R&D) is seen as a huge influence in Malaysia and Singapore economic growth. The reason is because successful product that been produce by R&D will gave greater impact on the country’s economy. Government funding aid, education system, government policies and commercialization management are some of the key enablers that can influence the quality of R&D products.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	6250/24638
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Bioinformatics, Commercialization, R&D, policies, education, key enabler, innovation
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) > T55.4 Industrial engineering.Management engineering. > T58.5 Information technology
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Information System Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Information System
Depositing User:	Mr Abdul Rahman Ahmad Dahlan
Date Deposited:	13 Aug 2012 09:27
Last Modified:	13 Aug 2012 09:27
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/24638

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