This paper argues that the extent to which national human resources for science and technology (HRST) are efficiently used and internationally competitive depends on the overall performance of three inter-related national environments, namely: the human resources development environment...

The increased demand internationally for highly skilled personnel and the expansion of international education opportunities will inevitably exercise pressure on the European stock of highly skilled labour. This paper gives an overview of the flows of skills internationally and argues that the...

This paper brings together the notions of 'demand-led innovation' and 'related variety' to suggest a new economic diversification policy model, namely demand-led related diversification. The paper argues that economic diversification efforts in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region have...