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WIPO Global Innovation Index Report 2022 – Part 4 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #736 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #736 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. These blog posts are based on WIPO – World Intellectual Property Rights Report on Global Innovation Index 2022. Photo Credit: Ali Madad Sakhirani Photo Credit: Assad Tanoli Photo Credit: RODNAE Production These two posts will be dedicated for Pakistan. Comparison with nearby countries shall follow later. PAKISTAN GII Rank #87 – Population 225 million – GDP, PPP 1,157 billion USD – GDP per capita 5,447 USD – Income level, Lower Middle. Out of 132 countries included in this report, Pakistan stood in the second quartile from the base. It means that Pakista...

About Family Businesses – Part 3 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #709 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #709 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: Forbes.com Photo Credit: Google Images This series of articles partakes from some material published in INSEAD Knowledge. INSEAD is in France and is highly ranked among the most prestigious business schools of the world. We continue with the positive factors which have helped pharmaceutical companies grow. Our focus is on local, generic pharmaceutical corporates. Infrastructure, Policies and Processes The lynchpin of sustained progress is development of appropriate infrastructure, policies, and processes. The infrastructure is formed as the needs evolve. S...

Scaling Up the Organization as it Grows 11 – Pharma Veterans’ Blog Post #531 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans’ Blog Post #531. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Continued from Previous…… SUM UP We continue to discuss solutions in the major areas of People, Infrastructure, Processes, and Resources may be listed as major heads in which work needs to be done. SOLUTIONS – INFRASTRUCTURE If people are central to scaling up, infrastructure is the theme that keeps people together. Following features may be considered about infrastructure. Formality – an evolving organization which started small, has a rather informal infrastructure. The jobs are loosely defined, the hierarchy is unclear, and few people can do many things because th...