TY - JOUR T1 - What are the Challenges of Building a Smart City? JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2020 A1 - Haven Allahar KW - building smart cities KW - ICT and smart cities KW - Smart cities concept KW - smart city case studies KW - smart city initiatives AB - The recent emergence of the concept of 'smart cities' presents challenges to city administrators for planning, managing, and governing modern cities in the digital age. Research on smart cities tends to focus on the attributes of cities at a more developed stage, instead this article departs from that trend by discussing an aspiring smart city in a small-island developing country. The purpose of the study is to examine the steps required for building a smart city against a background of the concept of smart cities, taken in the context of an empirical study of an aspiring small smart city. The main finding is that there is no single route to becoming a smart city, but rather there are critical steps that can be adopted as part of a building process for achieving that objective. This work adds value in presenting a way to synthesize the smart city concept with empirical work involving one small smart city's aspirations and achievements. The article fills a partial gap in the smart city literature and has implications for aspiring city administrators, smart city builders, persons concerned with the application of ICT to address city challenges, as well as for students of urban planning, development, and management. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 10 UR - timreview.ca/article/1388 IS - 9 U1 - University of the West Indies Haven Allahar has served for 25 years as an adjunct lecturer in entrepreneurship and innovation, and a coach of MBA teams’ capstone projects at the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business of the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. Haven has a wide academic and specialized training background in Economics (B.Sc. - Jamaica), Entrepreneurship and Management (M.A. and DBA - USA); Industrial Project Planning, Financing, and Management (UK and Poland). Haven served for over 40 years in senior management and CEO positions in companies involved in developing and managing an energy-based industrial park, SME development, urban development, and project planning and management. Haven, along with two partners, owned and operated a consulting firm for 15 years that provided project planning, design, and management services to a variety of clients in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean. Haven’s research interests are in broad areas of business, management, and economic development issues. His publications are available at Academia.edu and ResearchGate. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Management Innovation Approach to Project Planning JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2019 A1 - Haven Allahar KW - innovation KW - management innovation KW - management innovation tools KW - scenario planning KW - strategic foresight AB - Innovation is viewed as indispensable to the economic and social development of countries, and the subject has been widely researched. The initial research focused on the development of new products and services by firms applying technological initiatives. The concept has expanded to cover many domains and features of innovation that led to innovation in non-technological areas, currently referred to as “management innovation”. Many tools were developed by management specialists and gurus such as strategic planning, vision and mission statements, benchmarking, customer-satisfaction measurement, and outsourcing to target performance improvements in firms. The output of this article is a project development planning model that integrates management innovation tools related to the field of project planning as a novel approach tested by a consulting firm over several applications. The article has implications for managers, consultants, and professionals involved in the design, planning, and implementation of a varied range of development projects. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 9 UR - https://timreview.ca/article/1245 IS - 6 U1 - University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago Haven Allahar has served for over 25 years as an Adjunct Lecturer in entrepreneurship and innovation, and a coach of MBA teams’ capstone projects at the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business of the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. Haven has a wide academic and specialized training background in Economics (BSc, Jamaica), Entrepreneurship and Management (MA and DBA, US), Industrial Project Planning, Financing, and Management (UK and Poland). Haven served for over 40 years in senior management and CEO positions in companies involved in project planning and management, SME development, and urban development. Haven, along with two partners, owned and operated for 15 years a consulting firm that provided project planning, design, and management services to a variety of clients in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean. Haven’s research interests are in broad areas of business and management, and his publications are available at Academia.edu or ResearchGate. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A University Business School as an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Hub JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2019 A1 - Haven Allahar A1 - Ron Sookram KW - entrepreneurial ecosystems KW - entrepreneurial university KW - entrepreneurship education KW - quadruple helix KW - triple helix KW - university business incubation AB - This article assesses the progress of a business school toward achieving the status of an entrepreneurial ecosystem hub with emphasis on the components related to entrepreneurial universities, entrepreneurship education, university business incubators, and university-enterprise-government-civil society collaboration. The objective of a business school serving as an entrepreneurial ecosystem hub, is to stimulate economic development, generate employment, and create innovative technology-based ventures or service businesses. These components are discussed from theoretical and practical viewpoints in order to provide greater understanding of the concepts. An insider action research assessment of the university-affiliated business school was conducted to gauge the progress made in building an embryonic entrepreneurial ecosystem centered upon a business school as a hub. Emphasis is placed on the need to develop strong collaboration among key stakeholders for achieving success in building an effective entrepreneurial ecosystem based on a quadruple helix system, consistent with the lead-in quotation to the article. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 9 UR - timreview.ca/article/1280 IS - 11 U1 -
Haven Allahar has served for over 25 years as an adjunct lecturer in entrepreneurship and innovation, and a coach of MBA teams’ capstone projects at the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business of the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. Haven has a wide academic and specialized training background in Economics (B. Sc. - Jamaica), Entrepreneurship and Management (M. A. and DBA – US); Industrial Project Planning, Financing, and Management (UK and Poland). Haven served for over 40 years in senior management and CEO positions in companies involved in developing and managing an energy-based industrial park, SME development, urban development, and project planning and management. Haven, along with two partners, owned and operated for 15 years a consulting firm that provided project planning, design, and management services to a variety of clients in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean. Haven’s research interests are in broad areas of business, management, and economic development issues. His publications are available at Academia.edu and ResearchGate.
Ron Sookram is Director, Client Solutions and Director, Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility at the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business, The University of the West Indies (UWI-ALJGSB), Trinidad and Tobago. Ron serves also as the School’s Resident Consultant on Corporate Governance-related projects and in this capacity leads governance interventions and designs customized governance training for boards of private and publicly-listed companies, state-owned enterprises, civil society organizations and credit unions. Ron has published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on corporate governance, corporate responsibility and cultural history. Ron has collaborated with Haven on publishing journal articles on MBA studies, entrepreneurial universities, and management research. Ron is an alumnus of the University of the West Indies where he obtained a B. A., MPhil, and Ph. D.