Silburn ClarkeThe University of the West Indies at Mona · Mona School of Business
Silburn Clarke
DBA MBA MSc MScEng FRICS CLS DFJCS
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Introduction
Silburn Clarke is a thought-leader in business & management, a business owner, a servant in the public-sector and community spaces and a researcher. He is the former Vice Chair of Jamaica's Labour Market Reform Commission. Keenly interested in processes by which the addsum of existing entrepreneurial talent can be expanded beyond its present active manifestations; how societies and economies become more entrepreneurial; and how the context of the firm as shaped by internal leadership influences talent
Additional affiliations
October 2018 - December 2018
August 2012 - November 2018
January 2012 - present
Position
- Researcher
Description
- Employee Innovative Work Output; Employee Innovative Work Behaviour; Employee Motivation; Quality of Management
Education
December 2012 - October 2018
September 1993 - December 1995
September 1989 - May 1991
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Publications (48)
The following paper is a brief treatise on various knowledge perspectives based on a review of the literature. We begin by examining the epistemological foundations of knowledge. We then situate knowledge within the individual, examine theories that explain the socialization and collectivization of knowledge from the individual to the firm, review...
The existential threat to the Jamaican society, economy, way of life and civilization is our failure to successfully and sustainably grow our GDP and so increase national prosperity for our citizens and subsequently equitably distribute prosperity gains throughout the society. A review of the evolution of global industrial development suggest that...
This paper explores the development of an appropriate strategy for Caribbean firms to leverage their unique cultural advantages to harvest global benefits. The study develops a number of propositions as to how this could be achieved. It then conducts an empirical study on the successful international entry of a service entity from an emerging econo...
The call for innovation initiatives to be a significant contributor to social and economic transformation of developing economies has been the topic of many discussions for decades. Within the development trajectory of a country, innovation initiatives can become the basis for sustained economic growth and social capital development.
The basis fo...
Economies and societies may urgently accelerate their progress and prosperity by leveraging the emergence of the broad convergence od physical, digital and biological technologies. these cyber-physical systems are disrupting existing goods, services, human talent, and company infrastructure while opening new opportunities for innovation and growth
Analysis of the WEF GCR 2018-2019 dataset for nexus between macro-economic stability and managerial quality
Draft Chapter to book entitled "Innovation Policy; A Caribbean Imperative" to be published in Q2 2019 by Dr. Andrea Barrett, University of Technology, Jamaica.
Firm innovation is said to be dynamically shaped by two main drivers; external forces and internal forces (Grazzi, Pietrobelli, and Szirmai 2015). External forces refer to those macro public...
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The late Professor Sumantra Ghoshal in speaking on the sociology of the workplace to the World Economic Forum in Davos, coined the phrase “The Smell of the Place” to communicate that a sense of the prevailing atmosphere, mood and culture of a workspace could be “smelled” the moment one opened and entered through the firm’s front door. Metaphoricall...
Firm innovations rest on two pillars; the external policy environment and the internal micro-decisions by the managers of firms, which in turn facilitate or inhibit the innovativeness of employees within the workplace. Melding the quality of management model with self-determination theory, the thesis examined, in the context of firms in the Jamaica...
The presentation conducts a review of crypto assets and their impact on transforming the global financial landscape. Risks ad opportunities are assessed particularly in the context of the Caribbean.
The presentation discusses the factors that drives Productivity Gains from Investing in Innovation, Technology, Strategy and Managerial Quality. It quantifies the benefits from Managerial Quality by drawing on empirical evidence from the World Management Survey (WMS) and the Bank of England/London School of Economics
Presentation was delivered in the panel on ”Organization of Work and Production” of the Caribbean Future of Work Forum; an event of the 10th ILO Caribbean Labour Ministerial Meeting held in Kingston, Jamaica in February 2017 Background: Globalization, technological advancement and competitiveness are stimulating rapidly changing organization of wor...
The paper introduces two fairly novel interpretations of the concept of innovation.
The first is that innovation can be incentivised. It then follows that a system of rewards, incentives and economic payoffs can help to develop an innovative capacity with natural spin-off positive impact on the economy.
The second idea promoted is that innovation...
The paper turns the lens on the creative class in general but particularly in relation to Jamaica. The distinction is made between the Creative Industries and its most popular segment; the Cultural Industries. The Creative Class is defined as that class of workers whose job is to create meaningful new forms and includes persons such as scientists a...
In March 2016, the Technology Innovation and Productivity Committee published a series of Draft Reports representing the deliberations on issues related to SME Competitiveness, Human Factors affecting Productivity, Public Sector Productivity, Labour Market Information Systems and National Systems of Innovation. These reports formed the basis of wid...
The Cross-Cutting Working Group was tasked with examining the recommendations emanating from the Working Groups on SME, Public Sector Productivity, Human Factors, National Systems of Innovation and on Labour Market Information and to present a synthesis of the major recommendations which emerged from these five Working Groups.
Two tables capture...
While the dynamics of the local labour market are undoubtedly complex, it is clear that government has a major influence on its reform through the decisions it takes and its day to day operations. These include:
1. Introducing (or amending) policies and laws that are directly related to the governance of the labour market. As the largest nationa...
Labour Market Information Systems serves as a single window that provides all information regarding labour market and which has capability to collect, evaluate and disseminate labour market information to all the stakeholders. It contains qualitative and quantitative information and it collects, analyzes and disseminates information that assists an...
An overview of the activities of Spatial Innovision Limited in supporting the establishment of Digital Cadastral Management Systems across the Caribbean including active geodetic networks, digital cadastral systems and geographic information systems
This paper explores the nature of the relationships between culture, knowledge, entrepreneurship and development with the aim of evolving a framework for situating entrepreneurship in its wider socio-economic environment. It proceeds on the thesis that entrepreneurship that is grounded in the unique cultural and knowledge assets of a community will...
This presentation examines the nexus between declining productivity and weak GDP growth and the impact of leadership, workplace climate, motivation, innovation. productivity on competitiveness and growth outcomes. World Bank studies reveal that Jamaica’s average annual economic growth rate was 0.8% for the last four decades. Further the World Bank...
The vision of the Technology, Innovation and Productivity Committee is for an efficient and harmonious labour market sustaining a developed society and prosperous economy, grounded in globally competitive firms, inspired and coached by transformative, attuned and ethical leaders, motivating innovative mind-sets and practices within workspaces, supp...
The existential threat to the Jamaican society, economy, way of life and civilization is our failure to successfully and sustainably grow our GDP and so increase national prosperity for our citizens and subsequently equitably distribute prosperity gains throughout the society. A review of the evolution of global industrial development suggest that...
The Caribbean is a region of huge untapped and unrealised opportunities. Over the past fifty years, however, the region has not been able to secure the levels of economic growth rates and human development that its potential demands. One factor has been its scant attention to matters of innovation in the business, academic and government spheres. T...
An examination of the various human and intellectual factors faciltating micro, small and medium businesses to transit into the global marketspace. What is the role of knowledge, persistence, innovation, mindsets, confidence, creativity, behaviour and attitudes among others.
Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) are important drivers of economic growth and development in Jamaica. These enterprises create employment, facilitate wealth creation and form the backbone for private sector growth and expansion. Despite their economic significance, MSMEs face many challenges that hinder their growth and development...
Diagnostic study of the IT-based services industry in Jamaica using the Location Readiness Index (McKinsey / World Bank) as the analytical framework.
The Caribbean region has had a persistent challenge in innovation and productivity performance over the past five decades. The objective of the Caribbean Growth Forum was to provide policy-makers, academics, business persons and civil society an opportunity to develop solutions
The objective of the conference was to explore, uncover and impart a deeper understanding of applied strategies for enhancing the competitiveness of Jamaican firms, society and economy for successful participation in the Global Knowledge Economy, in support of Jamaica’s national development; and more generally, the transformation of the economy of...
This paper explores the locational determinants for FDI in Jamaica using a framework established by researchers Erdal and Tatotglu (2002) in a study of the economy of Turkey modelled around time series data for six dependent variables for the period 1970 to 2006. The major preliminary findings are that the Jamaican economic data suggests that inwar...
Now abideth these three rates: interest, forex , and inflation; but the greatest of these is inflation
In opening the 2009 – 2010 Budget Debate the Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Finance opined that " The core structural deficiencies in our economy have existed for decades and many are indeed homegrown " The Jamaica Computer Society strongly shares the view of the Minister of Finance that there are pre-existing core structural deficiencies in our eco...
The use of ICT has grown and changes with increasing rapidity. Its adoption can be related to not only multinationals corporations, but also SMEs (Maguire et. al., 2007). ICT is seen as being critically important to the financial wellbeing of all organizations, and SMEs are able to use it to operate successfully in the global market place (Maguire...
The objective of land registration and tenure clarification interventions is to improve the broadening and deepening of secure land ownership throughout the general population. In so doing, real estate capital becomes unlocked to serve a wider citizenry. This paper examines the process of cadastral mapping and its critical role in titling efficienc...
This draft working paper explores the influence of real property assets in stabilisation of SME operations. Private investment and the use of land as a collateral for financing new business ventures are both hindered by what is characterised as “weak land property rights” and by burdensome land registration and land titling process in Jamaica. The...
Slides Presentation accompanying Conference Paper titled ”Improving the Effectiveness of National Scale Cadastral Mapping Projects”
This paper reviews various forms of conventional descriptions for supporting land titling. It discusses how a cadastral mapping approach enhances these traditional approaches and make recommendations, of both a strategic and tactical nature, for improving a national scale implementation of cadastral mapping.
The objective of tenure regularisation...
The advent of satellite positioning technology has led to a change in the physical realisation of geodetic control. Traditional survey monumentation is being replaced or enhanced with active GPS control that can provide data to users in a number of ways. The Government of Trinidad and Tobago upgraded its national geodetic infrastructure by installi...
The level of land titling penetration in Jamaica is low and as a direct consequence the ability of property assets to securitize economic activities is severely constrained. This paper describes an innovative business model for rapidly producing quality property boundary identification and title descriptions. The business model included a novel app...
Jamaica has operated a Westminister model of Parliamentary governance since its Independenvce in 1962. In the mid 1990's a national re-examination of the governance model was initiated and a vigourous debate ensued on the pros and cons and on options togo forward. This article shared some perspectives and explored options.
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Is it time to re-examine the labelling of Africa's regions as North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa? Should there not be a more modern term for the larger subdivision of Africa. One that communicates its larger land mass, population , historical, anthropological, genealogical and economical significance. While not sure of the origin, but sometimes these terms originate with cartographers or journalists and then persist in the language? We seem not to have persisted with labels such as Asia Minor and Asia Major (see map). On the other hand, in the Caribbean there is an historical division of the Antiles as Greater Antiles and Lesser Antiles. Is the label Sub-Saharan Africa still apprpriate? If not, what would you recommend the larger Africa be referenced as ? Greater Afica ? Africa Major ? Some other reference ?
A little over a decade ago, Vineet Nayar CEO of HCLT, developed the model “Employee First Customers Second” or EFCS, for his firm and in so doing built a highly successful business around that paradigm and scored major accolades for re-inventing the 21st Century Business Management Model leading to a book of the same name.
How is the model in practice one decade later ?
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Projects (9)
Concepts, thoughts, ideas, actions and operations for growing Caribbean and Jamaica GDP
