Study Envisages Connection between Innovation, Financing, Trade with Global Economy 

Study Envisages Connection between Innovation, Financing, Trade with Global Economy 

Saudi researcher Dr. Raja Almarzoqi underscored the connection between innovation, international commerce movement, financing and economic growth that has become an enabler of global economy that crosses borders.

He called for the adoption of government policies and legislations that would benefit further from the relationship between research, development of innovation and economic growth to push them towards achieving sustainable development, especially amid the openness of the economy, movement of people and flow of investment.

Almarzoqi is a Chief Economic Advisor at the Saudi Ministry of Economy and Planning and a faculty member at the Institute of Diplomatic Studies. He is a previous Adjunct Professor at Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University, US and King Saud University, Saudi Arabia and former Advisor at the International Monetary Fund.

Along with John Mathis, he authored “Global Innovation, Finance, and International Commerce”, published by Routledge in December.

Mathis is an emeritus professor of global economics, banking and finance and the former director of the Global Financial Services Center at Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University, US.

Almarzoqi said the emergence of the economic importance of innovators rose with growing openness of the global economy and its interconnectedness through international trade, investments and individuals. This led