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📘 Important Academic Phrases from the Passage
| Academic Phrase | English Meaning / Synonym | Burmese Equivalence | Example Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global competition | Worldwide rivalry between entities | ကမ္ဘာလုံးဆိုင်ရာ ပြိုင်ဆိုင်မှု | Global competition between tech companies has led to rapid advances in smartphone technology. |
| Strategic policymaking | Deliberate planning of rules for long-term goals | မဟာဗျူဟာမြောက် မူဝါဒချမှတ်ခြင်း | Strategic policymaking is essential for countries aiming to achieve economic stability. |
| Emerging technologies | New, innovative technical developments | ထွန်းသစ်စနည်းပညာများ | Quantum computing is one of the most promising emerging technologies of this decade. |
| Robust venture capital ecosystem | Strong financial environment for startup investment | ခိုင်မာသော ရင်းနှီးမြှုပ်နှံမှု ဝန်းကျင်စနစ် | Silicon Valley’s robust venture capital ecosystem helps turn innovative ideas into successful businesses. |
| Commercialization of research | Process of bringing scientific findings to market | သုတေသန စီးပွားဖြစ်အသုံးချခြင်း | The commercialization of research often requires collaboration between universities and industry partners. |
| State-led model | Government-directed approach to development | နိုင်ငံတော်ဦးဆောင်သော ပုံစံ | China’s state-led model has achieved impressive results in infrastructure development. |
| Intellectual property protection | Safeguarding of creative and innovative works | ဉာဏပစ္စည်းဆိုင်ရာ ကာကွယ်စောင့်ရှောက်မှု | Inadequate intellectual property protection discourages companies from sharing their innovations. |
| Competitive advantage | Factor giving superior position over rivals | ယှဉ်ပြိုင်မှုဆိုင်ရာ အားသာချက် | The company’s extensive distribution network gives it a competitive advantage in rural markets. |
| Expedite R&D efforts | Accelerate research and development processes | သုတေသနနှင့်ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးလုပ်ငန်းများကို အရှိန်မြှင့်တင်ခြင်း | The pandemic forced pharmaceutical companies to expedite R&D efforts for vaccine development. |
| Reshape global industries | Transform worldwide business sectors | ကမ္ဘာလုံးဆိုင်ရာ စက်မှုလုပ်ငန်းများကို ပြန်လည်ပုံဖော်ခြင်း | Digital technologies continue to reshape global industries from retail to healthcare. |
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