Paper Title
Transforming the United Arab Emirates Into an Innovation-Based Economy: SWOT Analysis

Abstract
Innovation is considered as the driving force of a country's growth, long-term prosperity and social welfare. Therefore, transforming into an innovation-based economy where growth is driven by knowledge, creativity and talented human capital is a fundamental key to be a leading economy of the twenty-first century. The main objective of this paper is hence to shed light on innovation and technological progress in the United Arab Emirates using SWOT analysis. Keywords� Innovation, technology, entrepreneurship, education and economic growth.