Hi dear Ice man,
Well my dear friend I am baffled by your naivety! Let me explain you,I will try to explain you both academic institutions and industries.First i will touch upon Academic institutions-
You see,the quality of an academic institution is gauged by various factors like-
1)Quantity of research papers produced
2)The journals where the research papers are published- it is a measure of the quality of the paper.For instance if your paper gets published in A-rated top journals then it is very good! or Number of research papers published in top A-rated journals like AIAA or transaction of non linear control etc
3)Citation factor- it is also a measure of quality
4)Number of patents filed by the institute.
Some of the less important yardsticks might be-
(a)Number of foreign research companies coming to the academic institute for placements
(b)Number of foreign research companies like GE,QUALCOM,TI,BROADCOM etc having research collaboration with the academic institution
Now if you use these 6 yardsticks,You would quickly come to know where pakistani education institutes stand.I need not explain further and i am sure
@The Deterrent would agree!
Now coming to industries-
Well the Industries can do wonders with academic institutions provided there is a high degree of sync between the two.Industrial research is gauged by various factors that might include(my list is not exhaustive)-
1)Creation of in house technology- or creation of intellectual property
2)Patent filing- Higher the numbers,better it is!
3)Capability to mass produce latest technology.
I will shed some light on india,china and pakistan -
There is a tremendous push in china to file more and more patents.This aggressive push by the CPC led to an exponential increase in patent filing by chinese companies.ZTE surpassed everyone by filing 2700 patents 2 years back!
India- In india too there was a realization somewhere around mid 2000s that creation of intellectual property is the way forward and you would see a sudden surge in numbers of patents filed by indian companies- for instance BHEL filed more than 360 patents in 2014 and HAL close to 780 in the very same year.These numbers might be very less compared to china- yet they are significant in the sense that they tell an upward growth story of various indian companies.I mean 10 years down the line these very same indian companies would be producing as many as 3000-5000 patents a year!
Pakistan- Unfortunately in pakistan this realization hasnt come yet! I mean The patent output of pakistan continue to remain abysmally poor with respect to both india and china! For instance BHEL(an indian power sector giant) filed more than all pakistan combined for the FY 2014