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Technology entrepreneurship has been on the rise in Asia. This timely book examines the phenomenon of academic entrepreneurship and technology commercialization among leading universities in Asia by presenting in-depth analysis of thirteen leading universities from nine Asian economies (e.g. Tokyo University in Japan, Tsinghua in China, IIT Mumbai in India, and the National University of Singapore). Written by scholars with deep institutional knowledge of the respective university, they provide an authoritative account of the distinctive features of academic entrepreneurship at these universit

University-based new business enterprises --- Entrepreneurship

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"The city-state of Singapore has achieved rapid economic development in the past by its positioning as an efficient business hub in Asia. To remain competitive in the global knowledge economy, however, Singapore needs to move beyond efficiency by developing a strong "innovative" edge as well. This paper examines the challenges that Singapore faces in seeking to do so through an explorative survey of 40 firms from three innovative sectors: high-tech manufacturing industries, knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS), and creative content industries. Overall, while the survey confirms Singapore's continuing competitive strength in efficiency infrastructure, it also finds a favorable perception of Singapore as an innovative city. Indeed, many of the industry actors indicated that an efficient business infrastructure is a prerequisite for locating their innovative activities in Singapore, suggesting that the relationship between innovation and efficiency is complementary, rather than substitutional. While the study found that intellectual property and its protection are widely recognized by actors in all three sectors, interesting differences exist. In particular, intellectual property protection appears to be of greater concern to the high-tech research and development-intensive manufacturing sector and the creative contents sector than to the KIBS sector. Another interesting difference is that while competition in high-tech innovation tends to be global, competition in creative content tends to have a stronger local or regional dimension. Public policy in East Asia has traditionally emphasized the development of technological innovation capabilities in the manufacturing sector. In light of the findings, public policymakers may need to be more sensitive to the nuanced differences in policies needed to promote the new creative content industries and the associated supporting KIBS. "--World Bank web site.

Creative ability in business --- Industrial efficiency --- Technological innovations --- Economic aspects

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