From using to creating technology: The evolution of Singapore's national innovation system and the changing role of public policy

Competitiveness, FDI and Technological Activity in East Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 191-238

  Wong, Poh Kam ^a,b  

^a Center for Management of Innovation and Technopreneurship (CMIT)   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84896156802     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781950562.00015     Document Type: Chapter

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