Singapore's Regionalization Blueprint: A Case of Strategic Management,State Enterprise Network and Selective Intervention

ABSTRACT

Strategic management for economic development has been the hallmark of the Singapore ‘success story.’ State-led, market-driven intervention underscored the city-state's development strategies. This paper revisits this development blueprint in the context of Singapore's efforts at regionalization. The paper takes a closer look at Singapore's state enterprise strategy, and the ‘portability’ of the strat-egy–in the framework of Regionalization 2000–beyond the city-state. It concludes that the calculated, schematised efforts, though remarkable, have been overly optimistic and have failed to engender equally compelling results, more often than not frustrated by the intricacies of socio-political realities in the host economies.     

‘Created’ enclaves for enterprise: an empirical study of Singapore's industrial parks in Indonesia,Vietnam and China

The dynamics of globalization have prompted governments to re-examine accustomed policies, and search for alternative strategies, in order to re-position their economies for the future. This paper explores the spatial context of state involvement in the new economics of competition, with the focus on Singapore's much publicized, and controversial, orchestration of its state enterprise network to encapsulate economic space for Singapore-based firms to expand into the Asian region. This strategic initiative is promulgated on the exportability of Singapore's ‘state credibility’, systemic and operational efficiencies, and technological competencies, to locations where these attributes are less certain. A logit model is applied to questionnaire surveys culled from Singapore's industrial-township projects in Indonesia, Vietnam and China and the findings are presented. The authors conclude that the strategic advantage created for the firms within these privileged investment enclaves, although remarkable, is often at risk from the administrative complexities, and socio-political milieux, of the host environments.     

城市产业园建设存在的问题与对策研究

随着经济的发展,在世界范围内相继出现了一些产业园,因受到地域与经济的影响,一些产业园开始变得相对固定,但企业的用地成本却受到土地资源的影响而不断提升。因此,论文对城市产业园的问题进行了分析,阐述了产业园在定位、创新、融资等方面的解决策略。     

共建产业园区有助于推动长三角区域经济一体化吗?——来自沪苏两地的证据

本文基于长三角区域高质量一体化发展的宏观背景,探讨了共建园区对于区域经济一体化的作用机理。在此基础上,以沪苏两地参与共建园区建设的县级以上城市为研究对象,实证检验了共建园区对于区域经济一体化的影响。研究发现,在控制了其他变量的情况下,江苏省于2006年和2009年出台的两期共建园区政策均对区域经济一体化产生了显著的正向影响,两期政策还存在明显的\"叠加效应\";共建园区设立数量和分布区域的扩张也助推了区域经济一体化的进程。为促进共建园区健康发展,助力长三角区域高质量一体化,共建园区要走差异化发展之路,加大高水平园区管理模式的转移力度,健全园区共建的利益分配机制,进一步激发共建园区的内生动力。     

Interactive strategies in supply chains–a double-edged portfolio approach to small-and medium-sized subcontractors’ position analyses

China is concerned to improve the technical capability of its industry. It has chosen Science and Technology Industry Parks (STIPs) as the model for incubating its R&D capability and driving its hi-tech policy. Against this background, the authors examine two main issues. First, we review assessments of university science parks in the UK and a wider context extracted from the literature before examining specifically China's R&D intensity and hi-tech policy. Second, we examine the performance of hi-tech companies situated on STIPs and those located outside STIPs, comparing their success in commercializing technology. We pay particular attention to the role of entrepreneurship in this activity by those engaged in it. Our findings are based on secondary quantitative data and qualitative data collected by means of interviews and focus groups in the Beijing and Shanghai areas in March 2004. From our research it is clear that China lags behind OECD countries in its R&D capability and the technology transfer rate is low, hampering China's hi-tech potential, although China is achieving some success in hi-tech exports, notably of ICT goods. Furthermore, innovation capability, locational factors such as being located in a regional industry cluster (in or outside STIPs), guanxi and networking opportunities, entrepreneurial skills, including international business experience and access to more financial sources and capital for developing the business, are essential for commercializing technology effectively in China. The role of entrepreneurship is evident. However, it remains still underdeveloped in China's STIPs.     

产业因素与创业要素对创业影响的案例研究

本研究采用访谈、观察和资料收集的方法,通过对伟邦档案咨询公司创业过程的分析,探讨主要产业因素对创业的影响,以及创业的关键要素。主要目的是以此了解档案咨询机构要创业所应该具备的核心创业要素,以构建档案咨询服务企业成功创业的模式。     

关于产业园区企业引入与考评机制研究

国家现在大力发展高新产业园区,如何快速地引入有影响力、有价值的企业,是产业园区应该思考的问题。因此本文通过对此方面的引入与考评激励制度进行研究。     

Determinants of Expatriate Success: An Empirical Study of Singaporean Expatriates in The Peoples Republic of China

ABSTRACT

Globalization of business operations has assumed an increased significance in contemporary business strategy across the developed and developing world. Assignment of staff overseas is one of the most critical areas of the global business operations. While there have been numerous studies on various aspects of expatriate performance, such as selection, training, and compensation of expatriates, these studies have been mostly “americentric” in their scope and approach. Keeping in view the growing importance of China as a favored recipient of Foreign Direct Investment not only from the United States and Europe, but also from other Asian countries such as Japan and Singapore this study has examined factors that determine the success of Singapore expatriates in China. One of the significant findings of the study is that there is a discrepancy between perception of success factors between the expatriates themselves and the human resource directors (HRDs) of the multinational corporations who have an important role in the assignment of those expatriates. Thus this study argues that in addition to the knowledge of what constitutes success in overseas ventures it is important to achieve a common agreement on the factors determining such success.     

南京发展都市产业的现状及存在问题研究

作为优化产业结构、提升城市能级、增强城市竞争力的重要措施和核心力量,发展都市产业在我国的经济发达地区和城市得到了高度的重视。在界定都市产业概念的基础上,文章对南京都市产业的发展现状及存在的问题进行了分析,同时给出了相应的战略措施。     

基于集群区域的物流园区发展思路

采用理论推导与模式分析的方法,研究了产业集群区域的供应链组织与物流园区耦合的理论基础及其耦合模式;提出了产业集群区域应从纵、横两个维度进行物流园区规划,构建适合集群区内中小企业的物流交互信息平台,培育与引进实力强的第三方物流企业等物流园区发展的新思路。     

产业集群内的创业网络研究

文章界定了产业集群内创业网络的定义,阐述了产业集群内创业网络的内涵,明确了产业集群内创业网络的形成机理,总结了产业集群创业网络的特征,证明了产业集群内创业网络的圆锥形结构,指出了社会网络、产业集群内创业网络和创新网络三者间的区别与联系。     

基于循环经济模式的工业园区规划与评价研究

对基于循环经济模式的工业园区进行了系统结构规划。通过构建三层指标体系,提出应用模糊神经网络综合评价方法,对工业园区循环经济发展水平进行客观评价。     

浙江自贸试验区与新加坡海事服务产业发展对比研究

浙江自贸试验区挂牌设立三年来,积极建设国际海事服务基地,在保税船用燃料油供应等领域取得了突破性的进展。但对标新加坡国际航运中心,在监管体系、政策支撑、制度环境方面仍有较大差距,需要进一步向上争取政策支持,不断提升海事服务产业国际竞争力,助力长三角国际航运中心建设。