A Silicon Island of the East: Creating a Semiconductor Industry in Singapore
评估新加坡通过吸引跨国公司并利用其技术发展本土半导体产业的策略效果，分析该产业的可持续性及对其他国家的可复制性。
A remarkable semiconductor industry has been created in Singapore, through highly focused public policy directed towards attracting multinational corporations and leveraging skills and technology from them to spark local industry development. This article assesses the effectiveness of this strategy—examining the viability and sustainability of the industry it created—as well as its replicability. If other countries such as China are to emulate Singapore9s approach, they will have to develop an institutional framework with the capability to direct the processes of technology leverage and diffusion.