First conceptualised in Singapore’s first National Technology Plan in 1991, the idea of creating ... more First conceptualised in Singapore’s first National Technology Plan in 1991, the idea of creating a new integrated R&D and innovation hub in Singapore languished until it was incorporated into a broader Technopreneurship 21 (T21) strategy announced in 1998, and was officially launched in late 2001. In the 20 years since, the innovation district has made significant development progress, but not quite in the manner as presented in a number of prior studies that have adopted a “top-down rational planning” narrative. Taking an evolutionary view, we argue that the actual development of One-North was significantly shaped by a number of critical actors as well as external environmental factors, and its evolutionary trajectory deviated from its original plan. Our evolutionary narrative provides insights on the role of champions in large scale innovation projects, and the need to integrate physical space development within a comprehensive innovation ecosystem development strategy.
Academic Entrepreneurship in Asia: The Role and Impact of Universities in National Innovation Sys... more Academic Entrepreneurship in Asia: The Role and Impact of Universities in National Innovation Systems165-19
International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship, 2011
The entrepreneurship literature suggests that network ties are useful in mitigating the problem o... more The entrepreneurship literature suggests that network ties are useful in mitigating the problem of information asymmetry faced by entrepreneurs when acquiring resources at the early stage of venture creation. We introduce prior knowledge of resource owners as an inverse measure of information asymmetry and investigate the contingent effect of prior knowledge and tie strength between entrepreneurs and resource owners on the likelihood of entrepreneurial resource acquisition. Using data from 378 high-tech ventures located in Beijing, China and Singapore, the analysis shows that strong ties are more important than weak ties, in entrepreneurs’ resource acquisition and this importance grows when resource owners have less prior knowledge to offset problems of information asymmetry. Similar network effects are found in both China and Singapore. The insignificant country difference suggests that the social network culture of the start-up community is universal.
The Triple Helix concept (Etzkowitz et al., 2000 & 2003) posits the dynamics of an innovation sys... more The Triple Helix concept (Etzkowitz et al., 2000 & 2003) posits the dynamics of an innovation system to be governed by the interactions between government, universities and private industry. In recent years, there has been more attention paid to the role of the non-industrial sectors as sources of technological invention. In this paper, we examine the roles of the three Triple Helix actors in two technology fields differentiated by maturity levels. Our analysis is based on the premise that the nature of the technology, in particular the ...
Proceedings of the International Conference on …, 1994
This paper is posted at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). http://aisel.aisnet.org/icis1994/44 ... P... more This paper is posted at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). http://aisel.aisnet.org/icis1994/44 ... Poh-Kam Wong Faculty of Business Administration National University of Singapore ... While much empirical research has been done on the productivity paradox problem in the ...
Abstract In 2005 the Faculty of Engineering at the National University of Singapore relaunched a ... more Abstract In 2005 the Faculty of Engineering at the National University of Singapore relaunched a master's of science program in the management of technology (MSc/MOT) after it was moved from the School of Business where, as the first of its kind in Asia, it was started in 1992. The opportunity to relaunch the program in the faculty of engineering provided a new opportunity to refresh the program and introduce management of technology (MOT) courses that were not feasible when the program resided in the School of Business. ...
First conceptualised in Singapore’s first National Technology Plan in 1991, the idea of creating ... more First conceptualised in Singapore’s first National Technology Plan in 1991, the idea of creating a new integrated R&D and innovation hub in Singapore languished until it was incorporated into a broader Technopreneurship 21 (T21) strategy announced in 1998, and was officially launched in late 2001. In the 20 years since, the innovation district has made significant development progress, but not quite in the manner as presented in a number of prior studies that have adopted a “top-down rational planning” narrative. Taking an evolutionary view, we argue that the actual development of One-North was significantly shaped by a number of critical actors as well as external environmental factors, and its evolutionary trajectory deviated from its original plan. Our evolutionary narrative provides insights on the role of champions in large scale innovation projects, and the need to integrate physical space development within a comprehensive innovation ecosystem development strategy.
Academic Entrepreneurship in Asia: The Role and Impact of Universities in National Innovation Sys... more Academic Entrepreneurship in Asia: The Role and Impact of Universities in National Innovation Systems165-19
International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship, 2011
The entrepreneurship literature suggests that network ties are useful in mitigating the problem o... more The entrepreneurship literature suggests that network ties are useful in mitigating the problem of information asymmetry faced by entrepreneurs when acquiring resources at the early stage of venture creation. We introduce prior knowledge of resource owners as an inverse measure of information asymmetry and investigate the contingent effect of prior knowledge and tie strength between entrepreneurs and resource owners on the likelihood of entrepreneurial resource acquisition. Using data from 378 high-tech ventures located in Beijing, China and Singapore, the analysis shows that strong ties are more important than weak ties, in entrepreneurs’ resource acquisition and this importance grows when resource owners have less prior knowledge to offset problems of information asymmetry. Similar network effects are found in both China and Singapore. The insignificant country difference suggests that the social network culture of the start-up community is universal.
The Triple Helix concept (Etzkowitz et al., 2000 & 2003) posits the dynamics of an innovation sys... more The Triple Helix concept (Etzkowitz et al., 2000 & 2003) posits the dynamics of an innovation system to be governed by the interactions between government, universities and private industry. In recent years, there has been more attention paid to the role of the non-industrial sectors as sources of technological invention. In this paper, we examine the roles of the three Triple Helix actors in two technology fields differentiated by maturity levels. Our analysis is based on the premise that the nature of the technology, in particular the ...
Proceedings of the International Conference on …, 1994
This paper is posted at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). http://aisel.aisnet.org/icis1994/44 ... P... more This paper is posted at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). http://aisel.aisnet.org/icis1994/44 ... Poh-Kam Wong Faculty of Business Administration National University of Singapore ... While much empirical research has been done on the productivity paradox problem in the ...
Abstract In 2005 the Faculty of Engineering at the National University of Singapore relaunched a ... more Abstract In 2005 the Faculty of Engineering at the National University of Singapore relaunched a master's of science program in the management of technology (MSc/MOT) after it was moved from the School of Business where, as the first of its kind in Asia, it was started in 1992. The opportunity to relaunch the program in the faculty of engineering provided a new opportunity to refresh the program and introduce management of technology (MOT) courses that were not feasible when the program resided in the School of Business. ...
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