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Scaling Innovation in South East Asia: Empirical Evidence from Singapore, Penang (Malaysia) and Bangkok

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Javier Revilla Diez
Matthias Kiese
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Diez J. R. and Kiese M. (2006) Scaling innovation in South East Asia: empirical evidence from Singapore, Penang (Malaysia) and Bangkok, Regional Studies 40 , 1--19. Our survey of 1600 manufacturing firms in Singapore, Penang (Malaysia) and Bangkok shows that the breadth and efficiency of innovative activities still lag considerably behind those found in 11 European regions. Cooperations are virtually indispensable for corporate innovation processes in the region. Their strong orientation towards headquarters or research and development centres of multinational corporations and lead users in technologically advanced countries yields a discontinuous territorial pattern of linkages in which firms 'leapfrog’ neighbouring South East Asian countries (ASEAN), contrasting sharply with the distance--decay pattern found in Europe. Further research should employ multidimensional concepts of space to accommodate the territorial, techno-economic, organizational, relational and temporal dimensions of innovation networks. Diez J. R. et Kiese M. (2006) L'innovation en Asie du Sud: des preuves empiriques provenant du Singapour, de Penang (en Malaysie) et de Bangkok, Regional Studies 40 , 1--19. Une enquête auprès de 1600 entreprises industrielles situées au Singapour, en Penang et à Bangkok, montre que l'étendue et l'efficacité des activités innovatrices sont manifestement en retard par rapport à celles des activités situées dans onze régions européennes. La coopération est quasi-indispensable pour les processus d'innovation des entreprises dans la région. Privilégiant les sièges sociaux ou les centres de R et D des sociétés multinationales et des entreprises-phares des pays à la pointe de la technologie fournit une distribution territoriale discontinue des liens où les entreprises devancent les pays de l'ASEAN (Association des nations du Sud-Est asiatique) limitrophes, ce qui contraste avec la distribution en Europe qui indique le déclin en fonction de la distance. De plus amples recherches devraient employer des notions multidimensionnelles de l'espace qui s'adaptent aux dimensions territoriales, techno-économiques, organisationnelles, relationnelles et temporelles des réseaux d'innovation. Systèmes d'innovation régionaux Diez J. R. und Kiese M. (2006) Umfang der Innovation in SO Asien: empirische Evidenz aus Singapur, Penang (Malaysia) und Bangkok, Regional Studies 40 , 1--19. Die Untersuchung von 1600 Unternehmen des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes in Singapur, Penang und Bangkok zeigt, daß die Breite und Effizienz industrieller Innovationsaktivitäten immer noch beträchtlich hinter den in elf europäischen Regionen angetroffenen zurückbleibt. Kooperation ist für betriebliche Innovations prozesse in der Region nahezu unentbehrlich. Ihre starke Ausrichtung auf die Headquarters oder Forschungs-und Entwicklungszentren multiregionaler Korporationen und führende Anwender in technologisch fortschrittlichen Ländern ergibt ein unregelmäßiges räumliches Muster von Kooperationen, in denen die Unternehmen benachbarte ASEAN-Länder überspringen, was in scharfem Gegensatz zu dem in Europa anzutreffenden mit der Entfernung abnehmenden Muster steht. Weiteren Forschungsarbeiten würde ein multidimensionales Raumkonzept dienlich sein, um die Einbeziehung territorialer, techno-ökonomischer, organisatorischer, relationaler und zeitlicher Dimensionen der Innovationsnetzwerke zu gestatten. Regionale Innovationssysteme Diez J. R. y Kiese M. (2006) Mejorando la innovación en el sureste de Asia: Pruebas empíricas de Singapur, Penang (Malaisia) y Bangkok, Regional Studies 40 , 1--19. Nuestro estudio, que abarca 1.600 empresas de fabricación de Singapur, Penang y Bangkok, indica que el volumen y la eficacia de las actividades de innovación todavía se sitúan muy por detrás de los que se observan en once regiones europeas. La cooperación es totalmente indispensable en la región para los procesos corporativos de innovación. Su orientación sólida hacia las sedes o centros de I + D de sociedades multinacionales y usuarios líderes en países avanzados tecnológicamente produce un modelo territorial descontinuado de vínculos en el que las empresas se pasan por alto a los países vecinos de la ASEAN, contrastando marcadamente con el modelo de la disminución de distancia que se observa en Europa. Para profundizar este estudio se deberían emplear conceptos multidimensionales del espacio para dar cabida a dimensiones de carácter territorial, tecnoeconómico, organizativo, relacional y temporal de las redes de innovación. Sistemas de innovación regionales

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Issue (Month): 9 (December)
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