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Innovation in the Asia Pacific

From Manufacturing to the Knowledge Economy

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Editors:
  1. Thomas Clarke

    1. Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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  2. Keun Lee

    1. Department of Economics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

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  • Presents a unique collection of contemporary perspectives on the route to fast-cycle business innovation in the Asia Pacific region
  • Provides penetrating analysis from leading authorities with in-depth knowledge of development policy, industry initiatives, and distinctive capabilities
  • Offers fascinating insights into the emergence of the knowledge-based industries of the Asia Pacific region

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Fast Cycle Innovation in the Asia Pacific

    • Thomas Clarke, Keun Lee
    Pages 1-42

  3. National Innovation Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. Preparing for the Future: The OECD-Countries in Comparison

      • Horst Hanusch, Yasushi Hara
      Pages 45-61

    3. Comparing the National Innovation Systems in East Asia and Latin America: Fast Versus Slow

      • Keun Lee, Yee Kyoung Kim
      Pages 63-82

    4. Catching up and Innovation in the Asia-Pacific: An Evolutionary Approach

      • Keiichiro Suenaga
      Pages 83-100

    5. A Tale of Two Cities: Innovation in Singapore and Hong Kong

      • Jue Wang
      Pages 101-117

    6. National Innovation Systems in the Asia Pacific: A Comparative Analysis

      • Thomas Clarke, John Chelliah, Elizabeth Pattinson
      Pages 119-143

  5. Organisational and Human Dimensions of Innovation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-245
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    2. Developing Human Capital for Knowledge Based Economies

      • Thomas Clarke, Soheyla Gholamshahi
      Pages 247-270

    3. The Creation and Disruption of Innovation? Key Developments in Innovation as Concept, Theory, Research and Practice

      • Michael Lester
      Pages 271-328
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About this book

This book promotes the creation of advanced knowledge-based economies driven by innovation networks and the continuous development of human capital and capability. It provides valuable insights into the growing emergence of knowledge-based industries of the Asia Pacific, and highlights research on: modes of creativity and innovation; intellectual property; the components of national innovation systems such as firms, education and training; knowledge and technical infrastructure; and public policy.

The Asia Pacific region is currently in the process of transforming from being the manufacturing centre of the global economy to a centre of innovation for the knowledge economy, with the successful IPO of Alibaba in 2014 being a prime example of this shift. From a neo-Schumpeterian perspective, the region is increasingly engaged in shortening and intensifying cycles of innovation. The historic agreement at the Beijing APEC meeting between China and the US to radically reduce carbonemissions indicates that one imperative of this innovation is to contribute to sustainability. The fact that the US Government is moving away from this historic commitment, while the Chinese Government is endorsing the commitment, indicates an emerging opportunity for Asia to lead the world technologically in a vital industrial sector of the future.

Reviews

“This volume describes and analyzes the dense and dynamic patterns of research and development (R&D), innovation, and production in the Asia Pacific region, which is on the cusp of becoming the dominant region for the development of many of the world’s leading-edge technologies and designs. … The authors are to be congratulated for collecting these varied and interesting papers that can inform decision makers in governments and firms across the large number of countries aspiring to develop into knowledge-based developed economies.” (Christine Greenhalgh, Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 56 (4), December, 2018)​

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    Thomas Clarke

  • Department of Economics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Keun Lee

About the editors

Thomas Clarke is Professor of Management and Director of the Key University Research Centre for Corporate Governance at the University of Technology Sydney. Formerly he was Chair of the Academic Board at UTS, and a member of the University Council. In the United Kingdom he was DBM Professor of Corporate Governance at Leeds Business School, and Professor of Management at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai. He has held Visiting Professorships at the University of Paris, Dauphine; ESC Lille, France; University of Geneva, Switzerland; FGV Business School, Sao Paulo, Brazil; UAM Business School, Mexico City; and a Nuffield Foundation Visiting Research Fellowship at the University of Warwick.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Innovation in the Asia Pacific

  • Book Subtitle: From Manufacturing to the Knowledge Economy

  • Editors: Thomas Clarke, Keun Lee

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5895-0

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-5893-6Published: 30 October 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5516-5Published: 25 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-5895-0Published: 20 October 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 328

  • Number of Illustrations: 46 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Innovation/Technology Management, R & D/Technology Policy, Entrepreneurship

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