Urban innovation policy in the postdevelopmental era : lessons from Singapore and Seoul
This article examines the impact of policies for start‐up and entrepreneurship on the developmental model that remains a policy legacy in many Asian countries. The main argument is that the influence of central planning is deeply embedded in the institutions of the Four Asian Tigers, but globalisati...
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| author | Hartley, Kris Woo, Jun Jie Chung, Sun Kyo |
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| description | This article examines the impact of policies for start‐up and entrepreneurship on the developmental model that remains a policy legacy in many Asian countries. The main argument is that the influence of central planning is deeply embedded in the institutions of the Four Asian Tigers, but globalisation and economic liberalisation are disrupting the old developmentalism by incentivising innovation and structural adaptability. In practice, although developmentalism once focused on infrastructure and industrial policy, softer strategies such as attracting educated millennials through urban amenities and creative clustering mimic those of the postindustrial West. Either this trend represents the end of developmentalism or top‐down industrial policy is being rebranded to embrace knowledge and service industries. This article examines this issue at the urban scale, examining policies used by Singapore and Seoul to encourage start‐ups and entrepreneurship in the context of innovation. Government documents are examined and findings compared. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1068172020-10-08T08:09:58Z Urban innovation policy in the postdevelopmental era : lessons from Singapore and Seoul Hartley, Kris Woo, Jun Jie Chung, Sun Kyo School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Political science Urban Innovation Policy This article examines the impact of policies for start‐up and entrepreneurship on the developmental model that remains a policy legacy in many Asian countries. The main argument is that the influence of central planning is deeply embedded in the institutions of the Four Asian Tigers, but globalisation and economic liberalisation are disrupting the old developmentalism by incentivising innovation and structural adaptability. In practice, although developmentalism once focused on infrastructure and industrial policy, softer strategies such as attracting educated millennials through urban amenities and creative clustering mimic those of the postindustrial West. Either this trend represents the end of developmentalism or top‐down industrial policy is being rebranded to embrace knowledge and service industries. This article examines this issue at the urban scale, examining policies used by Singapore and Seoul to encourage start‐ups and entrepreneurship in the context of innovation. Government documents are examined and findings compared. Published version 2019-08-15T05:02:05Z 2019-12-06T22:19:00Z 2019-08-15T05:02:05Z 2019-12-06T22:19:00Z 2018 Journal Article Hartley, K., Woo, J. J., & Chung, S. K. (2018). Urban innovation policy in the postdevelopmental era : lessons from Singapore and Seoul. Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 5(3), 599-614. doi:10.1002/app5.255 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106817 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49647 10.1002/app5.255 en Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies © 2018 The Author(s). Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd and Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. 16 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Political science Urban Innovation Policy Hartley, Kris Woo, Jun Jie Chung, Sun Kyo Urban innovation policy in the postdevelopmental era : lessons from Singapore and Seoul |
| title | Urban innovation policy in the postdevelopmental era : lessons from Singapore and Seoul |
| title_full | Urban innovation policy in the postdevelopmental era : lessons from Singapore and Seoul |
| title_fullStr | Urban innovation policy in the postdevelopmental era : lessons from Singapore and Seoul |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urban innovation policy in the postdevelopmental era : lessons from Singapore and Seoul |
| title_short | Urban innovation policy in the postdevelopmental era : lessons from Singapore and Seoul |
| title_sort | urban innovation policy in the postdevelopmental era lessons from singapore and seoul |
| topic | Social sciences::Political science Urban Innovation Policy |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106817 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49647 |
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